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Price: US$4500.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Rare signed and limited, deluxe vellum edition. Signed by Arthur Rackham at limitation page: "This Edition is limited to 750 signed and numbered copies for sale in Great Britain and Ireland. No. '127,' 'Arthur Rackham.'" Gigantic folio volume weighing nearly six lbs. Cream vellum boards, gilt cover titles, moderate shelf wear, spine discoloration, rub. Bright gilt cover design features stylized titles with vignette of "The Goose Girl," with children catching fish with their hands. Protected in neatly folded, thick clear sleeve (unattached). Tastefully and professionally re-cased within original vellum cover and spine; with silk ribbon as page marker. Bind firm, square; moderate crease, ripple at hinges. Heavy stock rough-cut deckled pages, near fine with attractive toning. Gilded top edge. Handsome antiquarian bookplate at front blank endpaper: "Agnes Marion Armitage." Plate features Victorian-era framing of roses around window to library with open book upon desk: "Un Livre Est Un Ami." Small antiquarian label inside cover: "Percival Pearce, Bookseller & Stationer, Warrington." And, small gold tag inside back cover: "Mechling Bookbindery, Printing and Binding." Includes the beautifully ethereal imagery of Arthur Rackham. Profusely illustrated with forty vibrant, yet beautifully subdued, tipped-in colour plates on stiff matte setting with red captioned tissue guards. Color plate adjacent page seventy-two mounted from first of same vintage and size: "Blow, blow, little breeze, And Conrads hat seize."; as shown with red-captioned facsimile tissue guard. Also, many full and partial page black and white illustrations by Rackham with headers, tailpieces and decorative ornamentation throughout. Rare near very good signed example of this limited edition filled with classically beautiful imagery. Arthur Rackham was one of the great illustrators of the early twentieth century, a period which is referred to as the "golden age" in British book design. His works were produced in both limited and mass market editions as there was a large market for ornately illustrated books before the First World War. Rackham used a unique style, thought to mix European and East Asian influences, that involved both pen and India Ink as well as watercolor. His work was displayed all over Europe - and received awards at International Exhibitions in Milan and Barcelona and Rackham would influence heavily many illustrators, especially those of children's books, who came after him. Wonderous classics present such as: "Briar Rose, Rapunzel, Hansel & Grethel, Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstiltskin, Tom Thumb, Snowdrop, The Elves & The Shoemaker, The Golden Goose and many, many more!" "Rackham's illustrations to Grimm, Hans Andersen and Poe show him at his most imaginative and observant of human nature, while his gnomes, fairies and gnarled anthropomorphic trees in Peter Pan or A Midsummer Night's Dream represent his more fantastic side. He was - and remains - a soloist in front of an orchestra, a player with the responsibility to interpret and add a personal lustre to great works with variations of infinite subtlety and grace. Printed in Great Britain by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press. 325 pages. Insured post. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$4845.65 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1909. First SIGNED NUMBERED LIMITED Edition. Full vellum bound numbered limited edition of the Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Translated by Mrs Edgar Lucas. Gilt titles and illustration to the front board and spine, the spine rubbed darkened but structurally sound, lacking the silk ties, page top edges gilt, others untrimmed. With 40 tipped in tissue guarded plates and black and white illustrations in the text throughout. A Numbered limited edition of 750 copies signed by Arthur Rackham, of which this is number 276. A collection of 60 fairy tales including the much loved The Bremen Town Musicians, The Frog Princess, The Goosegirl, Rapunzel, Hansel and Grethel, Red Riding Hood, Tom Thumb, Rumpelstiltskin, The Wolf and the Seven Kids, The Elves and the Shoemaker, etc. etc. First edition by Constable. With all 40 mounted colour plates by Arthur Rackham [with titled tissue-guards]; 325-page text Large format. The present edition contains 40 beautifully coloured plates and 55 black and white drawings. One of Rackham's most elusive and most important titles. In the early 19th century Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm brought together a collection of ancient folk tales that had been passed from generation to generation throughout northern Europe. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 12 inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine good condition rubbed, darkened and worn, gilt titles. Joints good condition. Corners good condition rubbing and wear. Boards good condition gilt decorated to the front board, marks to both boards. Page edges good condition gilt top edge, others untrimmed. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition tanned, minor foxing. Free end papers good condition foxed. Title good condition tanned. Pages good condition tanned, minor foxing. Binding good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1909 Binding: Hardback
Seller: Louis88Books (Members of the PBFA), Andover, United Kingdom
Price: US$5814.78 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: A near fine copy of the 1st enlarged limited edition of Grimm's Fairy Tales illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 750 copies were produced and signed by Rackham, of which this is copy number 490. Issued with tipped in colour frontispiece and 39 further tipped in colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and designs. This copy has been recently rebound in full calf with raised bands, blind stamped designs and titles to spine, and blind stamped panelled design to the boards. Top page edges gilted; remainder untrimmed. The binding is in fine clean condition. New endpapers have been added. Contents are complete with bright clean uncreased plates. There is a slight paper ripple to the bottom corner of preliminary leaves, a couple of light creases to tissue guards, and a slight fold to the stock paper for the plate at p 236. The tissue guard to the plate at p 74 has a tiny top edge tear. There is the occasional mark: gutter pp xiv-xv; small brown mark appearing from p 35-41. Light toning towards page edges. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.
Seller: ecbooks, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
Price: US$6500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Rare near fine signed, limited edition. Signed by Arthur Rackham at limitation page: "This Edition is limited to 750 signed and numbered copies for sale in Great Britain and Ireland. No. '623,' 'Arthur Rackham.'" Gigantic folio volume weighing nearly six lbs. Presented in a beautiful bespoke (custom) vellum with gilt cover and spine design as original. Bright cream vellum boards, gilt cover titles, sharp corners with light shelf wear. Crisp cover design features stylized titles with vignette of "The Goose Girl," with children catching fish with their hands. Heavy stock deckled pages, near fine. Few with slight discoloration, toning. Bright gilded top edge. Impressively, this volume with clean golden satin ribbons to tie volume's cover closed or utilize as page markers. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Includes the beautifully ethereal imagery of Arthur Rackham. Profusely illustrated with forty vibrant, yet beautifully subdued, tipped-in colour plates on stiff matte setting with red captioned tissue guards. Also, many full and partial page black and white illustrations by Rackham with headers, tailpieces and decorative ornamentation throughout. Rare near fine signed example of this limited edition filled with classically beautiful imagery. Arthur Rackham was one of the great illustrators of the early twentieth century, a period which is referred to as the "golden age" in British book design. His works were produced in both limited and mass market editions as there was a large market for ornately illustrated books before the First World War. Rackham used a unique style, thought to mix European and East Asian influences, that involved both pen and India Ink as well as watercolor. His work was displayed all over Europe - and received awards at International Exhibitions in Milan and Barcelona and Rackham would influence heavily many illustrators, especially those of children's books, who came after him. "Rackham's illustrations to Grimm, Hans Andersen and Poe show him at his most imaginative and observant of human nature, while his gnomes, fairies and gnarled anthropomorphic trees in Peter Pan or A Midsummer Night's Dream represent his more fantastic side. He was - and remains - a soloist in front of an orchestra, a player with the responsibility to interpret and add a personal lustre to great works with variations of infinite subtlety and grace. Printed in Great Britain by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty at the Edinburgh University Press. 325 pages. Insured post. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION OF 750 COPIES. This copy is authentically SIGNED by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. The book is bound in the publisher's vellum cloth with discoloration to the boards. The pages are clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. The color plates are present. A lovely copy SIGNED by the author.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
Price: US$9600.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 4to. pp. xv, 325, [1]. title in red & black within decorative border. 40 tipped-in colour plates (incl. frontis.) & numerous text illus. tissue guards with legends. A very good copy in original gilt-stamped vellum, top edge gilt, others uncut (silk ties present but detached, covers moderately spotted & soiled, a few marginal spots). Deluxe Edition, Limited to 750 numbered copies signed by Rackham.
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Mrs Edgar Lucas. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Constable and Company Ltd, London, 1909.
Price: US$12663.29 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The very scarce deluxe edition of this beautifully illustrated copy of the Brothers Grimm. Illustrated and signed by notable pen and ink designer Arthur Rackham. An extremely bright copy of this work. 93 of 750 copies, with Rackham's signature below. Containing a frontispiece and thirty-nine coloured plates by the popular pen and ink fantasy illustrator, Arthur Rackham who was a forerunner during the 'Golden Age' of British illustration. This edition of 'The Brothers Grimm' was one of the earliest titles to be illustrated by Rackham. He also produced drawings for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, The Ingoldsby Legends and Gullivers Travels. Collated, complete. This deluxe edition is in the uncommon original vellum binding. Without the original ties, as is usual. Tales to this volume include 'The Golden Bird', 'Old Sultan', 'Rapunzel', 'The Frog Prince', 'The Raven'. The translation of The Brother's Grimm is by Mrs Edgar Lucas. In the original vellum binding. Externally, smart with several light marks to the boards and to the spine, as is common with vellum. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Near Fine
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom
Grimm, The Brothers (Rackham, Arthur). Grimm's Fairy Tales. Constable, 1909.
Price: US$15000.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Edition. A sharp copy of this limited edition of 750 copies SIGNED by Arthur Rackham. The book is in nice shape. The binding is tight, and the boards are crisp with light wear to the spine and edges. The pages are clean with no writing, marks or bookplates in the book. Overall, a lovely copy SIGNED by Rackham in collector's condition. We buy SIGNED Rackham books.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.