Feats on the Fjord.
London: Dent, 1899.
12mo, viii, 237 pp. Color frontispiece and 11 black and white plates by Rackham, including a color frontispiece. Original limp blue calf, gilt vignette on upper cover, gilt top, backstrip browned, a very good copy of a fragile little book.
§ First edition with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. From Dent's series 'The Temple Classics For Young People'. One of four novels for children written by the brilliant social theorist and abolitionist Harriet Martineau during a period of convalescence. The adventure story set in Norway is among the earliest books fully illustrated by Rackham. Hudson p.166, Latimore & Haskell p.12. Item #11487
Price: $175.00