Hans Anderson; Arthur Rackham. Fairy Tales. George G. Harrap, London, 1932.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First printing of the trade edition. Red cloth with gilt titles. Book is very clean. Original prospectus for this title, with a specimen page, laid in (previously folded). No markings of any kind inside, no foxing, all tissue guards present. Red cloth boards are complete free of tears and have just a couple of minor discolorations, a strong VG+.
Seller: Blue Sky Rare Books, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Anderson, Hans. Fairy Tales by Hans Anderson. London George G. Harrap & Co. Limited 1932, 1932.
Price: US$609.31 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition thus. Brown-red half-leather binding with original gilt illustrated boards, five raised bands to spine and gilt lettering and decoration. Gilt top-edge. Original illustrated endpapers. Twelve colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham protected by tissue guards and numerous text illustrations. Quarto. pp. 288. Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. A book in Fine condition in a fine binding.
Seller: OJ-BOOKS ABA / PBFA, SOLIHULL, United Kingdom
Price: US$5750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8 in. x 10 7/8 in., [288] pp. with limitation page signed by Arthur Rackham, facing the title page; illustrated with 12 full color plates, with title-printed tissue guards, and black & white drawings, Rackham-designed end papers. Full vellum, with titling & duck design gilt on the spine, gilt titling, borders on the front cover, top-edge gilt. A very fine copy. One of Rackham's most desirable illustrated titles. Weight: 3 lbs. Latimore & Haskell, p.68
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Anderson, Hans (Rackham, Arthur). Fairy Tales. George G. Harrap & Co. London, 1932.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. A spectacular copy authentically SIGNED by Rackham. This copy is Limited to 525 numbered copies signed by the artist on the limitation page. The book is in excellent condition and is bound in the publisher's vellum cloth with minor wear to the edges. A superb in collector's condition.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.