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Lot 123
Sale 1242 - Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection
Nov 9, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$600 -
800
Price Realized
$1,386
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Lot Description
[RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939), illustrator]. EVANS, Charles Seddon (1883-1944). Cinderella. London and Philadelphia: William Heinemann and J.B. Lippincott Co., [1919].
4to. Color-printed frontispiece plate tipped to mount within color-printed pictorial border, numerous illustrations by Rackham. (Slight toning.) Original vellum-backed white boards gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (some minor toning and soiling, slight wear); custom white morocco-tipped slipcase.
LIMITED EDITION, number 125 of 325 copies of the "Edition de Luxe" printed on Japanese vellum (300 of which are for sale), out of a total edition of 850, SIGNED BY RACKHAM, with the additional color-printed plate by Rackham not present in the trade editions. Cinderella contains Rackham's characteristic silhouette images, exemplifying his post-World War I style. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 49-50; Riall, p. 134.
Property from the Dorros Family Collection