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Browne, Maggie. The Book Of Betty Barber. Duckworth and Co., London, 1910.

Price: US$167.97 + shipping

Description: 1st ed., octavo, pp. (xii) 130, colour frontis, colour plates, b/w illustrations by Arthur Rackham, previous owner's inscription, light foxing scattered throughout, endpapers tanned, front hinge cracked. Original cloth boards, colour plate front board, edges rubed, tail spine slightly frayed. Charming story originally published in 'Little Folks' magazine, 1900.

Seller: Muir Books -Robert Muir Old & Rare Books - ANZAAB/ILAB, PERTH, WA, Australia

Browne, Maggie. The Book of Betty Barber. Duckworth, London, 1910.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Brown cloth binding with black lettering on front and spine and illustration on front; Some minor damage to binding on front, and large water stain on back. Foxing on front and rear free endpapers and page edges but text largely fine.

Seller: The Topsham Bookshop, EXETER, DEVON, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator). By Maggie Browne.. THE BOOK OF BETTY BARBER.. London Duckworth, 1910.

Price: US$422.35 + shipping

Description: FIRST EDITION (1910), small 4to, 220 x 170 mm, 8½ x 6½ inches, brown cloth, repeat colour plate to upper cover, top edges gilt, 130 pages, 6 plates drawn by Rackham and coloured by Harry Rountree for this edition, 12 black and white plates by Rackham also. Slightest rub to head and tail of spine and corners, minute blemish to cloth at lower edge of upper cover, free endpapers expertly replaced in matching old paper, half-title faintly browned with minute chip at fore-edge. Very slight occasional margin foxing, contents very nice. Near Fine. These illustrations appeared uncoloured in Little Folks Magazine in 1900. This is their first publication in book form. 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 (illustrator). Maggie BROWNE (author).. The Book of Betty Barber.. , 1910.

Price: US$465.24 + shipping

Description: London, Duckworth & Co. [1910]. Small 4to.; publisher"s brown cloth lettered in black to upper cover and spine, with large onlaid pictorial plate to upper cover, top edges gilt; pp. [x] + 129 + [ii]; illustrated with 12 line drawings and 6 plates drawn by Rackham and coloured by the artist Harry Rountree; a very good, fresh copy with rubbing to spine ends, internally clean with some offset-tanning to endpapers, a couple of early inscriptions, (dated 1912 and 1955) to front free endpaper and a closed, and barely noticeable, tear (33mm) to lower margin of one text leaf; one of the most elusive of all Rackham titles. First edition. This story, complete with Rackham's artwork, first appeared in Little Folks magazine in 1900. With the artist's agreement the images were reproduced in book form with the addition of colour added by the renowned artist and illustrator Harry Rountree.

Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrates). BROWNE, Maggie.. The Book of Betty Barber.. Duckworth, London., 1910.

Price: US$747.24 + shipping

Description: First edition. Royal octavo. pp [viii], 130. Twelve plates by Rackham. This fairy story had first appeared in Little Folks magazine in 1900 with the illustrations in black and white. Here six of them have been coloured by Harry Rountree. Original brown cloth, titles in black, colour plate mounted on front.Contemporary (1912) gift inscription on front free endpapers. Free endpapers a bit tanned. Tail of spine slightly scuffed. Near fine. No dustwrapper. One of the more uncommon Rackham titles.

Seller: Peter Ellis, Bookseller, ABA, ILAB, London, United Kingdom

RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); BROWNE, Maggie.. The Book of Betty Barber.. London: Duckworth and Co., [1910], 1910.

Price: US$779.73 + shipping

Description: First edition in book form of this story originally published in the Little Folks magazine in 1900. Latimore and Haskell p. 36; Riall, p. 98. Octavo. Original brown cloth, titles to spine and front board in black, colour plate inlay to front board, top edge gilt. Colour frontispiece and 5 colour plates, black and white illustrations in the text, by Rackham. Extremities rubbed, front endpaper split at hinge, but holding, endpapers tanned, some occassional spotting. A very good copy.

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

RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); BROWNE, Maggie.. The Book of Betty Barber.. London: Duckworth and Co., [1910], 1910.

Price: US$1624.43 + shipping

Description: First American edition in book form of this story originally published in the Little Folks magazine in 1900. Latimore & Haskell, p. 36; Riall, p. 98. Octavo. Original brown cloth, titles to spine and front cover in black, colour plate inlay to front cover, top edge gilt. With dust jacket. Housed in the publisher's original pictorial box. Colour frontispiece and 5 colour plates, black and white illustrations in the text, by Rackham. Just a hint of rubbing to extremities, some very mild spotting to the dust jacket, endpapers tanned. An excellent copy.

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