Rackham, Arthur--Dickens, Charles

small 4to (202 x 147mm.) PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR WITH AN ADDITIONAL INK DRAWING ("To | Fannie | with | best Christmas Wishes | from | Edyth + Arthur Rackham | Xmas 1915") on half-title, 12 coloured plates and other illustrations by Arthur Rackham, original dark blue pictorial cloth gilt, spine lettered in gilt, illustrated endpapers, collector's morocco-backed box, some spotting and browning, extremities worn, binding faded, upper hinge splitting at foot

cf. Riall p.124

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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The ink drawing shows a Tiny Tim figure with a dog. The inscription is signed by both the artist and his wife. Riall notes that the first trade edition was bound in olive green cloth and that "the first issue... has the frontispiece mounted on dark green paper". This copy is evidently from the year of first publication. Riall only notes reprints from 1923.