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Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Original jacket present, and unclipped price at 5/- on the front flap. The wrapper is worn and toned, with notable chipping and loss at the spine head, rubbing and creasing to folds and extremities, and general handling wear; the rear panel is plain and somewhat browned, with minor loss at the lower edge. The book itself remains sound and attractive on the shelf, with general rubbing and age-wear to the binding, and some fading / discolouration visible at the extremities. Pencil ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Prelims show light spotting and toning, but the interior is generally clean in the photographed openings, and the colour plates shown remain bright and appealing. A presentable and increasingly elusive jacketed first trade copy of one of Rackham s late fairy miscellanies. Binding: Hardcover, octavo (approx. 22.8 x 15.6 cm). First trade edition / first printing. Publisher s red/rust pictorial cloth stamped in black and tan, with pictorial endpapers; in the original pictorial dust jacket, present and apparently unclipped, priced 5/- on the lower front flap. The title-page and imprint page show the Harrap first edition of 1933. Collation: pp. [vi], 287; frontispiece plus seven further colour plates (8 in total), with numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout, many full-page; pictorial endpapers. Complete. Please see Photos as part of condition report. References: References: Latimore & Haskell, p. 69; Riall, p. 182; Hudson, p. 172. 1933 1st Trade Edition THE ARTHUR RACKHAM FAIRY BOOK A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations By Various Format: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm ) Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary. Language: English Published By: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London Condition Report: Dust Jacket: Yes, Dust Jacket Condition: Good Very Good - Original jacket present, and unclipped price at 5/- on the front flap. The wrapper is worn and toned, with notable chipping and loss at the spine head, rubbing and creasing to folds and extremities, and general handling wear; the rear panel is plain and somewhat browned, with minor loss at the lower edge. The book itself remains sound and attractive on the shelf, with general rubbing and age-wear to the binding, and some fading / discolouration visible at the extremities. Pencil ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Prelims show light spotting and toning, but the interior is generally clean in the photographed openings, and the colour plates shown remain bright and appealing. A presentable and increasingly elusive jacketed first trade copy of one of Rackham s late fairy miscellanies. Binding: Hardcover, octavo (approx. 22.8 x 15.6 cm). First trade edition / first printing. Publisher s red/rust pictorial cloth stamped in black and tan, with pictorial endpapers; in the original pictorial dust jacket, present and apparently unclipped, priced 5/- on the lower front flap. The title-page and imprint page show the Harrap first edition of 1933. Collation: pp. [vi], 287; frontispiece plus seven further colour plates (8 in total), with numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout, many full-page; pictorial endpapers. Complete. Please see Photos as part of condition report. References: References: Latimore & Haskell, p. 69; Riall, p. 182; Hudson, p. 172. Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham Illustrator Bio: Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the - For full description please contact the seller 2.
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