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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939, illustrator) & James STEPHENS. Irish Fairy Tales, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1920. 4° (210 x 175mm). Half title, coloured frontispiece, title decorations and 15 plates by Arthur Rackham. Original green cloth gilt (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Jean Mary Parrish (signature on front free endpaper).
With 11 other illustrated books including William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (London, [n.d.], illustrated by W. Heath Robinson), Charles Kinglsey's The Water Babies ([London, n.d.], illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith), Richard Wagner's Tannhauser and Parsifal (London, [n.d.], 2 vols., illustrated by Willy Pogany), The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie and Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods (London, 1910-11, 2 vols., illustrated by Arthur Rackham) and Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures (London, 1913). (12)
With 11 other illustrated books including William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (London, [n.d.], illustrated by W. Heath Robinson), Charles Kinglsey's The Water Babies ([London, n.d.], illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith), Richard Wagner's Tannhauser and Parsifal (London, [n.d.], 2 vols., illustrated by Willy Pogany), The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie and Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods (London, 1910-11, 2 vols., illustrated by Arthur Rackham) and Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures (London, 1913). (12)
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