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"Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to hear the truth of an old legend that has persisted wrongly through the ages; the truth, until now hid behind the embroidered curtain of a rhyme, about the Knave of Hearts, who was no knave but a very hero indeed..." |
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(PARRISH, Maxfield, illust.); SAUNDERS, Louise. Knave of Hearts. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Oblong quarto, original cloth with color pictorial label on front cover. $4000. First edition. Vibrant, well preserved copy of this lovely collaboration by Parrish and Saunders. Very minimal wear to color pictorial label (see above); inoffensive 1/4 inch closed tear to front free endaper. A tight, bright, near-fine copy of this splendid book. |