Description: VIRGINIA STERRETT!!! BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK "TANGLEWOOD TALES" ORIGINAL 1921 1ST EDITION!! TIGHT AND WONDERFUL EXTREMELY RARE AND BEAUTIFUL!! This is an Original 1ST EDITION (Not a modern reprint) of the classic VIRGINIA STERRETT illustrated Art Nouveau masterpiece "TANGLEWOOD TALES" This beautifully illustrated book is one of the scarcest and most sought after of Virginia Sterrett's books ever printed! Amazing Illustrations!! Wonderful Color Plates!! Extremely Sought After!! Complete!! NO MISSING ILLUSTRATIONS!! Virginia Sterrett, greatly influenced by Kay Nielsen and Oriental Style - Moving from the Art Nouveau style towards the Art Deco!!! It has excellent Art Nouveau / Pre-Raphaelite / Arabian / Fairy Tale / Myth and Legend style artwork WONDERFUL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS BY VIRGINIA STERRETT!! Absolutely fantastic!! Many feel that Sterrett was the greatest of the American illustrators of the period! Together with the myths and legends and fairy tale subject, this makes this a book that is a real classic This is full of fabulous Art Nouveau Illustrations - just look at the Art Nouveau lines in these!!! 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!! WONDERFUL!!! Virginia Sterrett of course was greatly influenced by Kay Nielsen, Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham, Warwick Goble, Florence Harrison, Mabel Lucy Attwell, and desired by many collectors of Aubrey Beardsley, Charles Ricketts, Edward Burne Jones, William Morris and the Kelmscott Press, James McNeill Whistler, Will Bradley, Walter Crane, Loius Rhead, Paul Berthon, Privat Livemont, Alphonse Mucha and others who illustrated posters printed by Maitres de L'Affiche, Laurence Housman, Charles Rene Mackintosh and the Glasgow School of Art, Talwin Morris, Katherine Cameron, C.R. Ashbee, Charles Robinson, Edmund Sullivan, Anning Bell, Harry Clarke, Eric Gill and many, many others - and is regarded by many as the master of book illustration and is regarded by many as the master of book illustration This complete illustrated book is in quite good condition - 1921 1st edition - Covers and spine a little rubbed and worn and marked - see photo's - Interior is complete - very scarce! - Illustrations in very good condition indeed - Amazing Illustrations - Bookplate to endpaper - Low Reserve!! - What an Opportunity!! A great addition to the illustrated book collection and a wonderful opportunity to obtain an early Sterrett edition!!CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR OTHER INTERESTING ILLUSTRATED ART NOUVEAU / AND ARTS AND CRAFTS BOOKS!! The successful bidder to pay $15.95 shipping - International extra. Sales Tax might be collected by Ebay for your State
Price: 299.95 USD
Location: Mona, Utah
End Time: 2025-02-11T19:05:44.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Fine Binding
Language: English
Topic: Fairy Tales & Fantasy
Printing Year: 1921
Subject: Illustrated
Year Printed: 1921
Original/Facsimile: Original
