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Sale 1097 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 8, 2022
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Nov 9, 2022
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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939), illustrator. -- EVANS, Charles Seddon (1883-1944). Cinderella. London & Philadelphia: William Heinemann and J.B. Lippincott Co, 1919.
4to. Color frontispiece and numerous illustrations by Rackham (some full-page, some in color). (Some light toning.) Original vellum-backed boards gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (some soiling, some bumping). Provenance: Dorothy March (signature).
LIMITED EDITION, number 53 of 325 copies of "Edition de Luxe" printed on Japanese vellum (300 of which are for sale), SIGNED BY RACKHAM. As with Sleeping Beauty and other works illustrated by Rackham after World War I, he employs the use of silhouette images. Latimore & Haskell pp. 49-50.
The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto