1933 1st Trade Edition ,
THE ARTHUR RACKHAM FAIRY BOOK
A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations
By Various
Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham
Illustrator Bio: Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. 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. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork. His best-known works also include the illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm.
Synopsis: A charming late Rackham anthology bringing together a personal selection of the nursery and fairy-story favourites that had, as Rackham notes in his preface, become part of everyday thought and expression. The collection draws on Perrault, Andersen, the Arabian Nights, and English traditional tales, and includes such staples as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Hop-o’-My-Thumb, Ali Baba, Dick Whittington, The Story of Sinbad the Sailor, Jack the Giant Killer, The Three Bears, Aladdin, Little Red Riding-Hood, Hansel and Grethel, The Ugly Duckling, The Princess and the Pea, Blue Beard, The Emperor’s New Clothes, and others. Although Rackham had illustrated some of these tales before, the illustrations prepared for this book were issued here as a new suite for the volume.
Binding: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: [vi], 287pp
Language: English
Published By: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: Yes, Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Very Good - Original jacket present, and unclipped price at 5/- on the front flap. The wrapper is worn and toned, with notable chipping and loss at the spine head, rubbing and creasing to folds and extremities, and general handling wear; the rear panel is plain and somewhat browned, with minor loss at the lower edge. The book itself remains sound and attractive on the shelf, with general rubbing and age-wear to the binding, and some fading / discolouration visible at the extremities. Pencil ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Prelims show light spotting and toning, but the interior is generally clean in the photographed openings, and the colour plates shown remain bright and appealing. A presentable and increasingly elusive jacketed first trade copy of one of Rackham’s late fairy miscellanies.
Binding:
Hardcover, octavo (approx. 22.8 x 15.6 cm).
First trade edition / first printing. Publisher’s red/rust pictorial cloth stamped in black and tan, with pictorial endpapers; in the original pictorial dust jacket, present and apparently unclipped, priced 5/- on the lower front flap. The title-page and imprint page show the Harrap first edition of 1933.
Collation:
pp. [vi], 287; frontispiece plus seven further colour plates (8 in total), with numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout, many full-page; pictorial endpapers.
References:
Latimore & Haskell, p. 69; Riall, p. 182; Hudson, p. 172..
SKU: BTETM0002586
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
1933 1st Trade Edition ,
THE ARTHUR RACKHAM FAIRY BOOK
A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations
By Various
Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham
Illustrator Bio: Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. 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. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork. His best-known works also include the illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm.
Synopsis: A charming late Rackham anthology bringing together a personal selection of the nursery and fairy-story favourites that had, as Rackham notes in his preface, become part of everyday thought and expression. The collection draws on Perrault, Andersen, the Arabian Nights, and English traditional tales, and includes such staples as Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Hop-o’-My-Thumb, Ali Baba, Dick Whittington, The Story of Sinbad the Sailor, Jack the Giant Killer, The Three Bears, Aladdin, Little Red Riding-Hood, Hansel and Grethel, The Ugly Duckling, The Princess and the Pea, Blue Beard, The Emperor’s New Clothes, and others. Although Rackham had illustrated some of these tales before, the illustrations prepared for this book were issued here as a new suite for the volume.
Binding: Hardcover, Octavo (Standard) (8vo 6 × 9 in 152 × 229 mm )
Note: Binding/size selection follows standard bibliographic conventions and is approximate; exact measurements may vary.
Collation: [vi], 287pp
Language: English
Published By: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London
Condition Report:
Dust Jacket: Yes, Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Very Good - Original jacket present, and unclipped price at 5/- on the front flap. The wrapper is worn and toned, with notable chipping and loss at the spine head, rubbing and creasing to folds and extremities, and general handling wear; the rear panel is plain and somewhat browned, with minor loss at the lower edge. The book itself remains sound and attractive on the shelf, with general rubbing and age-wear to the binding, and some fading / discolouration visible at the extremities. Pencil ownership inscription to the front free endpaper. Prelims show light spotting and toning, but the interior is generally clean in the photographed openings, and the colour plates shown remain bright and appealing. A presentable and increasingly elusive jacketed first trade copy of one of Rackham’s late fairy miscellanies.
Binding:
Hardcover, octavo (approx. 22.8 x 15.6 cm).
First trade edition / first printing. Publisher’s red/rust pictorial cloth stamped in black and tan, with pictorial endpapers; in the original pictorial dust jacket, present and apparently unclipped, priced 5/- on the lower front flap. The title-page and imprint page show the Harrap first edition of 1933.
Collation:
pp. [vi], 287; frontispiece plus seven further colour plates (8 in total), with numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout, many full-page; pictorial endpapers.
References:
Latimore & Haskell, p. 69; Riall, p. 182; Hudson, p. 172..
SKU: BTETM0002586
Shipping Info: Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg
Tracked Shipping, Insurance Coverage as per Customer Request
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