Jacobs (Joseph).

Very good condition. No cracks to the hinges or notable wear to the join. Some light fading. One small tear to the back near bottom of the spine.

Jacobs (Joseph). English Fairy Tales. Illustrated by John D. Batten, London: David Nutt, 1890. Large 8vo, bound in 1898 by Riviere & Son in light brown crushed morocco, spine and covers gilt overall with olive-branch devices, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, additional pictorial title-page, half-title, 8 wood-engraved plates (including a duplicate of the frontispiece), advertisement leaf, pictorial colophon leaf, wood-engraved headpieces and vignettes throughout, paper covering from original boards and spine bound in at rear, very small abrasion to foot of rear joint (qty: 1)

First edition, deluxe issue, number 33 of 80 copies printed on Japanese vellum and signed by the author, illustrator and publisher on the limitation page, this copy with a laid-in autograph letter signed from the illustrator.