Rackham, Arthur--Ford, Julia Ellsworth

Estimate

300 - 500 GBP

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Description

Rackham, Arthur--Ford, Julia Ellsworth
Snickerty Nick & the Giant. Los Angeles and San Francisco: Suttonhouse, [1935]
paper

4to (241 x 180mm.), "third printing", 3 monochrome plates and other illustrations by Arthur Rackham, original orange cloth lettered and with design in black on upper cover, DUST-JACKET, some adhesive tape residue to endpapers, soiled dust-jacket frayed at extremities with some loss and adhesive tape repairs on reverse

Literature

Riall p.180

Catalogue Note

Julia Ellsworth Ford's play has caused some bibliographical problems. It was first published in 1919 by Moffat, Yard and Co. Richard Riall in his bibliography notes a reprint in 1933 by Suttonhouse but states "Latimore and Haskell have different information... They date their edition at 1935, so it may be a later edition, but the increase in the number of pages may be a mistake."

The increase in the number of pages is not an error. It appears that the book was published in 1919, 1933 and then 1935 (as here) - hence "third printing". It is RARE IN DUST-JACKET and, published only in the United States, an uncommon Rackham title in any edition.