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Lot 130
Sale 1242 - Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection
Nov 9, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$2,000 -
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$2,268
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Lot Description
[RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939), illustrator]. BIANCO, Margery Williams (1881-1944). Poor Cecco. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925.
4to. 7 color-printed plates tipped to mounts by Rackham. (1 3/4" closed tear at bottom of pp. 77-78 not affecting text.) Original cream and blue paper boards, top edge gilt, uncut (light soiling at foot of spine); original slipcase (residue from tape repairs, rubbing along edges, light soiling); custom folding box.
LIMITED EDITION, number 23 of 105 copies SIGNED BY BIANCO. Poor Cecco, the rarest of all limited editions of Rackham's works, was originally published in serial form in Good Housekeeping beginning in May 1925. Latimore & Haskell, 59; Riall, 155.
Property from the Dorros Family Collection