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Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
by ANDERSEN, Hans Christian (1805-1875), [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1932. [Fairy tales] FIRST RACKHAM EDITION, SIGNED LIMITED deluxe issue. Large octavo (26 x 19cm), pp.288. SIGNED by Rackham to the limitation page. With twelve full-page coloured plates with tissue guards and many full page and in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's gilt-stamped parchment over boards, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, silhouette endpapers. With what appears to be the original clear acetate jacket. A lovely fine copy, inside and out. With original lot ticket from a previous sale loosely inserted (Christie's, London 9th July 2002, £1765). A timeless collection of fairy stories wonderfully illustrated by Rackham, including The Snow Queen, The Ugly Duckling, The Tinder-Box, Thumbelina, The Princess and the Pea, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, and many more.
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- Bookseller
- Adrian Harrington Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55023
- Title
- Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
- Author
- ANDERSEN, Hans Christian (1805-1875), [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1932
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About the Seller
Adrian Harrington Rare Books
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Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
About Adrian Harrington Rare Books
Adrian Harrington began trading in 1971, as part of Harrington Brothers in the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's fashionable King's Road. He moved to Kensington Church Street in 1997, and in 2014 Adrian relocated to the historic Hall's Bookshop in Royal Tunbridge Wells, occupying the first floor of this iconic building near The Pantiles area of the town. Hall's remains on the ground floor offering an exceptional range of quality used books.Adrian Harrington Rare Books deal in a wide selection of literature, modern first editions, leather bound library sets, children's and illustrated books, and fine and rare antiquarian and old books in all fields. We also offer a full and expert bookbinding and restoration service.Award-winning Ian Fleming Bibliographer Jon Gilbert curates our world-class stock of James Bond material, including first edition novels, film posters, original scripts and associated ephemera.We are always interested in buying quality books in our subject areas, from individual titles to complete collections.
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- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
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- G
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Fine
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