Description: SIDNEY METEYARD BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK LONGFELLOW'S "THE GOLDEN LEGEND" ORIGINAL 1910 1st Signed Ltd Edition!! One of only 250 Printed! WONDERFUL EXTREMELY RARE AND BEAUTIFUL!! BEAUTIFUL GOLD BLOCKED BINDING!! This is an Original (Not a modern reprint) 1st Ltd Edition of the classic Meteyard illustrated Art Nouveau / Pre Raphaelite masterpiece HIS MOST SOUGHT AFTER, AND MOST DIFFICULT BOOK TO FIND!! Amazing Illustrations Tipped-In Illustrations Just Look at the Classic Illustrations that appears on this listing!!!!!! Wonderful Tipped - In Color Plates!! Extremely Sought After!! Complete!! NO MISSING ILLUSTRATIONS!! It has excellent Art Nouveau / Pre-Raphaelite / Fairy Tale / Arthurian Myth and Legend style artwork!! Absolutely fantastic!! THIS IS METEYARD AT HIS ART NOUVEAU BEST!! Look at the photographs to give you a feel for the amazing quality of these illustrations - the detail is fantastic! So many of these book are split up for their illustrations - this one is complete - Amazing Color Plates!! As well as wonderful Illustrations in Line too! WONDERFUL!!! Sidney Meteyard studied at the Birmingham School of Art and was of course greatly influenced by Edward Burne-Jones, Edmund Dulac, Heath Robinson and Kay Nielsen, Arthur Rackham, Will Bradley, Beardsley Alphonse Mucha, Gustave Dore, and many others - and is regarded by many as the master of book illustration This complete illustrated book is in very good condition compared to the few that I've seen - Just a little rubbing and bumping to the boards and the spine -Interior Very Clean Indeed! Previous owners bookplate to front endpaper - Overall - Amazing!!! - Especially considering this is over 100 years old! With the interest in the Holy Grail/Graal as well as the Knights of the Round Table, King Arthur, Lancelot and anything else from that era, this is a book that you will not want to miss! A great addition to the quality illustrated book collection and a wonderful opportunity!! CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR OTHER INTERESTING ILLUSTRATED ART NOUVEAU / ART DECO AND ARTS AND CRAFTS BOOKS!! The successful bidder to pay $9.95 Priority shipping and signature confirmation or $4.00 media mail - International extra. Sales Tax might be collected by Ebay for your State.
Price: 349.95 USD
Location: Mona, Utah
End Time: 2024-02-10T23:37:52.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Fine Binding
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition
Printing Year: 1910
Subject: Illustrated
Year Printed: 1910
