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Price: US$1700.00 + shipping
Description: Limited edition #79 of 105 copies, signed by the author (who is most famous for the children's classic, The Velveteen Rabbit). Notable as a Rackham limited edition which he didn't sign. This work is frequently cited as the "rarest Rackham" limited edition and was never issued in England as a limited edition. With 7 tissue-guarded tipped-in plates by Rackham. 4to. xiv, 15-175pp., [1]. Latimore & Haskell, pgs. 59-60. Good plus with toned vellum-like paper spine with leather spine label over paper covered boards, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, stain to fore edge, pages browned from age and paper quality, professional repairs to spine and hinges. Nevertheless, a respectable copy of a noted rarity.
Seller: Nelson Rare Books, ABAA, Haddonfield, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$6000.00 + shipping
Description: 176 pp. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; color frontispiece and six tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue overleaves. 4to, publisher's pale blue boards and white spine with gilt-lettered spine label. First edition; No. 77 of 105 large paper copies, signed by Margery Williams Bianco. There is the very slightest of tanning to the marginal edges of the text block; slight sue to spine; a very attractive copy.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Bianco, Margery Williams. Poor Cecco. George H. Doran Company, New York, 1925.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition, first printing with the publisher's colophon on the copyright page. Signed and inscribed to a former owner by Margery Williams Bianco on the half-title page. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth stamped in gilt. Very Good soiling and light staining to cloth with rubbing to cloth at extremities, several small stains to paged and textblock edge. In a Good dust jacket with chipping and edge wear, foxing, and a number of small tape repairs made to the verso. Books signed by the author, who is best-known for writing The Velveteen Rabbit, are scarce.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$7500.00 + shipping
Description: First edition, limited issue. Signed by Margery Williams Bianco, author of The Velveteen Rabbit. Copy #58 of 105 thus. [2], 175, [1] pp. With seven tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards and 24 black-and-white illustrations in the text. In quarter vellum-style paper and textured blue paper over boards, gilt-stamped spine label, top edge gilt, endpapers illustrated in blue; housed in original slipcase with correct limitation number marked in pencil at head of spine panel. Spine darkened and lightly soiled, edges faintly sunned; minor toning to text leaves, tiny spots of soiling to rear endpapers, hinges starting but binding remains tight; slipcase soiled and sunned, worn and chipped at edges. A Very Good+ copy in a Good, unrestored slipcase. One of the most uncommon Rackham books. Latimore & Haskell p. 59; Riall p. 155.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$8369.64 + shipping
Description: Deluxe edition, number 12 of 105 copies signed by the author. Unlike many of Rackham's deluxe editions, this one was not signed by him, nor was it issued in the UK in a deluxe version. This is the rarest of all Rackham limited editions. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 59-60; Riall, p. 155. Quarto. Original vellum spine, gilt-lettered black morocco label, cornflower blue covers. Colour frontispiece and 6 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Very slight toning to spine, extremities of covers slightly sunned, minor tear at head of front hinge, slight splitting to rear hinge; a near-fine copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$8691.55 + shipping
Description: Deluxe edition, number 78 of 105 copies signed by the author. Unlike many of Rackham's deluxe editions this one was not signed by him, nor was it issued in the UK in a deluxe version. This is the rarest of all Rackham limited editions. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 59-60; Riall, p. 155. Quarto. Original vellum spine, gilt-lettered black morocco label, cornflower blue sides. Housed in a fleece-lined, blue quarter morocco solander box. Colour frontispiece and 6 colour plates mounted and with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, by Rackham. Sides very slightly faded along top edges, small neat ink blot at foot of front free endpaper. A lovely copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
Price: US$9013.46 + shipping
Description: Deluxe edition, number 23 of 105 copies signed by the author. Unlike many of Rackham's deluxe editions, this one was not signed by him, nor was it issued in the UK in a deluxe version. This is the rarest of all Rackham limited editions. A contemporary review of the UK edition stated "the wonderful story of the wonderful wooden dog who was the jolliest toy in the house, until he went out to explore the world, is much above the ordinary. Miss Bianco. is fortunate to have her work illustrated by such a master-hand as that of Mr Rackham. His full-page plates in colour are a delight". Latimore & Haskell, pp. 59-60; Riall, p. 155. Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art, 19 December 1925, p. 748. Quarto. Original blue boards with vellum backstrip, gilt-lettered black morocco label. Original slipcase. Housed in a custom black morocco-backed folding box. Colour frontispiece and 6 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Slight toning to spine, corners very slightly bumped, trace of sunning to extremities, slipcase professionally restored with new sections and adhesive tape marks: a near-fine copy in a good slipcase.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom