tales von grimm, arthur rackham, constable

Quarto. Original green cloth, titles and decoration to front board and spine gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge green, others untrimmed. With the dust jacket. Jacket spine toned and chipped at extremities (tape repair on verso), offsetting and foxing to endpapers. A very good copy. Colour frontispiece and 11 colour plates mounted on heavy grey paper, black and white illustrations in the text, by Rackham. First trade edition, first impression. This edition has one plate less than the deluxe edition, which included a plate at p. 178 entitled "He hurried away with long strides". The presence of a dust jacket is not noted by either Latimore & Haskell or Riall; this example is priced "10/6" on the spine. Latimore & Haskell pp. 46-47; Riall p. 129. Artikel-Nr.: 113144.

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Quarto. Original green cloth, titles and decoration to front board and spine in gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge green, others untrimmed. Spine gently rolled, cloth browned and a little soiled, slight wear to spine ends and tips, tips bumped, foxing to prelims and endmatter, occasionally to contents, offsetting from original page marker to p. 107, small loss to fore edge of pp. 119-20, not affecting illustration, small puncture and closed tear to rear free endpaper with consequent abrasion to rear pastedown; a very good copy. First trade edition, first impression. Presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator to his brother- and sister-in-law, with an original ink drawing (similar to the headpiece at p. 49) to the half-title, "To May and William, with best wishes, from Edyth & Arthur Rackham. Xmas 1917". William Joseph Myles Starkie (1860-1920), a Greek scholar and last Resident Commissioner of National Education for Ireland, was Edyth's older brother, and married May in 1893. Arthur Rackham married Edyth Starkie, a portrait painter and sculptor, in 1903. Artikel-Nr.: 129318.

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Quarto. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in bright green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial block to front board gilt, inner dentelles gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Some light foxing and offsetting to a few leaves, some light creasing to the bottom corner of frontispiece, an excellent copy in a fine binding. With colour frontispiece and 12 plates in colour, 43 black and white illustrations in text. Signed limited edition, number 398 of 525 copies signed by the artist. With the extra plate that is so often missing ("He Hurried Away with Long Strides") also signed by Rackham bound in at the back. Artikel-Nr.: 59977.

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Quarto. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in bright green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial block to front board, inner dentelles, original endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With colour frontispiece and 12 further colour plates in colour, 43 black and white illustrations in text. With the extra separate plate ("He Hurried Away with Long Strides" facing page 178) also signed by Rackham that is so often missing. Signed limited edition, number 340 of 525 copies signed by the artist, with the extra plate that is often missing ("He Hurried Away with Long Strides") also signed by the artist bound in at the back. Latimore & Haskell p. 46. Artikel-Nr.: 102175.

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Quarto. Original grey cloth, titles to spine gilt, pictorial gilt titles on a white ground to front board, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Presentation inscription (dated 1941) on verso of front free endpaper; old pale stain on back cover, light rubbing to extremities, head and tail of spine only slightly bumped, short closed-tear into margin at p. 209, light offsetting from tissue guards yet still an excellent copy. Colour frontispiece and 12 colour plates mounted on heavy white paper with loose tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, by Rackham. Deluxe edition, number 505 of 525 copies signed by the artist; with the extra plate signed by Rackham (in its original printed envelope), a repeat of that facing p. 178 ("He hurried away with long strides"). Latimore & Haskell pp. 46-47; Riall p. 129. Artikel-Nr.: 113145.

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Quarto. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, single rule to boards gilt, pictorial onlay of the dwarf from "The Water of Life" to centre of front board, twin rule to turn-ins gilt, floral endpapers, top edge gilt, others uncut. The occasional minor blemish else an excellent copy in a fine binding. 40 colour and numerous black and white illustrations by Rackham bound in with text. Signed limited edition, number 302 of 750 copies signed by the artist. This is a revised and enlarged edition of the work originally published in 1900 with some new illustrations, as well as others redrawn and coloured. Artikel-Nr.: 115169.

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Large octavo. Original red cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to both spine and front cover in gilt, top edge red, pictorial endpapers. Housed in a custom orange slipcase. Ownership signature to front free endpaper: "> Manchester 22. i. 12" [sic]. Spine sunned with a few nicks and chips at ends and with slight creases, some rubbing to extremities, front hinge starting, initial 2 leaves discreetly reinserted. A very good copy. 40 mounted colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, and many other monochrome illustrations in the text. First complete Rackham trade edition. Freemantle published Rackham's first version of Grimm's Fairy Tales in 1900; the present revised edition incorporates new illustrations, with other illustrations redrawn and coloured. The present edition is consequently the preferred edition. The trade edition was issued concurrently with a signed limited UK edition of 750 copies. Artikel-Nr.: 125822.

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Large quarto. Original light grey cloth, titles to spine gilt, pictorial gilt titles on a white ground to front board, pictorial endpapers, white silk page marker, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Extremities slightly rubbed, a few marks to cloth, front joint tender, rear joint cracked but holding, endpapers lightly tanned and with a couple of light dampstains, light offsetting from plates. A very good copy. Mounted colour frontispiece and 12 other plates, 43 black and white illustrations within the text. Signed limited edition. Number 506 of 525 copies signed by the artist. Latimore & Haskell p. 46. Artikel-Nr.: 113288.

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Quarto. Original grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial gilt titles on a white background to front cover, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a custom quarter morocco slipcase. Slight rubbing to extremities, front hinge cracked but holding, rear hinge just partially cracked, contents slightly foxed. A very good copy. Colour frontispiece and 12 colour plates with tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text. First Rackham edition, deluxe signed limited issue, number 21 of 525 copies signed by the illustrator and with an extra plate signed by Rackham in its original printed envelope, tipped in at rear. The plate is a repeat of the one facing p. 178 ("He hurried away with long strides"). Latimore & Haskell, pp. 46-7. Riall, p. 129. Artikel-Nr.: 125959.

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Used. Hardcover. Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Boards are stained, scored and worn. Spine is faded and cocked. Leading corners and spine ends are bumped and nicked. Page block and pages are tanned and marked. Closed tears on pastedown hinges. Plate between pages 38 and 39 is detached from binding. Contents remain clear throughout. HCW. Rackham, Arthur. Acceptable. Artikel-Nr.: 468550.

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Gr.-8°, goldgepr. Orig.-Leinen. XII, 165 S. mit vielen Textabb. u. farb. mont. Abb. auf Tafeln. Einb. min. berieb., Vermerk auf Vorsatz. Gutes Exemplar. Sprache: Englisch. Artikel-Nr.: 28165.

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