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RACKHAM, Arthur (illustrator) -- WAGNER, Richard. The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie. Translated by Margaret Armour. London and New York: William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page & Co., 1928. 4° (248 x 185mm). Frontispiece and 33 colour illustrations. Publisher's cloth, blocked in blue, pictorial endpapers (light soiling). PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY QUEEN MARY: 'To Dear Louie [probably Princess Marie Louise], with best wishes from Mary. Christmas 1932'. First published by Heinemann in 1911.
RACKHAM, A. -- GOSSE, Edmund (ed.). The Allies' Fairy Book. London and Philadelphia: William Heinemann and J.B. Lippincott, [1916]. 8° (205 x 150mm). Frontispiece and 11 colour illustrations. (Light spotting.) Publisher's blue cloth, blocked in blue and gilt (light wear). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY QUEEN MARY: '[Prince] Henry from his devoted mother. Mary. Xmas 1916'.
RACKHAM, A. -- GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. London: George Harrap & Company, 1929. 4° (263 x 204mm). Frontispiece and 11 colour illustrations. Publisher's vellum, gilt, top edge gilt, other rough-trimmed (light wear). FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 84 OF 575 COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM.
RACKHAM, A. -- WAGNER, Richard. Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods. Translated by Margaret Armour. London and New York: William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page & Co., 1911. 4° (250 x 185mm). Frontispiece and 29 colour illustrations. Publisher's cloth, blocked in gilt, pictorial endpapers (joints just starting, small chips at spine ends, lightly rubbed and soiled). FIRST EDITION.
And four others, the first three illustrated by Rackham: SHAKESPEARE, William, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, London: William Heinemann, 1908, FIRST EDITION; SWIFT, Jonathan, Gulliver's Travels, London: J.M. Dent, 1909, FIRST EDITION; IRVING, Washington, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, London: George Harrap, 1928, FIRST EDITION; HUDSON, Derek, Arthur Rackham. His Life and Work, London: William Heinemann, 1960. (8)
RACKHAM, A. -- GOSSE, Edmund (ed.). The Allies' Fairy Book. London and Philadelphia: William Heinemann and J.B. Lippincott, [1916]. 8° (205 x 150mm). Frontispiece and 11 colour illustrations. (Light spotting.) Publisher's blue cloth, blocked in blue and gilt (light wear). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY QUEEN MARY: '[Prince] Henry from his devoted mother. Mary. Xmas 1916'.
RACKHAM, A. -- GOLDSMITH, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. London: George Harrap & Company, 1929. 4° (263 x 204mm). Frontispiece and 11 colour illustrations. Publisher's vellum, gilt, top edge gilt, other rough-trimmed (light wear). FIRST EDITION, NUMBER 84 OF 575 COPIES SIGNED BY RACKHAM.
RACKHAM, A. -- WAGNER, Richard. Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods. Translated by Margaret Armour. London and New York: William Heinemann and Doubleday, Page & Co., 1911. 4° (250 x 185mm). Frontispiece and 29 colour illustrations. Publisher's cloth, blocked in gilt, pictorial endpapers (joints just starting, small chips at spine ends, lightly rubbed and soiled). FIRST EDITION.
And four others, the first three illustrated by Rackham: SHAKESPEARE, William, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, London: William Heinemann, 1908, FIRST EDITION; SWIFT, Jonathan, Gulliver's Travels, London: J.M. Dent, 1909, FIRST EDITION; IRVING, Washington, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, London: George Harrap, 1928, FIRST EDITION; HUDSON, Derek, Arthur Rackham. His Life and Work, London: William Heinemann, 1960. (8)
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