Rip van Winkle
London / New York: William Heinemann / Doubleday, Page & Co., 1907. Binding: Half navy calf boards over blue cloth boards. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered black calf labels in second and fourth compartments. All edges black.
, Notes: Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) was an English book illustrator. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration which roughly encompassed the years from 1890 until the end of the First World War. During that period, there was a strong market for high quality illustrated books which typically were given as Christmas gifts. Many of Rackham's books were produced in a de luxe limited edition, often vellum bound and usually signed, as well as a smaller, less ornately bound quarto 'trade' edition. This was sometimes followed by a more modestly presented octavo edition in subsequent years for particularly popular books. The onset of the war in 1914 curtailed the market for such quality books, and the public's taste for fantasy and fairies also declined in the 1920s.
, Size: Large 8vo. (250 x 190 mm), Illustration: Very good example. Illustrated with 51 tipped in colour plates mounted to green card. Gift inscription to half-title. , Category: Book Literature;. Spine joints rubbed, boards lightly bowed. Item #B7326
Price: $575.00