A delightful anthology of Arthur Rackham's striking illustrations, complete here in the form of forty-four colour plates.
The first trade edition.
In the publisher's cloth binding.
Collated, complete with forty-four tipped-in tissue-guarded colour plates, including the frontispiece.
This beautiful series displays the fantastical designs of English book illustrator and leading figure of the Golden Age of English book illustration, Arthur Rackham, organised here by the following categories: 'Of the Little People', 'Classic', 'Some Fairy Tales', 'Some Children', 'Grotesque & Fantastic' and 'Various'.
With an introduction by English writer and critic Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch.
In the publisher's cloth binding.
Externally, smart, with fading to the spine and light rubbing and bumping to the extremities, including to the front joint.
Bookplate to the front pastedown, which was issued with this work, is blank.
Internally, firmly bound.
Offsetting to the endpapers, otherwise bright and clean.
Toning to paper on which plates are mounted, due to paper used.
Very Good