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Rackham, Arthur (Illustrator).. RIP VAN WINKLE. By Washington Irving.. William Heinemann, 1905.

Price: US$107.22 + shipping

Description: 2nd Impression. viii + 62pp. + [i]. 51 tipped in colour plates. Some textual foxing, upper hinge cracked, original gilt lettered green cloth with gilt image to upper board, minor dampstaining to upper board, corners rubbed lacking backstrip. US$105

Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom

Irving Washington,. Rip Van Winkle. With Drawings by Arthur Rackham. 2. Impression.. William Heinemann / Doubleday, London, New York, 1905.

Price: US$189.33 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: OLn., kl. 4°, VIII, 61 S., Frontispiz und 50 mont Tafeln mit Seidenhemdchen, von Arthur Rackham, Außengelenke geplatzt, Ecken leicht bestoßen, Kanten leicht berieben, Vortitel leicht stockfleckig, ein Seidenhemdchen beschädigt

Seller: Antiquariat Seibold, Schorndorf, WN, Germany

Washington Irving. Rip Van Winkle. William Heinemann, 1905.

Price: US$227.42 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: First Edition, 1st state. Original green cloth with gilt illustration. Complete with all plates. In good condition. Spine freyed and begining to detatch. Pages are foxed.

Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Irving, Washington.. Rip Van Winkle. With Coloured Plates And Drawings By Arthur Rackham.. William Heinemann., London., 1905.

Price: US$253.41 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Second impression, November, 1905. the first impression was printed in September, 1905. Tipped in coloured frontispiece and 49 tipped in colour plates. All the plates are complete with their printed tissue guards. (one slightly torn). Some foxing (mostly to a few pages of text) and marking in places. Publishers gilt decorated green cloth is lightly marked and rubbed and the spine is very slightly faded as usual. One very tiny area of fraying to the rear spine edge and one corner. Generally a very good solid copy of this Arthur Rackham classic. 61 p.

Seller: James Hine, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom

IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. William Heinemann 1905, London, 1905.

Price: US$259.91 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: pp. frontis., viii., 62 and 49 further tipped-in plates. All 50 plates have captioned tissue guards. A few marks here and there, , and some splits to the head and tail of the spine, but an attractive copy overall. In the original dark green decorated cloth. Some foxing. Published the same year as the first edition 4to.

Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom

IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. William Heinemann 1905, London, 1905.

Price: US$259.91 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: viii, 62 + plates, pp. Publisher's original gilt-decorated green cloth. Boards spotted & marked. Foxing to prelims. With colour frontis and 49 further tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham. All plates have captioned tissue guards. Published the same year as the first edition. Binding firm. 4to. Illustrated

Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom

Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle with Drawings by Arthur Rackham. Doubleday, Page & Co/William Heinemann, New York And London, 1905.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and gilt front cover pictorial of an old Rip Van Winkle. Half title page through page 8 with a vertical split in the lower half of pages in gutters with some edge tears along splits. Spine ends and extremities with rubbing. Previous owner's bookplate on front paste down. Includes fifty-one color plates, to include frontispiece, with captioned tissue guards. Guard for "These fairy mountains" has pulled off backing sheet along fore and inside edge side of text block leaving some vertical guard paper residue adhered to backing sheet. Frontispiece titled "Rip wakes up" has a crease in lower right corner. The 50 plates bound in at back in superb condition. 62 pages of text. PayPal accepted.

Seller: Diamond Island Books, Gorham, ME, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. Illustrated By Arthur Rackham. Rip Van Winkle. William Heinemann, London, 1905.

Price: US$314.99 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: London: William Heinemann, 1905. First edition, 1905. Externally fair, internally very good. Includes 51 exquisite tipped on color plates on heavy green paper with captioned tissues. Green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, frontis illustration, viii, 57, [3] pages of text plus 50 plates at the end. Covers heavily worn with spine covering detached and quite chipped, hinges good, text block sound, text pages lightly age-toned, crease to frontis tissue, plates and tissues at rear in exceptionally nice condition without creases or chips, all tissues present, initials on front free endpaper, no other markings. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Seller: Resource Books, LLC, East Granby, CT, U.S.A.

IRVING, Washington / RACKHAM, Arthur. Rip Van Winkle. William Heinemann, London, 1905.

Price: US$321.64 + shipping

Description: With 51 colour illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 1st edition 2nd impression. Half-title page badly foxed, but only scattered foxing to rest of text; illustrations look free from foxing; bookplate on front pastedownslight wear at board corners; spine browned & bumped, with wear to cloth at head & foot. Do ask for digital images if required. Used - Good. Good hardback in green cloth with gilt

Seller: Cotswold Internet Books, Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. William Heinemann 1908, London, 1905.

Price: US$324.89 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: xii, 62, + plates, pp. Publisher's original gilt-decorated cloth. Small spots to rear board. Slight foxing, but not affecting any plates. No ownership names. With fifty tipped-in and tissue-guarded colour plates by Arthur Rackham. A Very Good copy. 4to. Illustrated

Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM. ARTHUR. Illustrates.; IRVING. WASHINGTON.. RIP VAN WINKLE.. William Heinemann. London.,1905, 1905.

Price: US$324.89 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: EARLY RACKHAM EDITION. Second impression, the same format as the First edition, published two months earlier. 4to.(10.1 x 7.7 inches). Colour frontis and fifty colour plates, mounted onto thicker paper and with a printed tissue guard. Publishers dark green cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. Illustration of Rip Van Winkle stamped in gilt to front board. Lower hinge split to the middle of spine. Apart from some foxing to the first four text pages this is a clean copy internally. A near very good copy of this beautiful book. The first of the famous tipped in colour plate gift books that made Rackham a household name.:.

Seller: Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, United Kingdom

(RACKHAM). IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. With Drawings by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1905.

Price: US$324.89 + shipping

Description: First edition. 4to. viii, 57, (3) pp. Publisher's gilt lettered and decorated green cloth, all edges green. 51 colour plates with captioned tissues. Sunning to the spine, some light edge wear plus a few marks, otherwise very good.

Seller: Bow Windows Bookshop (ABA, ILAB), Lewes, United Kingdom

Washington Irving. Rip Van Winkle. London: William Heinemann, 1905.

Price: US$334.64 + shipping

Description: Hardback. Physically 10¼" x 7½" (1.6 kg); 55pp; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; Includes: Colour plates (under tissue guards with descriptive letterpress) (50); Colour frontispiece (tissue-guarded); Title page vignette; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #187597|| Condition: Very Good. Binding slightly dulled. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Private book plate to pastedown. Pages lightly age-tanned, light spotting to the start and finish.

Seller: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, BATH, United Kingdom

Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. William Heinemann, London, 1905.

Price: US$389.86 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Second impression (November). 4to. Pp viii, 62. Frontis and 50 tipped-in colour plates. Original cloth, gilt, lightly marked. Edges of half title and title page foxed, and with light foxing to the following few pages. No inscriptions. A particularly nice copy with minimal wear. A fresh copy.

Seller: Leakey's Bookshop Ltd., Inverness, United Kingdom

IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. William Heinemann 1905, London, 1905.

Price: US$389.86 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: pp. frontis., viii., 62 and 49 further tipped-in plates. All 50 plates have captioned tissue guards. A few marks here and there, , and some rubs and very slight tear to the head and tail of the spine, but an attractive copy overall. In the original dark green decorated cloth. Foxing to the extremities of the text. 4to.

Seller: Foster Books - Stephen Foster - ABA, ILAB, & PBFA, London, United Kingdom

IRVING (Washington).. Rip Van Winkle.. William Heinemann, Paris, 1905.

Price: US$448.83 + shipping

Description: Illustré par Arthur RACKHAM. London, William Heinemann, 1905, in-4, percaline estampée d'un dessin or représentant le vieil homme, titre doré sur la première de couverture, tranche verte, 57 pages suivies in-fine de 50 planches hors-texte contre-collées sur papier fort vert avec leurs légendes contre-collées sur papier fin. Les ouvrages de Washington IRVING sont devenus, aux Etats-Unis, de véritables légendes. Cette nouvelle, éditée en 1819, faisait partie d'un ensemble de récits "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon". Rip Van Winckle est le héros, malgré lui, de cette nouvelle dans laquelle, après une nuit d'ivresse il se retrouve propulsé vingt ans plus tard. Ce récit fantastique est précurseur dans ce style littéraire. Arthur Rackham a su rendre l'athmosphère fantastique et la noirceur du récit. Quelques piqûres sur les pages de texte, légères déchirures aux coiffes et aux coins, usures, traces de colle sur la page de garde et report sur son vis-à-vis et envoi autographe manuscrit. Livres

Seller: Librairie Chretien, PARIS, France

RACKHAM, Arthur; IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. London: William Heinemann, 1905, 1905.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: First Trade Edition Fifty-One Mounted Color Plates [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. London: William Heinemann, 1905. First Trade Edition. Quarto (9 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches; 251 x 184 mm.). viii, 57, [1 blank], [2]pp. Color frontispiece and fifty color plates mounted with titles tissue guards. Publishers green cloth, pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and lettered in gilt on spine, plain green end-papers, all edges stained green. Preliminary text leaves and some tissue-guards foxed, spine slightly faded and a little worn at head and tail. Small repaired tear cloth on edge of front board, lower corners worn. In inscription date Xmas 1905 on verso of front free end-paper. A good copy only. Around the middle of 1904. Ernest Brown & Phillips commissioned 50 color illustrations to Rip Van Winkle, and purchased the originals and all rights for 300 guineas. The publishing rights were then resold in a complicated deal to Heinemann, before the illustrations were exhibited at Brown and Phillips' Leicester Galleries. Most of the Rip drawings were sold at the exhibition, and by October they had all found purchasers. "Brown and Phillips' investment, made secure by the keenness of Rackham's purchasers, was not let down by the reviews his work received. ". When, in September 1905, Rip Van Winkle was published, comparisons between Rackham and German artists [i.e. Dürer and Joseph Sattler] continued to be voiced, The Times remarking on 'the marvel of his Düreresque detail.' ". The 51 illustrations, for a story of not more than five thousand words, enables the story to be told twice, once through Irving's words, and once again, image by image, through Rackham's pictures. In his illustrations, Rackham pays homage not only to Dürer, Cruikshank and Dutch seventeenth-century painting, but to contemporary artists, too." (Hamilton). ". But the first work that greatly advanced his fame in the years immediately following his marriage was his edition of Rip Van Winkle. This lovely book decisively established Rackham as the leading decorative illustrator of the Edwardian period. The deluxe edition of the book was fully subscribed before the [Leicester Galleries] exhibition closed" (Hudson). Latimore and Haskell p. 26. Riall pp. 69/70. Gettings p. 176. Hamilton pp. 68. Hudson pp. 57, 167. Hudson, p. 180 (Rackham bookplate).

Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington & Rackham, Arthur:. Rip Van Winkle. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.. London: William Heinemann, 1905.

Price: US$454.84 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Hardcover. Green cloth covered boards with gilt decoration and title to front and spine ,57 pages of text. Coloured frontispiece with 49 colour plates tipped in from watercolours by Arthur Rackham,at the rear as called for, Each plate has a tilted guard leaf. Green endpapers . All the plates are clean and in Fine condition. Some foxing, heavy in places to title page and to text pages. The book binding is tight and firm but with some rubbing to top and bottom of spine and short splits along top of spine edge. rear corners slightly bumped. Book plate to front paste-down. A Very Good copy.

Seller: David Ford Books PBFA, Cley-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom

IRVING (Washington).. Rip Van Winkle.. William Heinemann, Paris, 1905.

Price: US$576.91 + shipping

Description: Illustré par Arthur RACKHAM. London, William Heinemann, 1905, in-4, percaline estampée d'un dessin or représentant le vieil homme, titre doré sur la première de couverture, tranche verte, 57 pages suivies in-fine de 50 planches hors-texte contrecollées sur papier fort vert avec leurs légendes contrecollées sur papier fin. Les ouvrages de Washington IRVING sont devenus, aux États-Unis, de véritables légendes. Cette nouvelle, éditée en 1819, faisait partie d'un ensemble de récits "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon". Rip Van Winckle est le héros, malgré lui, de cette nouvelle dans laquelle, après une nuit d'ivresse il s'endort au pied d'un arbre et se retrouve propulsé vingt ans plus tard. Ce récit fantastique est précurseur dans ce style littéraire. Arthur Rackham a su rendre l'atmosphère fantastique et la noirceur du récit. Usures à la reliure, rousseur sur la couverture en parti déreliée, quelques piqûres sur les serpentes ou les pages de texte. Édition de luxe tirée sur papier Whatman, limitée à 200 exemplaires numérotés (N°164). Livre

Seller: Librairie Chretien, PARIS, France

Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. Doubleday, Page, & Co. / William Heinemann, New york / London, 1905.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 62 pages, frontispiece, and the 51 tissue-guarded plates as called for. Top edge gilt. This issue with the plates bound together following the story. NB: the plate "He would sit on a wet rock and fish all day" is present with its tissue guard, but the green card onto which it was tipped is absent. Else a fine interior, with no foxing and no inscriptions. Discreet professional repair to one inch of cloth rear panel near joint.

Seller: The Odd Book (ABAC, ILAB), Wolfville, NS, Canada

RACKHAM, Arthur. (Illust. by).. Rip Van Winkle. By Washington Irving.. , 1905.

Price: US$604.70 + shipping

Description: London: William Heinemann, 1905. Sm. thick 4to. Orig. green illust. cloth. Gilt. (xii, 64pp.). With tipped-in coloured frontispiece, decorated title-page with vignette, and 50 full-page tipped-in coloured plates all and each with a captioned tissue guard. All the plates mounted on green coloured stock. Some foxing on prelims, spine slightly faded, otherwise fine and complete. First edition.

Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia

[Rackham, Arthur] Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. William Heinemann, London, 1905.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Description: Publishers green cloth, pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and lettered in gilt on spine, plain green end-papers, all edges stained green. Title-page very lightly stained on edge from titled tissue guard, spine slightly faded and a little rubbed at extremities. Neat early ink signature on half-title. Quarto (9 7/8 x 7 1/4 inches; 251 x 184 mm). Collating viii, 57, [1 blank], [2]. Color frontispiece and fifty color plates mounted with titled tissue guards. A Very Good copy. Around the middle of 1904 Ernest Brown & Phillips commissioned 50 color illustrations to Rip Van Winkle, and purchased the originals and all rights for 300 guineas. The publishing rights were then resold in a complicated deal to Heinemann, before the illustrations were exhibited at Brown and Phillips' Leicester Galleries. Most of the Rip drawings were sold at the exhibition, and by October they had all found purchasers. "It was the first work that greatly advanced Rackham's fame in the years immediately following his marriage. This lovely book decisively established Rackham as the leading decorative illustrator of the Edwardian period" (Hudson). Latimore and Haskell 26. Riall 69/70. Gettings 176.

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

Rackham, Arthur, illustrator; Washington Irving. Rip Van Winkle. William Heinemann, London, 1905.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Hardcover. First edition. Fine condition, rebound in navy blue half leather with marbled paper-covered boards. Five raised bands, gilt decoration on spine. Interior pages are in Fine condition, unmarked and unblemished. Contains Rackham's 50 color plates mounted on green-black stock with captioned tissue guards intact (PLEASE NOTE: the final plate is missing). A very handsome copy. Small 4to. 233 pp. including index.

Seller: Warwick Books, member IOBA, South Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle with Drawings by Arthur Rackham. William Heinemann - Doubleday, Page & Co., London - New York, 1905.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Published by William Heinemann of London; 1905 at title page. Stated Second Impression, November 1905 at copyright page. Large 7 3/4" x 10" design. Dark green full cloth boards, crisp gilt cover and spine titles, moderate edge wear, bump, rub, bow. Cover depicts sharp Rackham design in gilt of the aged Rip van Winkle with walking stick. Pages generally near fine, clean; few with scattered fox at front. Small antiquarian inscription inside cover: "To Ada, from George, Xmas 1905." Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Includes fifty-one color plates with captioned tissue guards from the inimitable Arthur Rackham and fifty-seven pages of text. Also, decorative headers, tailpieces, etc. throughout. Beautiful collection of wondrous imagery. Printed by Ballantyne & Co., Limited of Tavistock Street in London. Insured post. This edition features all fifty-one full-page color plates, as well as the full text of Irving's classic. The multitude of "illustrations, for a story of not more than five-thousand words, enables the story to be told twice, once through Irving's words, and once again, image by image, through Rackham's pictures. In his illustrations, Rackham pays homage not only to Dürer, Cruikshank and Dutch seventeenth-century painting, but to contemporary artists, too." (Hamilton)." This is the work that greatly advanced Arthur Rackham's fame and decisively established him as the leading decorative illustrator of the Edwardian period. These magnificent illustrations, created for this 1905 edition of Washington Irving's enchanting fairy tale, established Rackham. The illustrations feature traits that soon were to characterize much of Rackham's art: flowing pen lines and muted watercolors, forests of looming trees, lovely fairy maidens, and quizzical troll-like figures. Today these images are recognized as among his very best. Set in Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving's slumbersome tale is an American masterpiece of short prose, based on local history but rooted in European myth and legend. Wandering through the mountains to escape from his nagging wife, Rip Van Winkle encounters a stranger and a group of small oddly dressed people playing a strange game with bowls of a magical beverage. An enduring foundation of Catskill lore, the captivating narrative continues the fanciful adventures of an amiable ne'er-do-well colonial farmer who wanders into the highlands, falls asleep after drinking with a band of strange little mountain men, and awakes twenty years later in a world that has passed him by. Effusing a gentle humor, Rackham's art is a constant reminder of a more innocent era. This edition—sure to enchant art lovers—will also delight Rackham devotees and fantasy fans alike. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.

IRVING, WASHINGTON. RIP VAN WINKLE. WILLIAM HEINEMANN. NEW YORK: DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO., LONDON & NEW YORK, 1905.

Price: US$750.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: STATED ON VERSO: "FIRST PRINTED, SEPTEMBER 1905". FOXING ON FIRST SEVERAL PAGES. SLIGHTLY RAISED STAIN TO FRONT COVER. OWNER'S SIGNATURE ON FIRST END PAGE. DESPITE FLAWS THIS IS A NICE COPY AND CLEARLY "VERY GOOD". COLOR FRONTISPIECE + 50 COLOR PLATES PLACED AFTER THE TEXT. ALL TIPPED-IN ON HEAVY DARK GREEN ART STOCK PAPER, WITH LETTERED (DESCRIPTION OF PICTURE) TISSUE GUARDS. GOLD GILT LETTERING ON SPINE AND FRONT COVER. GOLD GILT PICTORIAL OF RIP VAN WINKLE ON FRONT COVER.

Seller: BRIER ROSE BOOKS, TEANECK, NJ, U.S.A.

IRVING (Washington).. Rip Van Winkle.. William Heinemann, Paris, 1905.

Price: US$768.47 + shipping

Description: Illustré par Arthur RACKHAM.Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1906, in-4, percaline verte estampée d'un dessin or représentant le vieil homme, titre doré sur la première de couverture, tranche verte, 69 pages suivies in-fine de 50 planches hors-texte contrecollées sur papier fort vert avec leurs légendes sur les serpentes en regard, suite des dessins hors-texte sous étui toilé greige in-4. Les ouvrages de Washington IRVING sont devenus, aux États-Unis, de véritables légendes. Cette nouvelle, éditée en 1819, faisait partie d'un ensemble de récits "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon". Rip Van Winckle est le héros, malgré lui, de cette nouvelle dans laquelle, après une nuit d'ivresse il s'endort au pied d'un arbre et se retrouve propulsé vingt ans plus tard. Ce récit fantastique est précurseur dans ce style littéraire. Arthur Rackham a su rendre l'atmosphère fantastique et la noirceur du récit. Nous joignons une suite de 50 planches dont deux planches diffères des illustrations hors-texte. Infimes usures à la reliure, quelques pages très légèrement jaunies, rabats de l'étui de la suite, 1 rabat de l'étui cassé, toile salie. Livre

Seller: Librairie Chretien, PARIS, France

IRVING, Washington (1783-1859), [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. Rip Van Winkle. With drawings by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1905, 1905.

Price: US$773.23 + shipping

Description: [Children's Illustrated] FIRST RACKHAM EDITION, the trade issue. Small quarto (26 x 19cm), pp.viii; 62. With 51 mounted colour plates by Rackham, including a frontispiece, each with a captioned tissue guard. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. All edges blue; dark grey endpapers. Contents clean, caption tissues with some spotting, minor bumps to corners, discreet expert repair to joints and endcaps. An attractive copy. Set in Sleepy Hollow, Irving's slumbersome story is an American masterpiece of short prose, based on local history but rooted in European myth and legend.

Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United Kingdom

Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle with Drawings by Arthur Rackham [First Edition]. William Heinemann - Doubleday, Page & Co., London - New York, 1905.

Price: US$795.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A sharp first edition published by William Heinemann of London. 1905 at title page; stated All Rights Reserved at copyright page. No other dates, indications. Large 7 3/4" x 10" design. Dark green full cloth boards, crisp gilt cover and spine titles, light shelf, corner wear. Cover depicts sharp Rackham design in gilt of the aged Rip van Winkle with walking stick. Pages generally near fine, clean; some fox to first few leaves. Matte dark green endpapers. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Includes fifty-one color plates with captioned tissue guards from the inimitable Arthur Rackham and fifty-seven pages of text. Also, decorative headers, tailpieces, etc. throughout. Attractive example of this beautiful collection in clean, crisp boards. Printed by Ballantyne & Co., Limited of Tavistock Street in London. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.

IRVING, Washington (1783-1859), [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator].. Rip Van Winkle. With drawings by Arthur Rackham.. London William Heinemann ., 1905.

Price: US$974.66 + shipping

Description: FINELY BOUND FIRST RACKHAM EDITION. 4to (25 x 19 cm), with 51 mounted colour plates bound together after the text. Bound in dark green morocco over original green cloth boards with gilt design to upper. Numerous mounted full-page colour plates. Very light spotting, plates clean without creases. Near fine. Set in Sleepy Hollow, Irving's slumbersome story an American masterpiece of short prose, based on local history but rooted in European myth and legend.

Seller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur illustrates; IRVING, Washington. RIP VAN WINKLE. London: William Heinemann., 1905.

Price: US$974.66 + shipping

Description: First edition, first printing of the Arthur Rackham illustrated edition. Publisher's original light green cloth boards with gilt titles and illustration to the upper board and spine. Green top-stain. Frontispiece and 50 tipped in colour plates with captioned tissue guards. A lovely near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the cloth and gilt bright and fresh with some fading to the spine. The contents, with few foxing spots to the margins of the text pages and edges of the tissue guards, are otherwise unusually clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. All fifty tipped in plates and tissue guards are present as called for and in fine unblemished condition. Housed in a mid 20th century quarter leather slipcase and brown cloth chemise, with titles in gilt to the spine which erroneously include 'with A.L.S.' The first of Arthur Rackham's popular Christmas gift books leading into the Golden Age of book illustration. 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

[Rackham, Arthur] Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. William Heinemann, London, 1905.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: Collating viii, 57, [1 blank], [2]. Publishers green cloth, pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and lettered in gilt on spine, plain green endpapers, all edges stained green. Color frontispiece and fifty color plates mounted with lettered tissue guards. Preliminary text leaves foxed, otherwise an excellent copy. "The 51 illustrations, for a story of not more than five thousand words, enables the story to be told twice, once through Irving's words, and once again, image by image, through Rackham's pictures. In his illustrations, Rackham pays homage not only to Dürer, Cruikshank and Dutch seventeenth-century painting, but to contemporary artists, too" (Hamilton). "But the first work that greatly advanced his fame in the years immediately following his marriage was his edition of Rip Van Winkle. This lovely book decisively established Rackham as the leading decorative illustrator of the Edwardian period" (Hudson). Latimore and Haskell 26. Riall 69-70. Gettings 176. Hamilton 68. Hudson 57, 167. Hudson 180 (Rackham bookplate).

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

RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington.. Rip Van Winkle.. London: William Heinemann, 1905, 1905.

Price: US$1624.43 + shipping

Description: First Rackham edition. The illustrations immediately established Rackham as the leading illustrator of lavishly produced gift books in the Edwardian era. In March 1905 the original watercolours were exhibited at Leicester Galleries, attracting the attention of J. M. Barrie, who then commissioned Rackham's next book, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906). Quarto. Original green cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and front board gilt, publisher's device to rear board in blind, dark green endpapers, all edges green. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and 49 similar plates with printed tissue guards, vignettes to title page and head- and tailpieces in black and white. Spine sunned with ends lightly bumped, light spotting to tissue guards and earlier leaves. A very good copy.

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

Washington Irving. Rip Van Winkle. William Heinemann, London, 1905.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London: William Heinemann, 1905. Arthur Rackham. First Edition. Leather Bound. H: 10", D: 7 3/4", W: 1 1/2" 1 Volume. Washington Irving, Rip Van Winkle. First Edition. Bound in full green morocco with the cover.

Seller: Imperial Fine Books ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Washington Irving, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Rip Van Winkle Copy No. 22 of the limited, hand-numbered, finely-bound deluxe edition, signed by Arthur Rackham. William Heinemann Ltd., London, 1905.

Price: US$3750.00 + shipping

Description: This exceptional 1905 edition of Washington Irving’s classic tale was notably and lavishly illustrated by Arthur Rackham. This is not just an aesthetically arresting and highly collectable edition on its own merits, but represents both a stylistic and professional turning point for the celebrated illustrator who contributed his art and his signature to this edition. Rip van Winkle was the first book entirely illustrated by Rackham to be issued in a limited edition format and "established him as the leading decorative illustrator of the Edwardian period." Indeed, it was owing to exhibit of Rackham’s Rip van Winkle illustrations in Leicester Galleries, London, that "J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan, commissioned Rackham to illustrate the first edition of his classic children's tale Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906)".This edition’s 250 copies were bound in illustrated vellum, lettered in gilt on the front cover and spine, the front cover featuring a pictorial image blocked in gilt, the center fore edges fitted with gold silk ties. The contents are printed on watermarked paper with untrimmed fore and bottom edges and gilt top edges. As frontispiece and then following the text are 50 color plates tipped onto brown paper, each with captioned tissue guards The volume is protected within a slipcase featuring a curved, beveled, and white Morocco-trimmed opening, purple velvet-lined interior, and tan buckram sides.This copy is in very good condition. The half-title verso limitation is hand-numbered "22" above the illustrator’s signature, "Arthur Rackham". The vellum binding is square and tight with sharp corners. The original gold silk ties remain intact. The binding shows moderate overall soiling and natural toning, tiny splits starting at the lower joints, and light wear to the corners, upper edges, and joints, presumably from contact with the slipcase. The contents are beautifully clean and bright. We find no reportable spotting. All illustrations and captioned tissue guards appear intact. The top edge gilt remains bright, though with mild abrasions. The heavy, rigid slipcase is fully intact and clean, apart from a hint of soiling to the white leather-trimmed opening.The reputation and fortunes of gifted painter and illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) rose along with the fashion for lavishly produced gift books at the end of the 19th century. By the beginning of the 20th century, "His name and reliability for delivery and content became known to publishers and public alike, and he was increasingly in demand." Rackham’s style both evolved over time and has since informed numerous imitators. "In the earlier booksRackham'sstyle tended to take on the appearance of woodcuts, with the main features being drawn in thick pen and brush. From 1905 (when he produced and signed this edition) to 1910, as printing techniques improved, his line became sharper and likewise his detail more intense." Notably inRip Van Winkle[1905] andA Midsummer Night's Dream(1908) he developed his gift for drawing witches, gnomes, fairies, and anthropomorphized trees and brought them to a pitch of vivid characterization." As evidenced by his illustrations for Rip van Winkle, "Rackhamwas not a bold colourist. He tended to restrict his palette to soft blues, greens, and reds, in local highlights or in several layers of transparent watercolour wash, over a yellowy-buff tone which gives to the whole a quality of vellum, or age."The First World War effectively destroyed the illustrated gift-book market, and this broughtRackhama financial and professional reverse." Rackham was, however, "enough of a celebrity" to continue to be commissioned for his work, the principal market for which shifted to the United States. As a child, Rackham "won prizes for drawing, and made many visits to the British Museum and the Natural History Museum, where he painted from the exhibits." Now his own works are in the British Museum, among many others. (Reference: ODNB) Limited, numbered, finely-bound deluxe, signed edition.

Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. William Heinemann, London, 1905.

Price: US$4223.52 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 4to. 1905. Edition limited to 250 copies. This copy 218, signed by illustrator. 50 tissue guarded mounted plates. One plate corner creased. Tissue guards cockled. E.p.s slightly foxed with faint browning to top margin otherwise clean and bright. T.e.g. Full vellum gilt with silk ties intact. Images available on request.

Seller: Bath House Books, Ditchingham, United Kingdom

Irving, Washington; Rackham, Arthur [illus.]. Rip van Winkle. Signed Limited edition. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1905.

Price: US$5731.00 + shipping

Description: 290mm x 230mm (11" x 9"). viii, 57pp + plates. 50 tipped-in colour plates illustrated by Rackham all with captioned tissue-guards bound into the rear. The first book entirely illustrated by Rackham to be issued as a Limited Edition. Signed by Arthur Rackham on the Limitation page. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Boards rubbed and slightly bowed and darkened. Light foxing to endpapers. Heraldic plate to front pastedown Cream gilt-illustrated vellum cover

Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington.. Rip Van Winkle.. London: William Heinemann, 1905, 1905.

Price: US$6172.84 + shipping

Description: Signed limited edition, number 229 of 250 copies signed by the artist. This was the first book wholly illustrated by Rackham to be issued in a limited edition format and it immediately established him as the leading illustrator of lavishly produced gift books in the Edwardian era. In March 1905 Rackham's originals were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries, which led to this deluxe edition being fully subscribed before the exhibition had closed. The exhibition also attracted the attention of J. M. Barrie, who then commissioned Rackham's next book, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906). Latimore & Haskell, p. 26; Riall, pp. 69-70. Quarto. Original vellum, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, pictorial image blocked in gilt to front cover, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in custom blue cloth chemise and slipcase by James McDonald Co. of New York. Colour frontispiece and 50 colour plates tipped to brown paper with captioned tissue guards, vignettes on black- and green-lettered title page, 2 line drawings and a historiated initial in the text, all by Rackham. Engraved art nouveau bookplate of Matt Gosset by Robert Anning Bell (1863-1933). Lacking silk ties, vellum slightly soiled, but notably square, trivial short split to foot of front inner hinge, foxing to endpapers, plates bright. A very good copy indeed.

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

Irving, Washington. [Arthur Rackham]. Rip Van Winkle.. William Heinemann Ltd, London, 1905.

Price: US$6500.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Original publisher's full vellum, gilt stamped title and vignette, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, housed in felt-lined slipcase, (11.25 x 9.25 inches). Deluxe Limited Edition, one of only 250 copies SIGNED by Arthur Rackham on limitation page. viii, 57, pages; illustrated by color frontispiece and 49 color plates mounted on brown paper with captioned tissue guards, b&w illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. The first (and now scarciest) book illustrated by Rackham to be issued in the signed limited edition format, later titles had much larger printings. Boards are clean and bright, with only minor expected bowing, some typical light spotting to endpages (interior text and all plates are clean and bright), silk-ties detached but present, slipcase shows wear. An honest, unsophisticated (i.e., unrestored) copy for the sophisticated collector. Size: Quarto

Seller: Books & Bidders Antiquarian Booksellers, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.

RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington.. Rip Van Winkle.. London: William Heinemann, 1905, 1905.

Price: US$7147.50 + shipping

Description: Signed limited edition, number 48 of 250 copies signed by the artist. This was the first book wholly illustrated by Rackham to be issued in a limited edition format and it immediately established him as the leading illustrator of lavishly produced gift books in the Edwardian era. In March 1905, Rackham's original watercolours were exhibited and sold at the Leicester Galleries which led to the deluxe edition being fully subscribed before the exhibition had closed. This copy includes a receipt from Bickers & Son, Ltd, Booksellers, Bookbinders and Publishers, of Charles Street, Haymarket, London, dated 9 November 1927. The purchaser was a C. P. MacArthur, Esq., Junior, although the account was care of Dr Shearer of the Grosvenor Library in Buffalo, New York. Augustus Hunt Shearer (1878-1941) was also especially active in the Bibliographical Society of America, serving on the Council of the Society for many years. Latimore & Haskell, p. 26; Riall, pp. 69-70. Quarto. Original vellum, lettering to spine in gilt, lettering and pictorial decoration to front cover in gilt, top edge gilt. Colour frontispiece and 50 colour plates mounted on brown paper with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. A bright copy. Some minor marks at foot of spine, occasional dust soiling, lacking silk ties: a near-fine copy.

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

RACKHAM Arthur IRVING Washington. Rip Van Winkle. , 1905.

Price: US$12000.00 + shipping

Description: "(RACKHAM, Arthur) IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. London: William Heinemann, 1905. Quarto, original full pictorial vellum gilt, renewed ribbon ties, top edge gilt, uncut. Housed in a custom slipcase. $12,000.Deluxe signed limited first edition, with 51 full-color mounted plates by Rackham, number 137 of only 250 copies signed by Rackham, one of the smallest limitations for a Rackham title and "the first book illustrated wholly by Rackham to be issued in a limited edition" (Riall). One of the most scarce and desirable Rackham titles."Rip Van Winkle of 1905 was a turning point in Rackham's career because of its 51 color plates. Known previously as a black-and-white artist, Rackham with this book achieved preeminence as an illustrator working in the three-color process Rackham's Rip Van Winkle is among the most thoroughly illustrated of English books His 50 illustrations, which are grouped at the end, come at a rate of one to every two or three sentences presenting Rip's story in the most ingenious and engaging detail" (Ray, 203-04). Ray 328. Latimore & Haskell, 26. Riall, 69. Bookplate; letters from a Rackham collector to a book dealer laid in.Expert repairs to text block, a beautiful copy in near-fine condition."

Seller: Bauman Rare Books, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.