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THE BOOK OF THE QUEEN'S DOLLS' HOUSE.
Benson, A.C., Lawrence Weaver, and E.V. Lucas (editors)
2 Volumes.

- London : Methuen & Co. (1924) - 4to. - quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, labels on spine of both volumes, top edge cut, other edges uncut, slipcase - xvi, 248, (2); xiv, 383+(1) pages - Order Nr. 116193 - Price: $ 550.00

Limited to 1500 numbered copies. First volume describes the Dolls' House, made as a gift to Queen Mary, consort of King George V, with chapters on its architecture, furniture, paintings, gardens, and other subjects. The architect was Sir Edwin Luytens. Second volume describes the library and is illustrated with facsimilies and specimen pages of books and paintings made expressly for the Dolls House. Table of contents, list of illustrations, six appendices in first volume. Color frontispiece portrait of the Queen in first volume, the King in the second. 92 plates, 24 in color, in first volume. 24 plates, six in color, in second volume. Slipcase worn at edges and corners. Boards scuffed at edges. bumped at corners. Inside hinges of second volume cracked.

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