XRare JESSIE KING's TOUR DE FORCE 1st LTD EDN 1/500 FINE ART BINDING ART NOUVEAU

JESSIE M. KING ILLUSTRATES "L'HABITATION FORCEE" JESSIE M. KING'S MOST SOUGHT AFTER BOOK IN MARVELOUS CONDITION!!! 1ST AND ONLY EDITION 1921 LIMITED EDITION PRINTED AND POCHOIR HAND-COLORED IN JUST 500 COPIES Finely Bound in a Beautiful Art Nouveau/Art Deco Binding By Rene Kieffer - also the Publisher of this fine book. Kieffer only bound a few of his books in his Beautiful Art Bindings - Most were sold just in the paper covers and few survived... This one is in absolutely beautiful condition - Bound in a Grey Leather with a Rare Copper/Bronze Impressed Block Scene to the Front and Rear Covers! Amazing!! This is a beautiful original 1st Limited Edition of the classic JESSIE M. KING illustrated Arts and Crafts / Art Nouveau / Glasgow School of Art / Art Deco masterpiece "L'Habitation Forcee" by Rudyard KiplingNO FOXING OR MARKING TO THE TEXT OR ILLUSTRATIONS AT ALL! WONDERFUL!! ALL POCHOIR HAND COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS PERFECT!! NO CREASES OR OTHER DAMAGE!! ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! Phenomenal Condition! Anybody that has ever had the fortunate opportunity to see one of these books has probably only ever seen one with the usual foxing - This one has extremely clean pages throughout!! This beautifully illustrated book is one of the scarcest and most sought after of the Art Nouveau/Arts and Crafts/Art Deco books ever printed! It is just full in Art Nouveau / Pre-Raphaelite style artwork!! REGARDED BY MOST AS JESSIE KING'S PINNACLE AS AN ARTIST!! Beautiful and Classic Pochoir Hand Colored Plates by Jessie King - Just look at the Photo's - The printing/coloring is that good that they look like original water-colors! Original 1st Limited Edition form - Not a Modern Reprint!!! Exceedingly Rare!!!Absolutely fantastic!! THIS IS JESSIE KING AT HER ART NOUVEAU BEST!! Drawing from her Pre-Raphaelite/Glasgow School inimitable style, and of course together with the Fairy Tale topic, makes this a book that is a real classic. This beautiful volume is full of fabulous Art Nouveau Illustrations - just look at the Art Nouveau lines in these!!! Typical Glasgow School of Art - Highly influenced by her friend Charles Rennie Mackintosh's artwork. I have photographed some of the images just to give you a feel for the amazing quality of these illustrations - the quality is fantastic - Some moving towards Art Deco!! So many of these books are split up for their illustrations - this one is complete and extremely clean! Jessie King was of course contemporary with Burne-Jones, Alphonse Mucha, Walter Crane and William Morris, Arpad Basch, Paul Berthon, Jules Cheret, Georges de Feure, Eugene Grasset, Toulouse Lautrec, Privat Livemont, Henri Matisse, Georges Meunier, William Nicholson, Aubrey Beardsley, Kay Nielsen, Edmund Dulac, Maxfield Parrish, Granville Fell, Holman Hunt, Arthur Rackham, Will Bradley, Lawrence Housman, John Ruskin, Ashbee, Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti, William de Morgan, Mission and Liberty & Co. style, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Louis Rhead, and of course many other styles and artists of the period - and is regarded by many as the master of book illustration! This complete 1st Limited Edition is dated 1915 and is in Excellent condition! - Pages are white and clean, the top edge is gilt, the covers and spine are the original fine art binding by Kieffer!!! Beautiful Throughout!! RARE BRONZE/COPPER BLOCKING TO THE COVERS!! A great addition to the quality illustrated book collection. Check out my other auctions for other wonderful illustrated books!The successful bidder to pay $9.95 Priority shipping and insurance, or $4.00 media mail - International extra. Utah residents to pay 6% sales tax read more