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Sale 2635
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Estimate$800 – $1,200
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1933). First and limited edition, #115/450 numbered copies, signed by Rackham (from a total edition of 460). 8vo., (vi), (287), (1) pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece, 8 color plates, and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's deluxe full vellum binding, decorated in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; silk bookmark intact; illustrated endpapers; previous owner's signature on front free endpaper; in publisher's gray-green paper-covered slip case with non-matching limitation number (234). Latimore and Haskell, pp. 69-70; Riall, p. 182
A very fine copy.
Provenance
From the Children’s and Illustrated Books Library of Nicholas Wedge, Ossining, New York
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