From the Library of Clayre and Jay Michael Haft

Clara Tice

A collectio꧃n of works illustrated by Tice, comprising:

i. Jean de La Fontaine. Tales and Novels of J. de la Fontaine, with 12 original etchings by Clara Tice. Nijmegen: privately printed by G. J. Thieme, 1929

LIMITED EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY ("To Jeanne & Lazaar | Clara Tice" on half-title of vol.1), NO. 1 OF ONLY 5 COPIES SET BY HAND, with signed limitation label in each volume, 2 volumes, 8vo (244 x 158mm.), half-titles, original drawing in crayon, 12 etched plates, each in 2 states (plain, and hand-coloured), red morocco elaborately gilt, spines with raised bands in five compartments, top edges gilt, others uncut, silk-lined endpapers, some foxing to preliminaries

ii. Jean de La Fontaine. Tales and Novels of J. de la Fontaine, with 12 original etchings by Clara Tice. Nijmegen: privately printed by G. J. Thieme, 1929

LIMITED EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, NO. 2 OF ONLY 5 COPIES SET BY HAND, with signed limitation label in each volume, 2 volumes, 8vo (244 x 158mm.), half-titles, 2 original drawings in crayon and 12 hand-coloured etched plates, red half morocco gilt over patterned boards, spine with raised bands in five compartments, top edges gilt, others uncut, patterned endpapers, extremities slightly rubbed

iii. Pierre Louÿs. The Twilight of the Nymphs. Privately printed for the Pierre Louÿs Society, 1927

LIMITED, DELUXE EDITION, no. 10 of 1250, 8vo (238 x 156mm.), half-title, embossed frontispiece, 27 coloured plates, with 5 additional hand-coloured etched plates, contemporary red morocco gilt, spine with raised bands in six compartments, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, some leaves with adhesive residue at lower margin, preliminaries slightly foxed, extremities slightly rubbed

iv. Pierre Louÿs. Woman and Puppet: A Spanish Romance. Privately printed for the Pierre Louys Society, 1927

LIMITED EDITION, no. 1 of 1250, 8vo (236 x 162mm.), half title, 9 coloured plates, with 5 additional hand-coloured etched plates, red half morocco, spine gilt with raised bands in five compartments, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers, some leaves with adhesive residue at lower margin, extremities slightly rubbed, head of spine slightly frayed

PROVENANCE:

From the library of William R. Cabrera: boo♏kpla💦tes in items ii, iii, and iv