Arthur Rackham's book of pictures. With an Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller - Couch.
by RACKHAM, Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deal, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
William Heinemann,, 1913.. 1913 Grey green cloth, gilt with a bird block below the title on the front board and a cat similarly placed on the spine. No dustwrapper. 44 tipped in coloured plates, mounted on card. All with numbered and captioned tissues. First trade edition with Rackham's (uncompleted) book plate printed on the front board paper. The cloth shows a few faint marks, with a small ink stain at the foot of the front board. Spine darkened. Endpapers browned with minor spotting of some of the tissues but the plates clean and bright. Blank lower corner torn from tissue 3. Top edge coloured. Contents otherwise clean and tight. A very good copy. Deservedly regarded as one of the most desirable of Rackham's collections with fantasy and fairy story subjects drawn and coloured to perfection.
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- Bookseller
- COBNAR BOOKS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5070
- Title
- Arthur Rackham's book of pictures. With an Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller - Couch.
- Author
- RACKHAM, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann,
- Date Published
- 1913.
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tipped In
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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