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Sale 2635
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Estimate$800 – $1,200
London: J.M. Dent & Co./New York: E.P. Dutton & Co. 1909. First and limited large paper edition, #50/750 numbered copies, signed by Rackham. 4to. xii, 304. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 12 color plates, all mounted and all with captioned tissue guards, and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's white cloth, decorated in gilt, very lightly soiled; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed; illustrated white marbled endpapers; rose cloth ties present; last page of text toned. Latimore and Haskell, pp. 33-34; Riall, p. 90
Publisher’s note laid in: “The plate facing page 16, entitled 'Puck,' only appears in this Large Paper Edition, which is limited to 750 copies, and is not included in the ordinary edition.”
A handsome copy.
Provenance
From the Children’s and Illustrated Books Library of Nicholas Wedge, Ossining, New York
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