The Knave of Hearts. With pictures by Maxfield Parrish

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Maxfield Parrish. 46 pp. Folio [35.5 cm] Black cloth with full color illustration on front board. Very minor wear at the spine ends and corners of the covers. Text block just beginning to crack at p. 18 and p. 34, however still extremely sturdy. Illustrations bright and crisp. A nearly pristine copy of this illustrated high-spot. Not often seen in such wonderful condition. Complete. The author was the wife of the legendary Scribner's editor Maxwell Perkins. Beautifully illustrated with lavish full-page and in text illustrations - all in full color. Full-color illustrations on the endpapers. This volume shows Maxfield Parrish at the height of his abilities. Parrish's masterpiece- a definite high point in the Golden Age of illustration, and one of the greatest illustrated books ever.