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[Rackham, Arthur, illustrator]; Ibsen, Henrik. Peer Gynt. George G. Harrap & Co Ltd, London, 1936.
Price: US$850.00 + shipping
Description: Limited edition, #237 of 460 hand-numbered copies, signed by Rackham, in publisher's full vellum with gilt title and spine. Illustrated with mounted color frontispiece, 12 mounted color plates by Rackham with lettered tissue guards. 4to. [iv], 5-256pp., [1]. Latimore & Haskell, pg. 74. Very good in publisher's gilt-stamped vellum, usual minimal natural discoloration, top edges gilt, contents quite clean, with good matching original slipcase, age-toned, short splits, rubbing to edges.
Seller: Nelson Rare Books, ABAA, Haddonfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Ibsen, Henrik. Peer Gynt. George G. Harrap Co. Ltd, London, 1936.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Limited to 460 copies signed by Rackham on the limitation page. Fine in a Good example of the slipcase, rubbed through at a few of the joints but still solidly in one piece. Vellum binding, a bit toned, with gilt lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a gilt top edge, some pages uncut.
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$1291.43 + shipping
Description: First edition, signed limited issue, number 258 of 460 copies signed by the artist. Ibsen's play, based on a Norwegian fairy tale, was originally published in 1867. In his essay on Rackham's book illustrations, Gettings states that "in the troll scenes" within Peer Gynt, "Rackhamerie abounds" (p. 165). A contemporary review of the book in the New York Times described the artist's work as "delightfully impish and imaginative" and stated, "it is seldom that the work of artist and author is more happily married". Latimore & Haskell, p. 74; Riall p. 192. Fred Gettings, Rackham's Best Book Illustrations, 1976. Quarto. Original vellum, spine and front board lettered and decorated in gilt, original pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. With the original card slipcase. Colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates tipped-in with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text. Vellum a little toned, occasional faint foxing to contents, otherwise bright and clean. A very good copy retaining the original slipcase with some browning, superficial splits at edges, tape repair at foot of spine panel, but sound.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Rackham, Arthur; Ibsen, Henrik. PEER GYNT. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, London, 1936.
Price: US$2018.04 + shipping
Description: A dramatic poem by Henrik Ibsen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Pp. 258(last colophon), 12 coloured plates with lettered guards, half-title and title page vignettes printed in green, black & white text illustrations and decorations, pictorial endpapers printed in brown; post 4to; full vellum, lettered and decorated in gilt, a trifle sprung and slightly 'cloudy'; t.e.g., others uncut and partly unopened; within the original card slipcase with numbered printed paper title label, the slipcase slightly worn at edges; George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1936. Edition de luxe, being one of 460 numbered copies (450 for sale), signed by the artist. Riall p. 192; Latimore & Haskell p. 74. *The text is from the translation of R. Farquharson Sharp.
Seller: Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
RACKHAM, Arthur; IBSEN, Henrik. Peer Gynt. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1936, 1936.
Price: US$2250.00 + shipping
Description: "In the Troll scenes, or in Peer's moorland Encounter with the Threadballs, Rackhamerie abounds" [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. IBSEN, Henrik. Peer Gynt. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1936. Limited to 460 numbered copies (this copy being No. 349), signed by Arthur Rackham. Quarto (10 7/16 x 7 3/4 inches; 264 x 198 mm.). 255, [1] pp. Twelve color plates with captioned tissue guards and numerous black and white text illustrations in the text. Publisher's vellum over boards, front cover pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial endpapers printed in tan and white, top edge gilt, others uncut. A very fine copy, partially uncut, complete with the original glassine wrapper. Housed in the original publishers cardboard slipcase with matching limitation number. "In the troll scenes, or in Peer's moorland encounter with the threadballs, Rackhamerie abounds.". (Gettings, Arthur Rackham. P. 165).
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$2389.15 + shipping
Description: Deluxe edition, number 250 of 460 numbered copies signed by the artist. Latimore & Haskell, p. 74; Riall, p. 192. Quarto. Original vellum, gilt lettered and decorated spine and front cover, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, pictorial endpapers. With the publisher's card slipcase (with hand-numbered label). Colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates mounted on heavy white paper with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, by Rackham. Slipcase toned at extremities. An excellent copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
RACKHAM, Arthur; IBSEN, Henrik. Peer Gynt. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1936, 1936.
Price: US$2500.00 + shipping
Description: "In the Troll scenes, or in Peer's moorland Encounter with the Threadballs, Rackhamerie abounds" [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. IBSEN, Henrik. Peer Gynt. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1936. Limited to 460 numbered copies (this copy being No. 286), signed by Arthur Rackham. Quarto. Twelve color plates with captioned tissue guards and numerous black and white text drawings as head- and tailpieces, and devices. Publisher's vellum boards gilt lettered and ornamented, with gilt vignette. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. A very fine copy, partially uncut. Housed in the original publishers cardboard slipcase with matching limitation number. "In the troll scenes, or in Peer's moorland encounter with the threadballs, Rackhamerie abounds.". (Gettings, Arthur Rackham. P. 165). Peer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen. Written in Danish - the common written language of Denmark and Norway in Ibsen's lifetime - it is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays. Ibsen believed Per Gynt, the Norwegian fairy tale on which the play is loosely based, to be rooted in fact, and several of the characters are modeled after Ibsen's own family, notably his parents Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg. He was also generally inspired by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen's collection of Norwegian fairy tales, published in 1845. Gettings, p. 181. Hudson, p. 182. Riall, p. 192.
Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.
Ibsen, Henrik. PEER GYNT: A DRAMATIC POEM. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1936.
Price: US$2750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: (Rackham, Arthur) illustrator. PEER GYNT: A DRAMATIC POEM by Henrik Ibsen; illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1936. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION; "Edition limited to Four Hundred and Sixty copies, of which Four Hundred and Fifty are for sale. This is copy No. 104;" signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. 4to - 10-11/16" x 8". Publisher's deluxe full vellum covered boards with titles and decoration stamped in gilt to front cover and spine, with light uniform toning to the vellum for what is a stunning copy of the book. Original publisher's gray paper covered board slipcase with paper label printed in brown pasted to spine, with hand-inked number matching the book's number, with minor rubbing to the edges but completely intact and really quite nice. Gray and white pictorial endpapers designed by Rackham; bookplate of Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. on front pastedown. t.e.g.; others uncut. [2], 255, [3] pp., plus 12 unnumbered leaves of colored plates. An English translation of the five act play, written in verse, by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen; illustrated by Arthur Rackham with color frontispiece and eleven additional color plates, all with captioned tissue guards, plus numerous small black and white drawings and vignettes within text; internally the book is fine. The condition of the book is FINE. The condition of the slipcase is VERY GOOD +. Latimore and Haskell, pp. 74; Riall, p. 192.
Seller: Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
RACKHAM, Arthur (IBSEN, Henrik). Peer Gynt. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1936.
Price: US$3000.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SIGNED/LIMITED EDITION OF 460 copies SIGNED by Arthur Rackham. A fabulous copy with the ORIGINAL publisher's slipcase that was issued with this book. The box number 198 matches the number in the book. The book is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp with minor wear to the edges. The pages are exceptionally clean with NO writing, marks or bookplates in the book. A wonderful copy authentically SIGNED by Rackham with the scarce publisher's slipcase. We buy SIGNED Arthur Rackham First Editions.
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.