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Lot 710
  • 710

Arthur Rackham

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Arthur Rackham
  • Group of four signed limited editions by Arthur Rackham.
  • ink and paper
Thomas Ingoldsby. The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth & Marvels. London, Dent, 1907. n° 77 of 560 large paper copies, signed by the illustrator, 24 mounted color plates, publisher's silt-pictorial vellum.

William Shakespeare. Midsummer-night's dream. London, W. Heinemann, New York, Doubleday, Page, 1908. 
40 tipped-in color plates by Rackham with lettered tissue guards; black-and-white illustrations in-text. Publishers vellum binding. N° 954/1000.



Richard Wagner:
[The Ring of the Niblung:] The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie. Londonm, W. Heinemann, 1910. n° 702/1150, 34 color plates, lettered tissue guards - Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods. London, W. Heinemann, 1911. n° 41/1150, 30 color plates, lettered tissue guards. Both signed on Rackham. Original gilt-pictorial vellum, untrimmed, yellow silk ties; lightly scuffed, corners bumped. (G.R. Nicolaus bookplate). 

Condition

Original gilt-pictorial vellum, untrimmed, yellow silk ties; lightly scuffed, corners bumped.
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