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1913 Signed Limited Edition "Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures"
Item Details
Title and Author/Editor | Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures (intro. by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch) |
Genre | Anthology, Children’s |
Illustrator | Arthur Rackham |
Type of Illustration | Forty-four offset lithographs |
Binding | Buckram, Slipcase |
Publisher or Printer | William Heinemann |
Publication Year | 1913 |
Place of Publication | London |
Language | English |
Signed | Yes |
Signed by | This volume is signed by the illustrator Arthur Rackham to the limitation page. |
Volumes | This edition was limited to 1030 copies; 1000 were sold in Great Britain of which this is number 43. |
Number of Books | 1 |
Additional Information | This signed, limited edition features top text edges in gilt, untrimmed fore and bottom text edges and forty-four full color plates tipped-in on heavy brown paper protected by titled tissue-guards. |
Condition
- shaken but tight binding; loose hinges; wear to the cover with sunning, bumped corners, rubbed edges, and soiling; fading to the endpapers; toning to the tissue-guards and text edges; foxing; soiling to slipcase.
Dimensions
1.5" W x 12.0" H x 9.5" D
Item #
ITMG266593