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Auction archive: Lot number 168

LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator]. BRICUSSE, Leslie. Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride . London: Faber and Faber, 1987.

Auction 13.12.2006
13 Dec 2006
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$2,280
Auction archive: Lot number 168

LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator]. BRICUSSE, Leslie. Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride . London: Faber and Faber, 1987.

Auction 13.12.2006
13 Dec 2006
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$2,280
Beschreibung:

LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator]. BRICUSSE, Leslie. Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride . London: Faber and Faber, 1987. 2 o. 12 color illustrations mounted and with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrated vignettes in the text. Publisher's tan morocco by Zaehnsdorf, front cover and spine decoratively gilt-lettered, green morocco doublures, tan watered silk linings, edges gilt; quarter tan morocco felt-lined folding case (corners slightly bumped). LIMITED DE LUXE EDITION, number 2 of 100 copies signed by the author and illustrator, and ONE OF 10 SPECIAL COPIES WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWING BY LE CAIN below the limitation statement. The watercolor in this copy depicts several elves stuck in glue after the packing elves ran out of string on Christmas in the year 1510. It is replicated in the plate on page 9.

Auction archive: Lot number 168
Auction:
Datum:
13 Dec 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
13 December 2006, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator]. BRICUSSE, Leslie. Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride . London: Faber and Faber, 1987. 2 o. 12 color illustrations mounted and with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrated vignettes in the text. Publisher's tan morocco by Zaehnsdorf, front cover and spine decoratively gilt-lettered, green morocco doublures, tan watered silk linings, edges gilt; quarter tan morocco felt-lined folding case (corners slightly bumped). LIMITED DE LUXE EDITION, number 2 of 100 copies signed by the author and illustrator, and ONE OF 10 SPECIAL COPIES WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWING BY LE CAIN below the limitation statement. The watercolor in this copy depicts several elves stuck in glue after the packing elves ran out of string on Christmas in the year 1510. It is replicated in the plate on page 9.

Auction archive: Lot number 168
Auction:
Datum:
13 Dec 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
13 December 2006, New York, Rockefeller Center
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