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RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator, 1867-1939)--Richard WAGNER. Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods. Translated by Margaret Armour. London: Wiliam Heinemann, 1911. 4° (275 x 210mm). 30 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, mounted on brown paper. Red morocco gilt by Bayntun (Rivière), spine gilt in compartments, covers with stylised floral cornerpieces, gilt edges. NUMBER 323 OF 1,100 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Latimore & Haskell p.37.
A. RACKHAM (illustrator). Book of Pictures with an Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch. London: William Heinemann, 1913. 4° (265 x 200mm). 44 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, mounted on brown paper. Brown morocco gilt by Bayntun (Rivière), spine gilt in compartments, covers elaborately decorated in gilt with wide floral and gilt-ruled border, g.e. NO. 623 OF 1,030 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Latimore & Haskell p. 41. Together with 4 other works illustrated by Rackham and Dulac, including William Shakespeare's The Tempest (London: [n.d.], illustrated by Edmund Dulac, in a pictorial morocco binding by Bayntun) and Léonard Rosenthal's The Kingdom of the Pearl (London: [n.d.], limited to 675 copies, illustrated by Edmund Dulac), all bound in calf or morocco, one with a fore-edge painting. (6)
A. RACKHAM (illustrator). Book of Pictures with an Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller Couch. London: William Heinemann, 1913. 4° (265 x 200mm). 44 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham, mounted on brown paper. Brown morocco gilt by Bayntun (Rivière), spine gilt in compartments, covers elaborately decorated in gilt with wide floral and gilt-ruled border, g.e. NO. 623 OF 1,030 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Latimore & Haskell p. 41. Together with 4 other works illustrated by Rackham and Dulac, including William Shakespeare's The Tempest (London: [n.d.], illustrated by Edmund Dulac, in a pictorial morocco binding by Bayntun) and Léonard Rosenthal's The Kingdom of the Pearl (London: [n.d.], limited to 675 copies, illustrated by Edmund Dulac), all bound in calf or morocco, one with a fore-edge painting. (6)
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