Theophile Gautier - The Beautiful Vampire, A M Philpot, no date 27.4.20 but still a charming book

but still a charming book and lovely illustrated plates

Collins Edition 1927

Original green cloth gilt in good condition

spine slightly faded

Contains printed pages of black text with 12 superb mounted colour plates and 44 gold and black block illustrations with parallel black woodcut decorations to the sides

Theophile Gautier - The Beautiful Vampire, A M Philpot, no date 27.4.20 but still a charming bookTheophile Gautier The Beautiful Vampire, A M Philpot, no date (1926?) Introduction by Gustave Rudler. Translated by Paul Hookham. Decorated cloth in good condition. Spine ends bumped. Foxing to page edges and through the book, beginning and end, also in couple of margins. Firm text. Inscription on endpaper. Bumped corners. Untrimmed fore and tail page edges. Weight 229g. Pages 110.