RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrates). MORLEY, Christopher.. Where the Blue Begins.. Doubleday, Page & Co, New York, and Heinemann, London. [1925], 1925.

Price: US$452.06 + shipping

Description: First illustrated edition, U.S. issue. Quarto. 227 pages. Four colour illustrations as well as line drawings in the text. Blue pictorial cloth gilt. Top edge gilt. The copyright page gives the date as 1922, but that refers to the original unillustrated edition.Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper: ''Signed for Henry D. Morley with affectionate greetings from his pseudo-cousin - Christopher Ditto''.Very good indeed in good dustwrapper with large chips at head and tail of spine and bottom edge of front panel.

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

(Rackham, Arthur) Morley, Christopher. Where the Blue Begins. William Heinemann Ltd. New York: Doubleday Page & Co, London, 1925.

Price: US$950.00 + shipping

Description: Number 100 of 175 copies of the Edition de Luxe, signed by Rackham. 4 color plates and numerous line drawings by Arthur Rackham. Folio. Inscribed by Morley. Inscribed on the endpapers "With homage to Barbara Boston from the dog cherubs-and from Mr. Gissing and Christopher Morley" dated April 2, 1934 with an additional inscription presenting the book to "Lyon from Barbara." Mr. Gissing being of course the character in the book. Original black cloth-backed boards. Spine defective, some staining of boards, endpapers stained and browned but the interior sound and clean 4 color plates and numerous line drawings by Arthur Rackham. Folio Number 100 of 175 copies of the Edition de Luxe, signed by Rackham.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

[Rackham, Arthur, illustrator]; Morley, Christopher. Where the Blue Begins. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1925.

Price: US$1200.00 + shipping

Description: Limited American edition, #74 of 100 hand-numbered copies, signed by both Rackham and Morley. Illustrated with color frontispiece, 3 color plates, and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. The scarce matching slipcase is present. 4to. xii, 227pp. Latimore & Haskell, pgs. 60-61. Very good in publisher's black cloth over blue-green marbled paper-covered boards, mounted paper label; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; illustrated endpapers, offsetting to front ones, in fair scarce publisher's paper-covered slip case with matching limitation number which is worn with loss to top and tears to bottom.

Seller: Nelson Rare Books, ABAA, Haddonfield, NJ, U.S.A.

RACKHAM, Arthur; MORLEY, Christopher. Where the Blue Begins. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1925, 1925.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Description: A Man's Best Friend [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. MORLEY, Christopher. Where the Blue Begins. With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann; New York: Doubleday Page & Co., [1925]. Edition de Luxe, limited to 175 numbered and signed by Arthur Rackham, this being copy No. 30. Quarto (11 x 7 3/4 in; 281 x 200 mm.). x, [2,], 227, [1, blank] pp. With four color-plates including frontispiece, and sixteen line drawings. Quarter black buckram over cream paper boards. Spine tooled in gilt. Top edge gilt. Partially unopened. Bookplate on front pastedown. A near fine copy. Where the Blue Begins is a satire about a dog named Gissing (after the author George Gissing) who lives alone (except for his Japanese butler Fuji the Pug), in a little house in the country, in a woodland suburb region called the Canine Estates. In this book all of the characters are dogs. Poodles, Spaniels, Chows, Beagles, Sealyham's, Mastiffs, Dachshunds, Whippets, Borzois', Airedales, Dobermann-Pinschers, Pointers and Scotties. The story appeared two years after Morley's collection of humorous essays Pipefuls. "No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does." What breed of dog was Gissing? Read the story and find out. Latimore and Haskell, p. 60. Riall, p.154.

Seller: David Brass Rare Books, Inc., Calabasas, CA, U.S.A.

RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); MORLEY, Christopher.. Where the Blue Begins.. London: William Heinemann; New York, Doubleday, Page and Co., 1925, 1925.

Price: US$1291.60 + shipping

Description: First trade edition, first printing; this copy signed by Rackham on the half-title. Small quarto. Original bright blue smooth cloth, titles to spine and front cover and pictorial decoration gilt, endpapers white with light blue illustration. With the colour pictorial dust jacket. Colour frontispiece and 3 colour plates, black and white illustrations in the text, by Rackham Jacket soiled and with nicks, chips and closed-tears, endpapers toned. A very good copy.

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