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3 vols from Charles Paul De Kock's works

Title: Three volumes from the Romainville Edition of the Works of Charles Paul De Kock
Author: De Kock, Charles Paul
Description: 3 volumes including: The Child of My Wife * Andre - The Savoyard. Volume 1 only. * The Damsel of the Three Skirts. (8vo) 9½x6½, full green morocco with floral gilt and morocco onlay designs, tall raised bands on spines, full morocco doublures and endleaves top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed. Hand illuminated initial letters, head- and tail-pieces throughout. From the Romainville Edition, limited to 25 lettered sets.The Child of My Life illustrated by W.J. Sinnott (2 original pen and ink drawings), C. White (2 original etchings), and Louis Meynelle (2 original pen and ink drawings). The Damsel illustrated in its entirety by Louis Meynelle with 4 pen and ink drawings, an original watercolor, an original etching (in two states), and 4 photogravures from drawings by Meynelle (in two states). Andre (Volume I) illustrated in its entirety by John Sloan with 2 original etchings (each in two states, one state signed), an original etching in color (in two states, one state signed), four original pen and ink drawings in the text, and four photogravures (each in two states) 2 of which are signed.
Heading: Place Published: Boston
Publisher: Frederick J. Quinby
Date Published: [1903]