Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$276.82 + shipping
Description: 80pp.
Seller: LLIBRERIA KEPOS-CANUDA, Barcelona, Spain
Brown, Abbie Farwell. The Lonesomest Doll. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1928.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo full tan cloth printed in pink and black, illustrated by Arthur Rackham and only issued in the U.S. Frontis, title and one other full page illustration printed in red and turquoise, plentiful line drawings throughout. Unobtrusively rebacked, slight chipping to bottom fore edge of a few pages, illegible red ink mark to front board, tape repair to bottom of page 6. Still a very nice copy of a scarce title.
Seller: Bud Plant & Hutchison Books, Cedar Ridge, CA, U.S.A.
BROWN, Abbie Farwell. RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.). Lonesomest Doll.. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1928.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: 81 pp. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 8vo, publishers tan cloth illustrated in orange and black. A few inoffensive smudges to the text; endsheets a little tanned; spine and rear panel lightly dust-soiled; corner tips and extremities of spine slightly frayed.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
BROWN, Abbie Farewell. The Lonesomest Doll. New York Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928.
Price: US$482.86 + shipping
Description: 1st Arthur Rackham Edition. 15.8 x 21.6 cm pictorial cloth with titles in decoration in orange and black to the front and titles to the spine, [viii]80[1]pp [2]blank with 25 black and white illustrations and 4 full page red and blue illustrations including the decorative title page. A very smart looking binding, clean and bright with firm sharp corners. There a couple of light spots to the front joint and a hint or rubbing to the corners. Internally there is a neat gift inscription dated 1929 to the front free endpaper and an area of toning to pp10-11 probably from a book mark or similar (see image) but all in all a really good looking copy of this difficult to find Rackham illustrated work. 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$579.44 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. The book was originally published in 1901 with illustrations by E. Pollack; the Rackham illustrated version was only published in the US. Riall notes that "the text is printed on a poor and brittle paper, so it is a difficult title to find in good condition". Latimore and Haskell p. 63; Riall, p. 163. Octavo. Original buff cloth, spine and upper cover lettered in black and orange, upper cover with design in black and orange. Frontispiece, decorated title page and 2 full-page illustrations printed in rose and turquoise, with black and white illustrations within the text, all by Arthur Rackham. Contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper with bookplate to front pastedown. Head and foot of spine slightly bumped, lower corners slightly rubbed, some light soiling, frontispiece and title page becoming slightly loose; a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$600.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Good with fair dust jacket. Gift inscription at top of half title page. Three full page illustrations by Rackham, but one of these is torn and taped. Some smaller illustrations are colored. Dust jacket is taped on inside at top and bottom edges and spine and is taped on outside at the corners.
Seller: Jerry Merkel, XENIA, OH, U.S.A.
[Rackham, Arthur] Brown, Abbie Farwell. The Lonesomest Doll. Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1928.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: First edition illustrated by Rackham, published only in America. Octavo (8 5/16 x6 1/8 in; 212 x 155 mm). Collating [8]. 80, [1], [3, blank]. Original tan cloth, pictorially stamped in colors. Small "1951" postage stamp on front free-endpaper. Title page, frontispiece and two full page illustrations in rose and greenish-blue, twenty-six black and white drawings. A Near Fine copy. "There is no more famous illustrator of children's books in the entire world than Arthur Rackham. Indeed, there are many people who make a point of buying every Rackham book regardless of subject, merely for the sake of the pictures. For, unlike that of many illustrators, Mr. Rackham's work appeals equally to the child and the adult, delighting the young reader by its whimsical humor and multitude of perfectly executed details, and adults by its beauty and artistry. In 'The Lonesomest Doll' Mr. Rackham has found an unusually appealing theme, and he has contributed a series of thirty-one of his unique illustrations (four in color), making a volume that should take its place as one of the finest gift books of the year. Miss Brown's charming story of the proud little queen and her beautiful lonesome doll has held a place for many years among the favorite books of the younger readers, and this new and beautiful edition should make it many new friends" (Front flap of dust jacket). Latimore and Haskell p. 63. Hudson p. 171. Riall p. 163.
Seller: Whitmore Rare Books, Inc. -- ABAA, ILAB, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Brown, Abbie Farwell. THE LONESOMEST DOLL. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928.
Price: US$1160.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 1st 1928. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. A charming story of the proud little queen and her beautiful lonesome doll. 31 unique illustrations including four in colour. Attractive tan pictorial cloth, black title to spine. A rare Rackham title being published only in America. Spine just very slightly bumped. Pale stain to front cover which is hardly noticeable. Tiny bookseller's stamp to front pastedown. Inscription in pencil to front endpaper. Very light water stain to margins of pages in second half of book. Pages very lightly browned. First gathering pulled at hinges and slightly misaligned. Closed tear to gutter edges of first gathering. Prelims almost detached. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly grubby with a few light stains, chipped at corners with a few small edge-tears. Difficult to find in good condition due to paper used being of poor quality, this is an exceptionally bright copy, rare in original wrapper. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United Kingdom
Price: US$1609.55 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing. The book was originally published in 1901 with illustrations by E. Pollack; the Rackham illustrated version was only published in the US. This is a beautiful example of the title in the rare dust jacket. Latimore and Haskell p. 63; Riall, p. 163. Octavo. Original buff cloth, titles to spine black and to front cover black and red, vignette blocked to front board in black and red. With dust jacket. Housed in a folding box. Colour frontispiece, decorated title page and 2 full page illustrations printed in red and green ink, black and white vignettes to text, by Rackham. In the lightly toned dust jacket with just a touch of wear with short tears and shallow chips to the extremities. An excellent copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom