3821 of 871 lots
3821
Eight Books Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Sold
$1,200
Timed Auction
Railroad Crossing Discovery Auction: Closing January 10th, 2023
Description
Including: V.S. Vernon Jones, trans., AESOP'S FABLES (London & NY: 1912) #857/1450, signed by the artist on limitation leaf, 4to, cloth,light water stains, soot on binding; The Same (1912) Trade ed., 8vo, cloth; LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER (London: Constable, 1917) 4to, cloth; The Same (NY: Dodd, Mead, 1917) 4to, cloth; THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS (London & NY: 1907) 4to, cloth; THE SLEEPING BEAUTY (London & Philadelphia: 1920) #377/625, signed by the artist;, 4to, boards; ENGLISH FAIRY TALES (NY: Macmillan, 1920) thick 8vo, cloth; and A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (NY: Doubleday, c.1920) 4to, cloth, paper onlay, heavy foxing, loose plates.
Condition
Many have damage from smoke or soot, but no odor apparent