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Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition second printing September,1928, crown 4to (10 x 7.5 inches), pp. (1-4), 5-102, (2), 8 color plates after paintings by Arthur Rackham. The first printing was also September,1928. Original gilt pictorial green cloth, top edges gilt. Near fine clean bright copy. Sheets and plates clean, unmarked, complete. No owner names or inscriptions. H10679 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping.
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$196.20 + shipping
Description: Hardback, Tall 8vo. 10 x 7.5 inches. Dark green cloth with decorative gilt lettering to spine and design to front. Colour illustrated endpapers. With original pictorial dustwrapper. In very good condition. (Dw A little tanned, with a few chips on edges & a few crease lower rear edge.) Some minor rubbing to front edges. Some very slight darkening to endpapers, inscription on second blank page, else a very clean and tight copy. 103pp. Illustrated with 8 colour plates, and 30 b&w drawings by Arthur Rackham.
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
RACKHAM, Arthur.. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. By Washington Irving.. , 1928.
Price: US$198.23 + shipping
Description: London: George G. Harrap, (1928). Sm. 4to.Orig. illust. cloth. Spine gilt. T.e.g. In slightly defective dustjacket. (104pp.). Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with col. frontisp., illust. title-page, 7 full-page col. plates, text-illusts., and illust. end-papers. 1st ed. Fine crisp copy.
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Irving, Washington. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. George G. Harrap, London, 1928.
Price: US$229.33 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 102pp; coloured frontispiece; illustrations in colour and b/w; green cloth boards with gilt title to front and spine, decoration to front board; presentation inscription to the inside; decorated eps. with light toning. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall
Seller: Baggins Book Bazaar Ltd, Rochester, KENT, United Kingdom
Price: US$445.91 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Includes remains of dust jacket. With illustrations by Arthur Rackham, including 8 colour plates with caption on facing page and line drawings throughout. Dark green with gilt titles and decorations. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge gilt. Remaining front of the dj laid in. Condition: Top and bottom of spine slightly compressed. Titles and decoration bright. All plates complete. Frontispiece partially detached at spine, with small closed tear to bottom border. Scattered light foxing. Book protected in film which has been taped inside boards. Size: 10 x 8 inches / 26 x 20 cm. 103 pages. Weight: 620g.
Seller: Paperworks, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$495.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Stated at copyright: "Published 1928 by George G. Harrap & Co. Reprinted 1928" No other dates, indications. Large 8" x 10" gift book design. Harrap's deluxe issue in binding of full brown calf pictorially blocked in gilt. Rare in the chestnut colored leather boards with some edge wear, rub, spine chip, hinges with some wear. Bright gilt impressed cover titles and design. Whimsically stylish gilt titles and Rackham cover impression features a haunted tree in foreground w/steeple and townscape, rolling hills in b.g. Deckled pages near fine, no writing; front endpaper w/slight discoloration to edge. Bright gilded top edge. Frontispiece color plate by Rackham: "Frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air." Classic two-page illustrated spreads at front and back endpapers in monochromatic golden browns, w/varying hues of black & white; front pastedown w/small sticker-pull. Scene features main characters below trees teeming with ghouls and black cats and Sleepy Hollow in b.g. Beautifully, aptly illustrated throughout by the esteemed artist Arthur Rackham. Includes eight full-color plates and partial-page imagery, decoration, headers and tailpieces throughout. Bind good; back hinge reinforced. Rare near good leather bound example of this classic. Contains a prologue by D. K., Irving's most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. One of American literature's most enduring and popular tales, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the tragic story of the love triangle that develops between the ill-fated Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones and Katrina Van Tassel. Lavishly decorated by Rackham in his, by turns, humorous and blood-curdling illustrations. Headless horsemen hail from Northern European storytelling, in German, Irish, Scandinavian (The Wild Hunt) and English legends, and were included in Robert Burns's "Tam o' Shanter" (1790) and The Wild Huntsman (1796). Appearing as omens for those who disregard apparitions, these spectors found victims in proud schemers bearing hubris and arrogance. The most notable, however, was the spector of Sleepy Hollow, who had been riding the trails with his horse among the church yard graves. Enter Brom Bones, who made light of the galloping Hessian as an arrant horseman. He disaffirmed that returning one night from a neighboring village, being overtaken by the midnight trooper. That he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted and vanished in a flash of flame. All these haunts, told in a hushed undertone as men whisper in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the shine of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod.Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. In 1809, he published, The History of New York, under his most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. Irving is best known for his short stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". Printed in Great Britain by H. & J. Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. 103 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Irving, Washington. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, London, 1928.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Green cloth with very bright gilt titles and decorations; top edges gilt; illustrated endpapers. Eight color Arthur Rackham plates (including frontispiece). Interior and plates are clean, bright, and unmarked. Page edges lightly darkened with age. Previous owner's attractive bookplate on front fixed endpaper hidden under front DJ flap. Dust jacket panels/spine are darkened but cover color illustration looks good. DJ is chipped at edges with 1/2" out at top of spine. DJ looks good in mylar protector. Solid binding. A very nice copy
Seller: Plain Tales Books, Arlington Hts, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$573.32 + shipping
Description: Publisher's dummy, preceding the first edition. Original green cloth with gilt titles and an illustration to the upper board, and a mock up of the spine for the finalised book with gilt titles affixed to the lower board. In the dustwrapper. Consisting of 10 leaves (not including plates), with illustrated endpapers, two colour illustration plates, and five black and white header and footer illustrations. A catalogue clipping announcing this title is tipped in on the front pastedown, with the statement that the book will be ready in August revised in pencil to September. A very good or better copy, the binding firm, the spine tips a little rubbed and the boards just slightly bowed. Complete with the original dustwrapper which has chipping to the spine tips and flap hinges, and a closed tear to the front flap hinge with associated creasing. A wonderful and scarce artefact of the publishing process. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United Kingdom
IRVING, Washington. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. London George G Harrap & Co 1928, 1928.
Price: US$573.32 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. 19 x 24.8 cm green cloth with gilt stamped titles and decoration to the front and titles to the spine, top edge gilt other edges uncut. Pictorial endpapers, 102[1], [1]blank, gilt and black decorative title page, 8 colour plates including frontispiece and black and white illustrations within the text. In original dust jacket. The boards have been well protected by the jacket and are clean and bright with just a touch of rubbing to the spine tips and corners. Internally, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a little light spotting to a couple of pages. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is lightly dust stained with a couple of ink marks on the rear panel. There is loss to the spine tips and corners of up to 1.5 cm. Loss at the head of the spine extends for 1.5 cm on to the front panel and 4.5 cm on the rear. There are a few closed tears on the top and bottom edges extending up to 4.5 cm. All in all a very good looking book in a scarce dust jacket. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, United Kingdom
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto (9 13/16 x 7 1/2 inches; 250 x 191 mm.). Collating 102, [1], [1, blank]. Publisher's green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and lettered in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Pictorial endpapers. Eight color plates and thirty drawings in black and white. A Near Fine copy in a VG+ original color pictorial dust jacket with just some chipping and loss to the spine extremities and edges. By 1928, the traditional Rackham book - freely and lavishly illustrated, and lushly produced - was, culturally no longer in fashion nor financially feasible. Artistically, Rackham's work was being overshadowed by a younger generation. Publisher George Harrap stepped in, took up the challenge, and, through production economies, published a new kind of Rackham book. But if the volumes were not as spectacular as in the past, the artwork was no less impressive. Latimore and Haskell 63-64. Riall 164-165.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated at copyright: Published 1928 by George G. Harrap & Co. No other dates, indications. Large 8" x 10" gift book design. Dark green full-cloth boards, bright gilt embossed cover and spine design, titles, moderate shelf wear, bow, some bump to lower corner. Whimsically stylish titles and cover design feature Ichibod Crane and his lady being swarmed by giant owl. Pages very good, clean; few with light fox. Frontispiece color plate by Rackham: "Frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air." Classic two-page spread illustrated at front and back endpapers with monochromatic miasma in golden brown w/black & white in various hues. Scene features main characters below trees teeming with ghouls and black cats and Sleepy Hollow townscape in b.g. Beautifully and aptly illustrated throughout by the esteemed artist Arthur Rackham. Includes eight full-color plates and partial-page imagery, decoration, headers and tailpieces throughout. Bind fine; hinges intact. Near very good first edition. Contains a prologue by D. K., Irving's most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. One of American literature's most enduring and popular tales, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the tragic story of the love triangle that develops between the ill-fated Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones and Katrina Van Tassel. Lavishly decorated by Rackham in his, by turns, humorous and blood-curdling illustrations. Headless horsemen hail from Northern European storytelling, in German, Irish, Scandinavian (The Wild Hunt) and English legends, and were included in Robert Burns's "Tam o' Shanter" (1790) and The Wild Huntsman (1796). Appearing as omens for those who disregard apparitions, these spectors found victims in proud schemers bearing hubris and arrogance. The most notable, however, was the spector of Sleepy Hollow, who had been riding the trails with his horse among the church yard graves. Enter Brom Bones, who made light of the galloping Hessian as an arrant horseman. He disaffirmed that returning one night from a neighboring village, being overtaken by the midnight trooper. That he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted and vanished in a flash of flame. All these haunts, told in a hushed undertone as men whisper in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the shine of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod.Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. In 1809, he published, The History of New York, under his most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. Irving is best known for his short stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". Printed in Great Britain by H. & J. Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. 103 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$668.87 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition 1928. Top edges gilt. With the publishers pictorial gilt decorated full brown leather. Endpapers, full page colour plates and black and white text illustrations by Arthur Rackham. One fox mark to title page. Leather lightly rubbed around edges and corners, a few light scuff marks to spine and boards. Gilt decoration to front cover by Arthur Rackham is clean and bright. Generally a very good solid copy. This is the rare de luxe full leather binding. 103 p.
Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated at copyright: Published 1928 by George G. Harrap & Co. No other dates, indications. Large 8" x 10" gift book design. Dark green full-cloth boards, bright gilt embossed cover and spine design, titles, moderate shelf wear, some fleck. Whimsically stylish titles and cover design feature Ichibod Crane and his lady being swarmed by giant owl. Pages near fine, clean. Antiquarian inscription at front endpaper: "Poppy., from her loving Oma. The Hague, 24th December, 1929." Frontispiece color plate by Rackham: "Frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air." Classic two-page spread, monochromatic in golden brown w/black & white in various hues, illustrated endpapers at front, back. Scene features main characters below trees teeming with ghouls and black cats and Sleepy Hollow townscape in b.g. Beautifully aptly illustrated throughout by the esteemed artist Arthur Rackham. Includes eight full-color plates and partial-page imagery, decoration, headers and tailpieces throughout. Bind fine; hinges intact. Contains a prologue by D. K., Irving's most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. One of American literature's most enduring and popular tales, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the tragic story of the love triangle that develops between the ill-fated Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones and Katrina Van Tassel. Lavishly decorated by Rackham in his, by turns, humorous and blood-curdling illustrations. Headless horsemen hail from Northern European storytelling, in German, Irish, Scandinavian (The Wild Hunt) and English legends, and were included in Robert Burns's "Tam o' Shanter" (1790) and The Wild Huntsman (1796). Appearing as omens for those who disregard apparitions, these spectors found victims in proud schemers bearing hubris and arrogance. The most notable, however, was the spector of Sleepy Hollow, who had been riding the trails with his horse among the church yard graves. Enter Brom Bones, who made light of the galloping Hessian as an arrant horseman. He disaffirmed that returning one night from a neighboring village, being overtaken by the midnight trooper. That he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted and vanished in a flash of flame. All these haunts, told in a hushed undertone as men whisper in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the shine of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod.Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. In 1809, he published, The History of New York, under his most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. Irving is best known for his short stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". Printed in Great Britain by H. & J. Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. 103 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$955.53 + shipping
Description: First trade edition, first impression. A contemporary review of the book in the Saturday Review on 8 December 1928 stated "Mr. Rackham's illustrations are beautifully suited to Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow. This book is exceptionally well produced". Latimore & Haskell, pp. 63-64; Riall, pp. 164-165. Saturday Review, 8 December 1928, p. 786. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, front cover with vignette in gilt, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt. With dust jacket. Colour frontispiece and 7 colour plates, title page printed in green and black, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Extremities very slightly bumped and rubbed, some light browning; slightly soiled unpriced jacket worn at extremities with tears to spine and front cover, tape repairs to reverse: a near-fine copy in a very good jacket.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1155.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, first issue with top edge gilt. With 8 impressive colour plates and numerous drawings in black and white throughout and with coloured illustrated endpapers all by Arthur Rackham 4to, original dark green cloth lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt on the upper cover, lettered in gilt on the spine, with pictorial endpapers by Arthur Rackham, t.e.g. IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET 103. A bright and fine copy, internally completely free of the spotting which so frequently plagues these titles, the cloth bright and fresh, the scarce jacket with only minor edgewear and a bit of mellowing but still showing very well indeed. RACKHAMS MAGICAL, OTHER-WORLDLY ILLUSTRATIONS ADD A GOTHIC FLAVOR TO THIS CLASSIC TALE. Washington Irvings story of "The Headless Horseman", is one of the true and greatest favorites of American literature. Employing his more adult and almost sinister style it is made all the more wonderful by Arthur Rackhams illustrations. A fine combination of efforts between illustrator and author and probably the best rendering to date of Irvings constantly retold tale.
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1195.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated at copyright: Published 1928 by George G. Harrap & Co. No other dates, indications. Large 8" x 10" gift book design. Dark green full-cloth boards, bright gilt embossed cover and spine design, titles, light shelf wear. Whimsically stylish and crisp gilt titles and cover design feature Ichibod Crane and his lady being swarmed by giant owl. Pages near fine, clean; no writing. Frontispiece color plate by Rackham: "Frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air." Classic two-page spread, monochromatic in golden brown w/black & white in various hues, illustrated endpapers at front and back. Scene features main characters below trees teeming with ghouls and black cats and Sleepy Hollow townscape in b.g. Beautifully, aptly illustrated throughout by the esteemed artist Arthur Rackham. Includes eight full-color plates and partial-page imagery, decoration, headers and tailpieces throughout. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Rare cream dust wrapper w/large front panel illustration matching front board and crisp titles at spine, moderate shelf, edge wear, rub, discoloration; protected in new clear sleeve. Scarce near fine beautifully crafted volume in near very good original wrapper. Contains a prologue by D. K., Irving's most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. One of American literature's most enduring and popular tales, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the tragic story of the love triangle that develops between the ill-fated Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones and Katrina Van Tassel. Lavishly decorated by Rackham in his, by turns, humorous and blood-curdling illustrations. Headless horsemen hail from Northern European storytelling, in German, Irish, Scandinavian (The Wild Hunt) and English legends, and were included in Robert Burns's "Tam o' Shanter" (1790) and The Wild Huntsman (1796). Appearing as omens for those who disregard apparitions, these spectors found victims in proud schemers bearing hubris and arrogance. The most notable, however, was the spector of Sleepy Hollow, who had been riding the trails with his horse among the church yard graves. Enter Brom Bones, who made light of the galloping Hessian as an arrant horseman. He disaffirmed that returning one night from a neighboring village, being overtaken by the midnight trooper. That he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted and vanished in a flash of flame. All these haunts, told in a hushed undertone as men whisper in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the shine of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod.Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. In 1809, he published, The History of New York, under his most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. Irving is best known for his short stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". Printed in Great Britain by H. & J. Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. 103 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This edition is limited to 250 signed copies for England and 125 copies for the United States of which this is number 71 of the English issue. Full vellum with gilt particulars to front cover and spine. Top edge gilt; others deckle. Bookplate of Cecile Samuels designed by Earnest H. Shephard to front pastedown. Otherwise a nice clean copy without further names or markings. 101 pages; Signed by Author; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
Seller: William Chrisant & Sons, ABAA, ILAB. IOBA, ABA, Ephemera Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$2800.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Rare limited edition beautifully signed and likely numbered by Arthur Rackham with what appears to be fountain pen at limition page: "Edition limited to Two Hundred and Fifty Copies for England and One Hundred and Twenty-five Copies for the United States, of which this is No. '80' of the English issue. 'Arthur Rackham.'" Stated at copyright: "Published 1928 by George G. Harrap & Co." Larger 8 1/4" x 10 1/2" gift book design. Cream vellum (leather) boards, whimsically stylish gilt cover and spine titles, moderate cover, edge wear, discoloration, bow. Rough-cut deckled leaves very good, no writing. Frontispiece color plate by Rackham: "Frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air." Classic two-page illustrated spreads at front and back endpapers in monochromatic golden browns, with varying hues of black & white. Scene features main characters below trees teeming with ghouls and black cats and Sleepy Hollow in b.g. Beautifully, aptly illustrated throughout by the esteemed artist Arthur Rackham. Includes eight richly colored mounted plates with partial-page imagery, decoration, headers and tailpieces throughout. Plates are captioned at adjacent page with vignette verso this preceding page. Bind good; hinges intact. Rare signed limited edition of this classic. Contains a prologue by D. K., Irving's most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. One of American literature's most enduring and popular tales, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the tragic story of the love triangle that develops between the ill-fated Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones and Katrina Van Tassel. Lavishly decorated by Rackham in his, by turns, humorous and blood-curdling illustrations. Headless horsemen hail from Northern European storytelling, in German, Irish, Scandinavian (The Wild Hunt) and English legends, and were included in Robert Burns's "Tam o' Shanter" (1790) and The Wild Huntsman (1796). Appearing as omens for those who disregard apparitions, these spectors found victims in proud schemers bearing hubris and arrogance. The most notable, however, was the spector of Sleepy Hollow, who had been riding the trails with his horse among the church yard graves. Enter Brom Bones, who made light of the galloping Hessian as an arrant horseman. He disaffirmed that returning one night from a neighboring village, being overtaken by the midnight trooper. That he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted and vanished in a flash of flame. All these haunts, told in a hushed undertone as men whisper in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the shine of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod.Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. In 1809, he published, The History of New York, under his most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. Irving is best known for his short stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". Printed in Great Britain by H. & J. Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. 103 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. George G. Harrap Co Ltd, London, 1928.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarto. 103pp Bound in full vellum with gilt lettering and design to cover and spine. This edition is limited to 250 copies for England and one hundred twenty-five copies for the United States of which this is number 18 of the English issue. SIGNED by Arthur Rackham. Color pictorial endpapers. Eight full page color illustrations and numerous in black and white. Some light foxing. Vellum cover a bit bowed. A very nice copy of a beautifully illustrated book.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$3822.13 + shipping
Description: Signed limited edition, number 146 of 250 British copies signed and numbered by the artist. A further 125 signed and numbered copies were issued for America. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 63-4; Riall, pp. 164-5. Quarto. Original Japanese vellum, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, colour pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour frontispiece and seven colour plates mounted on paper, with lettered paper guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Head and foot of spine slightly bumped, occasional browning, fixed endpapers slightly cockled; a near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom