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RUST, Margaret. The Queen of the Fishes. An Adaptation in English of a Fairy Tale of Valois. Epping: Eragny Press, 1894. 4° (192 x 136mm). 12 woodcut illustrations by Lucien Pissarro, 5 printed in colours (some very light mainly marginal staining). Original vellum with stylised gilt floral motif on upper cover, top edges gilt (a little bowed). Provenance: JOHN ROLAND ABBEY (armorial bookplate). NUMBER 68 OF 150 COPIES. Tomkinson p.62. The first book to be printed at the Eragny Press.
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RUST, Margaret. The Queen of the Fishes. An Adaptation in English of a Fairy Tale of Valois. Epping: Eragny Press, 1894. 4° (192 x 136mm). 12 woodcut illustrations by Lucien Pissarro, 5 printed in colours (some very light mainly marginal staining). Original vellum with stylised gilt floral motif on upper cover, top edges gilt (a little bowed). Provenance: JOHN ROLAND ABBEY (armorial bookplate). NUMBER 68 OF 150 COPIES. Tomkinson p.62. The first book to be printed at the Eragny Press.

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RUST, Margaret. The Queen of the Fishes. An Adaptation in English of a Fairy Tale of Valois. Epping: Eragny Press, 1894. 4° (192 x 136mm). 12 woodcut illustrations by Lucien Pissarro, 5 printed in colours (some very light mainly marginal staining). Original vellum with stylised gilt floral motif on upper cover, top edges gilt (a little bowed). Provenance: JOHN ROLAND ABBEY (armorial bookplate). NUMBER 68 OF 150 COPIES. Tomkinson p.62. The first book to be printed at the Eragny Press.
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