Puck of Pook's Hill

A first American edition of Kipling"s "Puck of Pook"s Hill," illustrated with colour plates by Arthur Rackham. In the publisher's original green cloth binding.First published in Britain in 1906, this is the first American edition published in the same year.With four colour plates by illustrator Arthur Rackham, including a frontispiece. Collated complete.A collection of interlinked historical fantasy stories in which the mischievous spirit Puck introduces two children to episodes from England"s past, ranging from Roman Britain to the Norman Conquest.Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the leading illustrators of the Golden Age of book illustration, renowned for his distinctive line work and imaginative fantasy scenes. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Spine slightly faded. Hinge slightly cracked at frontispiece with frontispiece partially disbound, but holding at lower gutter, somewhat fragile. One or two vanishingly slight handling marks to boards. Bookplate of Theodore Zarifi to front paste down. Small ink annotation to rear paste down. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two spots to fore edge. Very Good.…