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C S Evans; Arthur Rackham. Sleeping Beauty. William Heinemann, J.B. Lippincott,, 1920.
Price: US$5.51 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description:
Seller: MusicMagpie, Stockport, United Kingdom
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Description: 110 pp. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Small folio, publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards in rose and black. Reprint. Some smudges to text; corner of tipped-in color plate creased; 6" tear near the gutter of pp. 51-52; edges of boards a little rubbed; light dust-soiling.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Moderate soil to boards with wear at leading corners, lower corner tips worn through to boards; pps. 109, 110, and las leaf before rear endpaper with chip and closed tear up to 1" at foredge, and a bit of foxing at edge. ; Red cloth back lettered in black and illustrated paper over boards. Green pastedowns and endpapers with sillhouette illustrations in white. Illustrations in sillhouette by Rackham throughout, full page, double page, and vignettes - some with color. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 110 pages
Seller: G.F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA, GRASS VALLEY, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 26 cm. 110 pages. A wonderful copy of this book with only the slightest bit of wear to the top of the spine. Now protected in a plastic cover.
Seller: Cambridge Books, Cambridge, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$254.40 + shipping
Description: pp. 110, (ii). Frontispiece and title in pink and black silhouette, one tipped-in coloured plate to follow the title, 3 double-page plates in silhouette and in 3 colours, profuse illustration both in text and full-page all in silhouette. Original paper boards, cloth-backed, both boards decorated in black and pink, green end-papers with white silhouette decoration, the slightest wear to the corners and very light bruising of the spine ends, occasional very faint marginal dust mark, overall and considering the entirely unsuitable make-up of the book for children, this has lasted for 101 years in really nice condition.
Seller: Patrick Pollak Rare Books ABA ILAB, SOUTH BRENT, DEVON, United Kingdom
Price: US$280.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: TITLE: THE SLEEPING BEAUTY Told By C. S. EVANS and Illustrated By ARTHUR RACKHAM, ca. 1920s AUTHOR: C. S. EVANS PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: J. B. LIPPINCOTT, PHIL, ca. 1920s EDITION: First Trade Edition assumed for Lippincott ISBN: None CATEGORY: Children, Rare, Famous Illustrators BINDING/COVER: Hardback without dust jacket COLOR: Off Red SIZE: 7 ½ x 10 (approximately) PAGES: 110 pages. CONDITION: The book is without a dust jacket. The outside is in good minus condition (for age); there is some candle like wax to the front near the hinge; the edge of the boards and spine have scuffing all about; there are some spots to the front board; there is a darkening to the leather like spine cover. There is a small size residual imprint of a small price tag removal. There is a name in ink repeated on the first and second front free endpaper 'Elizabeth Ruth Stern'. Book is without other marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Good-/None dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: Illustrated By ARTHUR RACKHAM. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcome to email about shipment date! We offer free gift wrapping year round on all our products regardless of item's cost. REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. InvCodePrc E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: RSTC 005750
Seller: ViewFair Books, Live Oak, FL, U.S.A.
[Rackham, Arthur] Evans, C.S.. The Sleeping Beauty. William Heinemann / J. B. Lippincott, 1920.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Rare first Rackham edition in original jacket. A very good copy in the original red cloth over pictorial boards, in original jacket complete with '7/6' price on spine (jacket spine a trifle faded with chip and some nicks and tears to edges; some shelfwear to boards). Complete with tipped-in color frontis, color and b/w plates and illustrations. Plain endpapers.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Evans, C.S.. The Sleeping Beauty. J.B. Lippincott, 1920.
Price: US$399.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First Edition thus. Told by C.S. Evans and illustrated by ARTHUR RACKHAM. No DJ. Decorated binding, design by Rackham. Decorated endpapers. Edges of cover worn and frayed. Ex library, with the usual stamps and markings; otherwise, unmarked pages. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Condition: Very Good
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Large 7 1/2" x 10" design. Pictorial boards, red cloth spine, moderate shelf, corner wear. Matching design at front, back boards depict the sleeping beauty in repose; unique to this British edition is a red, rather than orange hue to design. Pages very good; no writing. Bind good; hinges intact. Printed on English hand-made paper. Rare original pictorial wrapper, moderate edge wear, chip, rub, toning; protected in new clear sleeve. Brick red wrapper features cover and spine titles with silhouette of Rackham design: "Once Upon A Time" depicting children surrounding storyteller. The Sleeping Beauty translated by C. S. Evans from the original French of Charles Perrault. The spectacular English variant of Arthur Rackham's illustrated 'The Sleeping Beauty'. The Primerose or 'Briar Rose' frontispiece color plate is present which captures the sleeping beauty in her spell. Illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham in a unique silhouette style; features b&w and several silhouettes decorated in red, slate, and black. Several full-page spreads over two pages. Includes twenty-five full-page silhouettes, nine in color (frontispiece and four double plates) - and sixteen in black (four double illustrations); the rare color mounted frontispiece; silhouette head-and tail-pieces and other silhouettes throughout the text. Very good example of this rare illustrated edition in original wrapper. Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk. Insured post. From the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature comes this tale of The Sleeping Beauty. One of the most famous and beloved of all the folk tale classics is adapted here by C. S. Evans in collaboration with Rackham to create one of the most wonderful editions of any fairy tale. Rackham creates a fantasy world of crisp silhouette images to depict characters from the fable of a girl's transformation into a princess. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the premier illustrators of the twentieth century. Throughout his career, he developed a very individual style that was to influence a whole generation of children and artists. His haunting humour and dream-like romance enhance the enchantment of The Sleeping Beauty. "It is immediately clear that Rackham is a master of the medium (silhouette), being able to evoke character and humour by profile and gesture alone, and allowing the two dimensional effect of his pen work to lead the reader through the book and keep the story going." - Latimore & Haskell "Rackham's fanciful imagination gave his illustrations instant recognition, and his dedication to illustration kept him in the public eye for 30 years" (Hodnett, 233). Like his Cinderella (1919), The Sleeping Beauty relied "almost wholly for its effect on silhouette. Rackham was a master of the medium, being able to evoke character and humor by profile and gesture alone, and allowing the two-dimensional effect of his pen work to lead the reader through the book and flow the story along" (Hamilton, 118). Charles Perrault's story as told by C. S. Evans begins with the King and Queen longing for a child. When at last a child is conceived and born, three fairy godmothers bless her at a feast. Fairy godmother Flora bestows upon her the gift of beauty, Fauna gives her the gift of song, and Merryweather begins to give her a gift, but Maleficent arrives and casts a spell that on her sixteenth birthday, the girl will prick her finger on a spindle and die. Merryweather uses her gift so that she instead will fall into sleep, only to be awakened by a kiss from her true love. Her parents send her to stay with the fairies to hide her from Maleficent. She meets Phillip, but does not know he is a prince. She then must return home to the castle as promised, and upon her return Maleficent appears and lures her to prick her finger on a spinning wheel. The fairies then cast a spell over the entire kingdom so the King and Queen won't know that she has been put under the spell. They give Prince Phillip the shield of virtue and the sword of truth to rescue her. He uses these to battle the witch when she turns into a dragon. Phillip races to the sleeping beauty and awakens her with a kiss. The kingdom rises from slumber and Prince Phillip and the princess are married and live happily. The classic good versus evil mythos in which a damsel is rescued by a valiant prince and all ends well - passed down through the ages since first created long, long ago. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$795.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Stated at copyrigh page: "London : William Heinemann, 1920". Large 7 1/2" x 10" design. Pictorial boards, brick red cloth spine wrap with black titles, moderate shelf wear, rub. Matching design at front, back boards depict the sleeping beauty in repose on bright white b.g. with deco patterned borders; unique to this British edition in a hue of red. Heinemann to spine heel. Pages very good; moderate fox to first few pages. Printed on English hand-made paper. The Primerose or 'Briar Rose' color plate adjacent first page of tale is present and the wonderfully dark design captures the sleeping beauty in her spell. Bind good; hinges intact. Antiquarian pictorial bookplate at front endpaper: "The Book Society, Ex-Libris, Mary Davis, 1932". Plate depicts silhouette of slender feminine centaur raising torch in an Egyptian motif surround by stylized symbols of zodiac and borders. Rare original pictorial wrapper, moderate shelf wear, rub, repair to lower spine area; protected in new clear sleeve. Brick red wrapper features cover and spine titles with silhouette of Rackham design: "Once Upon A Time" depicting children surrounding storyteller. This is The Sleeping Beauty translated by C. S. Evans from the original French of Charles Perrault. The spectacular English variant of Arthur Rackham's illustrated 'The Sleeping Beauty'. Illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham in a unique silhouette style; features b&w and several silhouettes decorated in red, slate, and black. Several two-page spreads over adjacent pages. Includes twenty-five full-page silhouettes, nine in color (frontispiece and four double plates) - and sixteen in black (four double illustrations); the rare color mounted frontispiece; silhouette head-and tail-pieces and other silhouettes throughout the text. Near very good example of this rare illustrated edition in original wrapper. Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd, Brunswick St., Stamford St., and Bungay, Suffolk. 110 pages. Insured post. From the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature comes this tale of The Sleeping Beauty. One of the most famous and beloved of all the folk tale classics is adapted here by C. S. Evans in collaboration with Rackham to create one of the most wonderful editions of any fairy tale. Rackham creates a fantasy world of crisp silhouette images to depict characters from the fable of a girl's transformation into a princess. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the premier illustrators of the twentieth century. Throughout his career, he developed a very individual style that was to influence a whole generation of children and artists. His haunting humour and dream-like romance enhance the enchantment of The Sleeping Beauty. "It is immediately clear that Rackham is a master of the medium (silhouette), being able to evoke character and humour by profile and gesture alone, and allowing the two dimensional effect of his pen work to lead the reader through the book and keep the story going." - Latimore & Haskell "Rackham's fanciful imagination gave his illustrations instant recognition, and his dedication to illustration kept him in the public eye for 30 years" (Hodnett, 233). Like his Cinderella (1919), The Sleeping Beauty relied "almost wholly for its effect on silhouette. Rackham was a master of the medium, being able to evoke character and humor by profile and gesture alone, and allowing the two-dimensional effect of his pen work to lead the reader through the book and flow the story along" (Hamilton, 118). Charles Perrault's story as told by C. S. Evans begins with the King and Queen longing for a child. When at last a child is conceived and born, three fairy godmothers bless her at a feast. Fairy godmother Flora bestows upon her the gift of beauty, Fauna gives her the gift of song, and Merryweather begins to give her a gift, but Maleficent arrives and casts a spell that on her sixteenth birthday, the girl will prick her finger on a spindle and die. Merryweather uses her gift so that she instead will fall into sleep, only to be awakened by a kiss from her true love. Her parents send her to stay with the fairies to hide her from Maleficent. She meets Phillip, but does not know he is a prince. She then must return home to the castle as promised, and upon her return Maleficent appears and lures her to prick her finger on a spinning wheel. The fairies then cast a spell over the entire kingdom so the King and Queen won't know that she has been put under the spell. They give Prince Phillip the shield of virtue and the sword of truth to rescue her. He uses these to battle the witch when she turns into a dragon. Phillip races to the sleeping beauty and awakens her with a kiss. The kingdom rises from slumber and Prince Phillip and the princess are married and live happily. The classic good versus evil mythos in which a damsel is rescued by a valiant prince and all ends well - passed down through the ages since first created long, long ago. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: 110 pp. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Small folio, publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards in rose and black, in rose illustrated dust jacket. First trade edition (American issue). Latimore & Haskell p. 51-2. A beautiful copy, fine in a very near fine, rose-colored jacket just slightly sunned at the spine.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$875.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: One tipped-in color plate, 19 full-page silhouette plates, some with color, and 41 in-text silhouette illustrations. Original vellum-backed, gilt-stamped, paper covered boards, minor rubbing, age toning, top edge gilt, others uncut. First deluxe limited edition. Number 479 of 625 copies signed by Rackham. Latimore & Haskell 51; Riall 141.
Seller: Written Relics, Alton Bay, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$950.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Stated at copyrigh page: "London : William Heinemann, 1920". Large 7 1/2" x 10" design. Pictorial boards, brick red cloth spine wrap with black titles, light shelf wear, bow. Matching design at front, back boards depict the sleeping beauty in repose on bright white b.g. with deco patterned borders; unique to this British edition in a hue of red. Heinemann to spine heel. Pages near fine, clean; no writing. Few with moderate shadowing to adjacent pages. Printed on English hand-made paper. Small antiquarian bookstore label inside cover: "Chas. E. Lauriat, Importers & Booksellers, 385 Wash'n St. Boston." The Primerose or 'Briar Rose' color plate adjacent first page of tale is present and the wonderfully dark design captures the sleeping beauty in her spell. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Rare original pictorial wrapper, light edge wear, rub; protected in new clear sleeve. Pastel wrapper features cover and spine titles with silhouette of Rackham design: "Once Upon A Time" depicting children surrounding storyteller. This is The Sleeping Beauty translated by C. S. Evans from the original French of Charles Perrault. The spectacular English variant of Arthur Rackham's illustrated 'The Sleeping Beauty'. Illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham in a unique silhouette style; features b&w and several silhouettes decorated in red, slate, and black. Several two-page spreads over adjacent pages. Includes twenty-five full-page silhouettes, nine in color (frontispiece and four double plates) - and sixteen in black (four double illustrations); the rare color mounted frontispiece; silhouette head and tail-pieces throughout the text. Rare near fine illustrated edition in original wrapper. Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd, Brunswick St., Stamford St., and Bungay, Suffolk. 110 pages. Insured post. From the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature comes this tale of The Sleeping Beauty. One of the most famous and beloved of all the folk tale classics adapted here by C. S. Evans in collaboration with Rackham to create one of the most wonderful editions of any fairy tale. Rackham creates a fantasy world of crisp silhouette images to depict characters from the fable of a girl's transformation into a princess. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the premier illustrators of the twentieth century. Throughout his career, he developed a very individual style that was to influence a whole generation of children and artists. His haunting humour and dream-like romance enhance the enchantment of The Sleeping Beauty. "It is immediately clear that Rackham is a master of the medium (silhouette), being able to evoke character and humour by profile and gesture alone, and allowing the two dimensional effect of his pen work to lead the reader through the book and keep the story going." - Latimore & Haskell "Rackham's fanciful imagination gave his illustrations instant recognition, and his dedication to illustration kept him in the public eye for 30 years" (Hodnett, 233). Like his Cinderella (1919), The Sleeping Beauty relied "almost wholly for its effect on silhouette. Rackham was a master of the medium, being able to evoke character and humor by profile and gesture alone, and allowing the two-dimensional effect of his pen work to lead the reader through the book and flow the story along" (Hamilton, 118). Charles Perrault's story as told by C. S. Evans begins with the King and Queen longing for a child. When at last a child is conceived and born, three fairy godmothers bless her at a feast. Fairy godmother Flora bestows upon her the gift of beauty, Fauna gives her the gift of song, and Merryweather begins to give her a gift, but Maleficent arrives and casts a spell that on her sixteenth birthday, the girl will prick her finger on a spindle and die. Merryweather uses her gift so that she instead will fall into sleep, only to be awakened by a kiss from her true love. Her parents send her to stay with the fairies to hide her from Maleficent. She meets Phillip, but does not know he is a prince. She then must return home to the castle as promised, and upon her return Maleficent appears and lures her to prick her finger on a spinning wheel. The fairies then cast a spell over the entire kingdom so the King and Queen won't know that she has been put under the spell. They give Prince Phillip the shield of virtue and the sword of truth to rescue her. He uses these to battle the witch when she turns into a dragon. Phillip races to the sleeping beauty and awakens her with a kiss. The kingdom rises from slumber and Prince Phillip and the princess are married and live happily. The classic good versus evil mythos in which a damsel is rescued by a valiant prince and all ends well - passed down through the ages since first created long, long ago. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$1500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Stated at copyrigh page: "London : William Heinemann, 1920". Large 9 1/4" x 11 1/2" design. Stated at limitation page: "This Edition de Luxe, printed on English Hand-made Paper, with an additional colour-plate, is limited to 625 copies (600 for sale) numbered and signed by Arthur Rackahm, of which 100 are reserved for the United States of America. No. '251,' 'Arthur Rackham.'" Cream boards, stylish gilt cover and spine titles, cream vellum spine wrap, moderate edge, corner wear, rub, discoloration. Cover vignette features a kneeling knave with platter offering in gilt. The Primerose or 'Briar Rose' color plate adjacent first page of tale is present and the wonderfully dark design captures the sleeping beauty in her spell. Bind good; hinges intact. This is The Sleeping Beauty translated by C. S. Evans from the original French of Charles Perrault. The spectacular English variant of Arthur Rackham's illustrated 'The Sleeping Beauty'. Illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham in a unique silhouette style; features b&w and several silhouettes decorated in red, slate, and black. Several two-page spreads over adjacent pages. Includes twenty-five full-page silhouettes, nine in color (frontispiece and four double plates) - and sixteen in black (four double illustrations); the rare color mounted frontispiece; silhouette head-and tail-pieces and other silhouettes throughout the text. Near very good signed limited edition. From the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature comes this tale of The Sleeping Beauty. One of the most famous and beloved of all the folk tale classics is adapted here by C. S. Evans in collaboration with Rackham to create one of the most wonderful editions of any fairy tale. Rackham creates a fantasy world of crisp silhouette images to depict characters from the fable of a girl's transformation into a princess. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the premier illustrators of the twentieth century. Throughout his career, he developed a very individual style that was to influence a whole generation of children and artists. His haunting humour and dream-like romance enhance the enchantment of The Sleeping Beauty. "It is immediately clear that Rackham is a master of the medium (silhouette), being able to evoke character and humour by profile and gesture alone, and allowing the two dimensional effect of his pen work to lead the reader through the book and keep the story going." - Latimore & Haskell "Rackham's fanciful imagination gave his illustrations instant recognition, and his dedication to illustration kept him in the public eye for 30 years" (Hodnett, 233). Like his Cinderella (1919), The Sleeping Beauty relied "almost wholly for its effect on silhouette. Rackham was a master of the medium, being able to evoke character and humor by profile and gesture alone, and allowing the two-dimensional effect of his pen work to lead the reader through the book and flow the story along" (Hamilton, 118). Charles Perrault's story as told by C. S. Evans begins with the King and Queen longing for a child. When at last a child is conceived and born, three fairy godmothers bless her at a feast. Fairy godmother Flora bestows upon her the gift of beauty, Fauna gives her the gift of song, and Merryweather begins to give her a gift, but Maleficent arrives and casts a spell that on her sixteenth birthday, the girl will prick her finger on a spindle and die. Merryweather uses her gift so that she instead will fall into sleep, only to be awakened by a kiss from her true love. Her parents send her to stay with the fairies to hide her from Maleficent. She meets Phillip, but does not know he is a prince. She then must return home to the castle as promised, and upon her return Maleficent appears and lures her to prick her finger on a spinning wheel. The fairies then cast a spell over the entire kingdom so the King and Queen won't know that she has been put under the spell. They give Prince Phillip the shield of virtue and the sword of truth to rescue her. He uses these to battle the witch when she turns into a dragon. Phillip races to the sleeping beauty and awakens her with a kiss. The kingdom rises from slumber and Prince Phillip and the princess are married and live happily. The classic good versus evil mythos in which a damsel is rescued by a valiant prince and all ends well - passed down through the ages since first created long, long ago. Printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd, Brunswick St., Stamford St., and Bungay, Suffolk. 110 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Evans, C.S. (editor). Rackham, Arthur (illustrator).The Sleeping Beauty. London and Philadelphia: William Heinemann & J.B. Lippincott Co., 1920. First Edition, Limited Edition. Signed by Rackham. This is a desirable, limited edition printing of The Sleeping Beauty, edited by C. S. Evans and illustrated and signed by Arthur Rackham. Published in 1920 by London s Constable & Co. and Philadelphia s WIlliam Heinemann, this collectible printing is numbered #260/625 copies of the Edition de Luxe, of which only 600 were made available to the public. The book is presented in the original publisher s deluxe quarter vellum over Japanese vellum-covered boards, stamped in gilt, and finished with top edge gilt. The earliest known version of The Sleeping Beauty is found in the narrative Perceforest, composed between 1330 and 1344. The tale was first published in 1634 by Giambattista Basile in his collection of tales titled The Pentamerone. Basile's version was later adapted and published by Charles Perrault in his Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé in 1697. Perrault (1628 1703) was among the first writers to bring magical children s stories into the literary mainstream, proving to his original seventeenth century readers that such works were important and enjoyable, as well as thought-provoking. The version that was later collected and printed in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm was an orally transmitted version of the literary tale published by Perrault. In 1919, C.S. Evans adapted and expanded the beloved and cherished stories of Cinderella and then The Sleeping Beauty in order to give his brilliant illustrator, Arthur Rackham, maximum opportunity to exercise his gifts. The product of their collaboration are two of the most wonderful editions produced of these, or any other, fairy tales. In these 1919 and 1920 printings, Rackham mastered his black and white silhouette style. "Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty differed from Rackham s preceding books in relying almost wholly on silhouette for their effect. It is immediately clear from the collection of images that Rackham is a master of the medium, being able to evoke character and humor by profile and gesture alone and allowing the two-dimensional effect of his pen work to lead the reader through the book and keep the story going." (James Hamilton. Arthur Rackham: A Biography, p. 188) Thoroughly illustrated with numerous illustrations and in-text silhouettes, this book is a testament to Rackham s illustrating prowess. Rackham s fanciful imagination gave his illustrations instant recognition, and his dedication to illustration kept him in the public eye for 30 years (Hodnett, 233). Charles Seddon Evans (1883 1944) was a well respected writer, editor, and folklorist, who brought this magical story to life. He began his career as a schoolmaster before joining the publishing house of Edward Arnold as the Educational Editor in 1909. He moved to the firm of Heinemann in 1913, where he spent the rest of his working life, becoming Chairman and Managing Director in 1932. He wrote this version of The Sleeping Beauty to serve as a companion volume to his previously published 1919 edition of Cinderella, which was also illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the most celebrated painters of the British Golden Age of Illustration, which encompassed the years from 1850 until the start of the First World War. Rackham s artistry is unparalleled. Throughout his career, he developed a unique style, combining haunting humor with dream-like romance. Presented alongside the text, his illustrations enhance Perrault s enchanting narrative. CONDITION: A beautiful printing, in very good condition Numbered #260/625 copies of the Edition de Luxe. 4to. Publisher's deluxe quarter vellum over Japanese vellum-covered boards, stamped in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Minimal wear to boards, with light bumping to corners and spine. Signed by Rackham.
Seller: The Great Republic, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.