The corner tip to p 141 has been turned at some point, and a few later leaves have lost the very tip of the corner. The tissue guard to the plate at p 72 is creased the guard at p 210 has a small tear close to the gutter and the guard at p 282 is spotty. The contents are complete with Rackham's signature to an initial blank and are in very good clean condition. The decorative endpapers are clean without any ownership markings.
There is slight marking to the front board and spine, and some brown spotting to the top corner and corner edges of the back board. The binding is in good to very good condition being generally clean with bright gilt to spine and front board. Decorative endpapers top page edges gilt, remainder untrimmed. Printed on 'Holbein' watermarked paper with plates mounted on paper with a woven texture. With 16 tipped-in colour plates and numerous black and white illustrations and designs by Arthur Rackham. In full vellum binding with gilt decoration and titles to front board and spine. The fairy tales include Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and Jack and the Beanstalk. A very good copy of the special limited edition of English Fairy Tales signed by Arthur Rackham. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.įull-Leather. Fox The Old Woman and her Pig Little Red Riding-Hood The Babes in the Wood The Ass, the Table, and the Stick and, The Rose Tree." Printed in Great Britain by R. George of Merrie England The Story of the Three Bears Jack the Giant-Killer The Golden Ball Jack and the Beanstalk The Three Little Pigs Mr.
English Fairy Tales Retold by Flora Annie Steel, with its illustrations, features amongst many others, the grand fairy tales: "St. One of Arthur Rackham's books for English readers in the early post-war years. adverts at back pages for illustrated titles in color. Additional partial-page imagery, headers, tailpieces, symbology and decoration throughout. Features sixteen (16) color plates in brilliant subdued hues and forty-two in black & white by Arthur Rackham. Frontispiece color plate by Arthur Rackham: "Mr. Crisp cover design features finely detailed crest-like silhouette collage of children in various states of reading wonder. Red full-cloth boards, gilt cover titles, moderate shelf wear spine reinforced w/cloth bind adhesive.
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