Oriental Fairy Tales, Color Plates by Rie Cramer, Antique Book, 1923 For Sale

Introduction by Sir Edwin Arnold; no author is attributed.Quite worn but also quite scarce. Contains 15 of 16 tipped-in color plates; the frontispiece plate is missing. Rear hinge decimated, with a long tear between the rear endpapers; spine loose, with significant wear to ends; gilt typeface has worn off spine and partially worn off cover. Fraying to edges of boards; surface insect damage to boards. Pages are securely bound. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper, else unmarked.