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Lot 125
Sale 1242 - Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection
Nov 9, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$600 -
800
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$1,512
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Lot Description
[RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939), illustrator]. EVANS, Charles Seddon (1883-1944). The Sleeping Beauty. London and Philadelphia: William Heinemann and J.B. Lippincott Co., [1920].
4to. Color-illustrated title-page, one color-printed plate tipped to page with printed pictorial border, numerous illustrations. (Slight offsetting.) Original vellum-backed cream boards gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut and partially unopened (some minor toning); custom white morocco-tipped slipcase.
FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 76 of 625 copies of the “Edition de Luxe,” of which 600 were for sale, SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Rackham's illustrations in Sleeping Beauty exemplify his characteristic silhouette style, which he used more frequently after World War I. This edition includes an extra color-printed plate not present in the trade edition. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 51-52; Riall, p. 141.
Property from the Dorros Family Collection


