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Undine.: Adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney.
by RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); LA MOTTE-FOUQUÉ, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Heinemann; Doubleday Page & Co., New York,, 1909. First trade edition, first impression, this copy handsomely bound by the leading British bookbinders Bayntun-Riviere. This publication "was still another step forward for Rackham, the unity of conception in the line drawings and the colour plates, and the assertion of contrast in the moods of the heroine, rendered it a masterpiece of sympathetic understanding" (Hudson, p. 80). The fairy tale of Undine, a water spirit who marries a human knight to acquire an immortal soul, was first published in German in 1811. Quarto (239 x 176 mm). Mid 20th-century dark blue morocco by Bayntun (Rivière), spine with raised bands, lettering and elaborate gilt decoration in compartments, double gilt fillet frame on covers, gilt design of lilies, lily pads, and fish, board edges and turn ins tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Colour frontispiece and 14 colour plates each mounted on plain paper in a grey printed frame with captioned tissue guards, title page printed in green and black, black and white drawings in the text. Spine slightly faded, a few spots of faint foxing to contents, otherwise clean. A very good copy. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 34-5; Riall, pp. 93-4. Derek Hudson, Arthur Rackham, His Life and Work, 1975.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 165578
- Title
- Undine.
- Author
- RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); LA MOTTE-FOUQUÉ, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: William Heinemann; Doubleday Page & Co., New York,
- Date Published
- 1909
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Gilt
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