TALES OF THE ALHAMBRA

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16/24
Valentine, heart shaped, gold background, forget me not floral border, artist Brundage, cupids

THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY

Set Comment

Undated, but approx 1920's-1930's. Red, green or blue cloth covers with pictorial pastedown illustration to front board, and gilt titles to spine. Some titles also come with cheaper linen type cloth cover with no picture. Catalogue to rear pages. Colour plate to frontispiece, plus five full page illustrations in text with several black and white drawings throughout. come with and without THE GOLDEN TREASURY LIBRARY on spine, originally issued with an ARTISTIC WRAPPER IN FULL COLOUR originally eight titles but expanded to twenty one, more titles listed but all seem legitimate, some come with Tuck advertising to back pages

Set Covers

Title

TALES OF THE ALHAMBRA

Item Comment

illustrations THE GRAN MASTER OF ALCANTARA (cover), THE BEAUTIFUL CAPTIVE AND ABEN HABUZ, RUYZ DE ALARCON AND THE ROSE OF THE ALHAMBRA, KING ABU HABUZ AND THE ARABIAN ASTROLOGER, PRINCESS ALDEGONDA AND HER PHYSICIANS, THE GRAND MASTER OF ALCANTARA AND THE HERMIT, 281 pages

Type

Hardcover Book

Artist

HARRY G. THEAKER

Author

WASHINGTON IRVING

Size

5 x 7.5 in.