Rackham, Arthur--Goble, Warwick--Baumer, Lewis et al

Goble, W.--Kingsley, C. The Water-Babies. Macmillan and Co., 1909, one of 260 copies, 32 coloured plates by Warwick Goble, later full vellum lettered in gilt on spine, top edge gilt, creases to two plates--Rackham, A.--Wagner, R.--Armour, M. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. Heinemann, 1910, 34 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, minor loss to corner of one plate, paper flaw to top of one plate, ownership inscription; Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods. Heinemann, 1911, 30 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham; both first trade editions, original pictorial buckram gilt, [Riall pp. 103 and 109], occasional spotting and browning, extremities slightly rubbed and bumped--Meteyard, S.H.--Longfellow, H.W. The Golden Legend. Hodder and Stoughton, [1910], number 19 of 250 copies signed by the artist, 25 coloured plates by Sidney H. Meteyard, original pictorial vellum gilt, top edge gilt, original ties, one plate folded, binding soiled--Baumer, L.--Thackeray, W.M. Vanity Fair. Hodder and Stoughton, [1913], number 171 of 350 copies signed by the artist, 20 coloured plates by Lewis Baumer, original pictorial vellum gilt, top edge gilt, binding slightly soiled, new ties--Bull, R.--Fitzgerald, E. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Hodder and Stoughton, [1910], first trade edition, 10 coloured plates and other illustrations by René Bull, original pictorial cloth gilt, bookplate, slight splitting at gutter--Rackham, A.--Nielsen, K.--Dulac, E.--et al. King Albert’s Book. The Daily Telegraph, [1915], 17 colour plates and other illustrations, original cloth, creases to a number of plates, binding worn and soiled--all 4to, some spotting and browning (7)

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