From Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
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Deluxe edition, number 168 of 1000 copies signed by Rackham. 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. Latimore & Haskell pp. 34-5; Riall pp. 93-4. Derek Hudson, Arthur Rackham, His Life and Work, 1975. Quarto. Mid 20th-century green half morocco, spine with raised bands, compartments lettered and framed in gilt, green cloth sides ruled in gilt, preserving original endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. Housed in a custom green cloth slipcase. Colour frontispiece and 14 colour plates each mounted on plain paper in a grey printed frame with captioned tissue guard, title page printed in green and black, black and white drawings in the text. Gift inscription to half-title dated 6 June 1910. Spine faded, intermittent light offsetting from plates, otherwise clean, a very good copy. Seller Inventory # 163246
Bibliographic Details
Title: Undine. Adapted from the German by W. L. ...
Publisher: London: William Heinemann; Doubleday Page & Co., New York, 1909
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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