
Lot Closed
December 8, 05:03 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
RACKHAM, ARTHUR
Collection of four limited signed editions, comprising:
Wagner, Richard. Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods. William Heinemann, 1911, number 675 of 1150 copies, 30 coloured plates and other illustrations by Arthur Rackham, original vellum gilt, top edge gilt, occasional browning, lacking tie to upper cover--
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. A Wonder Book. Hodder & Stoughton, [1922], number 171 of 600 copies, 16 coloured plates and other illustrations by Arthur Rackham, original cream cloth gilt, top edge gilt, binding slightly soiled--
Walton, Izaak. The Compleat Angler. George G. Harrap, 1931, number 143 of 775 copies, 12 coloured plates and other illustrations by Arthur Rackham, original vellum gilt, top edge gilt, some soiling to spine--
Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1951, publisher's "one hundredth edition" and first English edition thus, number 44 of 500 copies, 12 coloured plates and other illustrations by Arthur Rackham, original white calf, top edge gilt, slipcase, ownership signature to front free endpaper, calf slightly soiled, slipcase worn and soiled with tear to spine