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Mrs. Greene [Louisa Lillias Plunket Greene]. The Grey House on the Hill. Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1903.

Price: US$142.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A bright copy of this charming children's story, an early edition illustrated with colour plates by Arthur Rackham. An early Rackham edition of this work, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with blind-stamping to the front board and spine. Without the pink paper as called for in the first edition.Ink inscription to the front free end paper, awarding this book as a prize for attendance to Congregational Sunday School, dated 1905. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and a further seven colour plates by the renowned Golden Age book illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939). Collated, complete. An uplifting children's novel about Christian morality, by Lady Louisa Lilias Plunket Greene (1833-1891), an Irish author of children's stories. Illustrated with early examples of Arthur Rackham's illustrations.Undated, dated from copies held at the British Library and from the two pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear of the volume. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with fading to the spine and a small bump to the upper extremities of the rear and front boards. Front hinge is slightly strained but held firmly. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age toned but clean. Very Good

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). By the Hon. Mrs Greene.. THE GREY HOUSE ON THE HILL.. London Thomas Nelson, 1903.

Price: US$552.31 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION FIRST ISSUE (1903). 8vo, 190 x 125 mm, 7½ x 5 mm, deluxe binding, wine red fine ribbed cloth, bevelled boards, ornate gilt decoration to spine: 4 double ruled gilt rectangles, the largest with 7 gilt flowers, lettered gilt on spine, gilt single ruled vertical rectangle next to spine on upper cover enclosing 10 gilt flowers, gilt title and author on upper cover in large blindstamped rectangle, tiny blindstamped ornament under title, all edges gilt, pages: 205 + 2, printed on pale pink paper. 8 very good colour plates, title page printed red and black. Neat faint owner stamp on front pastedown and half-title, margin edges slightly browned throughout. Otherwise near Fine very bright copy. This deluxe first issue is uncommon and is not described by Latimore and Haskell or Riall who list as the first a copy without bevelled boards, gilt decoration on covers or spine, or gilt edges. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); GREENE, Louisa Lilias, Hon.. The Grey House on the Hill.. London, Edinburgh, and New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [1903], 1903.

Price: US$1234.57 + shipping

Description: First edition, first impression. Latimore & Haskell, p. 21; Riall, p. 51. Octavo. Original blue cloth, titles and decoration to spine and front cover gilt, all edges gilt. Colour frontispiece and 7 colour plates by Arthur Rackham. Pages with toning and light spotting, spine gently rolled, corners a touched rubbed. An excellent copy.

Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom

[Rackham, Arthur] Green [Louisa Lilias], The Hon. Mrs. The Grey House on the Hill. Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1903.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: First Rackham-illustrated edition, first issue printed on pink paper. Collating 205, [1, blank], [2, adv.]. Publisher's original blue cloth, front cover and spine blind-stamped in a conventional all-over patternand lettered in gilt. A color variant not noted by Riall or Latimore and Haskell. Title-page printed in red and black on white paper as issued. Eight full page color plates by Arthur Rackham. A Near Fine copy with just the lightest amount of rubbing to extremities and a few leaves with light creases at upper corners. Lady Greene was a prolific Irish children's author whose works emphasized moral life lessons. The present work was originally published in 1870 with the subtitle Buy the Truth and Sell It Not: A Tale for the Young; and it tells the simple and uplifting story of two boys who learn the Christian way toward generosity and goodness. Illustrated for the first time by Arthur Rackham, the present version of the story is brought to life in vivid, Pre-Raphaelite style. Riall 51. Latimore and Haskell 21.

Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.