ExRare 1909 Arthur Rackham RIP VAN WINKLE 50+COLOR PLATES-STUNNING ILLUSTRATIONS

Description: Hardcover. Condition: Good+. London / New York: Wm. Heinemann / Doubleday Page. This is the 1909 printing of the 1905 first American edition of the Washington Irving/ Arthur Rackham classic, printed simultaneously with the London edition. Hardcover in G+ condition. Publisher's green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt on the front cover and lettered in gilt on the spine. Slight tear to cloth along lower hinge, but binding still strong. Slight dent to upper left part of front cover. Otherwise, this cover is brighter and cleaner than most examples of this title. Plain green endpapers. Text block edges are stamped in dark green. Corners bumped. Inside, this copy truly shines, with much less foxing than you usually see with this title. Check out the title page as an example (and then look at other copies for sale). slight dent to inside corners of two early pages (pictured). Color frontispiece and fifty color plates mounted with lettered tissue guards are all present. Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the most acclaimed and influential illustrators of the Edwardian period. His illustrations for Rip van Winkle, which pay homage to Dürer, Cruikshank and Dutch 17th century painting, were the first major works of his career as a book illustrator. The illustrations enable the story to be told twice: once through Irving's words and again through Rackham's pictures.

Price: 235 USD

Location: Decatur, Georgia

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