Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures
by Rackham, Arthur; Quiller-Couch, Arthur (Introduction)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1913. 43pp, [1], forty-four illustrations. Original gilt decorated cloth, t.e.g. Gilt to spine faded, very light soiling to covers. Internally hints of foxing to text leaves, illustrations all with titled tissue guards and no creasing. Frontispiece and forty-three other tipped in illustrations. Signed by Rackham to limitation leaf, this is number one hundred and fifty-five of one thousand and thirty copies. Housed in a leather entry cloth slipcase. Riall, page 118. Signed by Artist. First Edition. Hardback. Good+/No Jacket. Illus. by Rackham, Arthur. 4to.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001344
- Title
- Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures
- Author
- Rackham, Arthur; Quiller-Couch, Arthur (Introduction)
- Illustrator
- Rackham, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Rackham
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens and Illustrated; Signed;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Tipped In
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- Leaves
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- First Edition
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