Lot 77
  • 77

Rackham, Arthur, illus.

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

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Cinderella.  Retold by C. S. Evans.  London: Heinemann, 1919 — The Sleeping Beauty.  Told by C. S. Evans.  London: Heinemann, 1920



Together, 2 volumes, in 4s (10 x 7  1/4  in.; 253 x 184).  Each volume with one tipped-in color plate after Rackham, numerous silhouette illustrations (some with color).  Cloth-backed pictorial boards, pictorial endleaves; rubbed, worn, some discoloration.  Modern half morocco gilt folding-cases.

Literature

Latimore and Haskell pp. 49–52

Condition

Cinderella. Retold by C. S. Evans. London: Heinemann, 1919 — The Sleeping Beauty. Told by C. S. Evans. London: Heinemann, 1920 Together, 2 volumes, in 4s (10 x 7 1/4 in.; 253 x 184). Each volume with one tipped-in color plate after Rackham, numerous silhouette illustrations (some with color). Cloth-backed pictorial boards, pictorial endleaves; rubbed, worn, some discoloration. Modern half morocco gilt folding-cases.
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Catalogue Note

Trade editions. Presentation copies, each inscribed and with pen-and-ink drawings by Rackham.  The Cinderella  inscription is complemented by an original drawing (approx. 3 in. high) of the Fairy Godmother waving her wand at a mouse standing on its hind legs.  Sleeping Beauty is illustrated with a drawing of a gesticulating elf.  Both are inscribed on the half-title to "Fanny" from Edith and Arthur Rackham, at Christmas 1919 and 1920.