Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures.
1913. London: William Heinemann, 1913.
4to, with 44 mounted illustrations in color, 10 drawings in black and white. Captioned tissues. White cloth, gilt decoration to upper board and backstrip (browned), some toning to covers, wear to slipcase.
§ De luxe edition, limited to 1000 copies, signed by Rackham, of Rackham's own collection of his best illustrations, published here either for the first time or for the first time as finished plates; the pictures are arranged in sections: I: Of the Little People; II: Classic; III: Some Fairy Tales; IV: Some Children; V: Grotesque & Fantastic: VI: Various. Includes color plates from/of the following; Jack Frost, Mother Goose, The Frog Prince, Puss in Boots, Jack & the Beanstalk, Santa Claus, The Snow Queen, and Jack the Giant Killer. Latimore & Haskell, p.42. Item #124088
Price: $1,000.00