Tales of Hoffmann by Mario Laboccetta (Illust.) - 1932

George G. Harrap & Co 1932. Imperial octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering & illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, illus title page, 207pp, illus, VG (light fading & bruising to spine & extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, 5cm closed tear to top front edge, moderate tanning to spine, moderate discolouration/foxing & chafing to covers)

London: George G. Harrap, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Printed in Paris by H. Piazza & Cie. 10" x 7.5", 207 (1) pp, with 10 full-page color plates and many other color illustrations in the text. A fine copy in publishers illustrated cloth binding. Mario Laboccetta (1899-1988) was born in Naples, but moved as a young man to Paris, where he gained fame for his richly colored, detailed, and sometimes erotic illustrations for posters, magazines, and books -- most notably this volume and an edition of Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal.

London: George G. Harrap & Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Original pictorial cloth, faded red topstain. Mild foxing, mostly to first/last pages. Tight and square. The DJ in mylar is price clipped, sunned, nicked, with internal tape repairs to spine ends. Color illustrations. ; quarto; 207 pages .

New York: Dodd, Mead and Co.. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1932. First American Edition. Hardcover. No author, adaptor nor translator is credited, so we'll go with the fabulous illustrator here. The illustrations are certainly the star of this dish. They include numerous plates and also small illustrations scattered throughout. The book is in excellent, collectible condition, with no tanning, foxing, or signs of prior use. The paper is toned to an attractive creamy ivory-beige. The jacket is intact, with light edgewear at the bottom and some more significant chipping along the top. It is now protected by a mylar Brodart cover. The book is not dated, but it is clearly identical to the George Harrap edition (and certainly printed at the same press in France) . Fast shipping, with tracking number provided. ; 7.75x10x1 inches; 207 pages .