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Lot 136
Sale 1242 - Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection
Nov 9, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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700
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$599
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[RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939), illustrator]. RUSKIN, John (1819-1900). The King of the Golden River. London: George Harrap & Co. Ltd., [1932].
8vo. Title printed in red and black, 4 color-printed plates and numerous illustrations by Rackham. (Slight toning to a few leaves.) Original limp vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (a touch of light soiling); original board slipcase.
LIMITED EDITION, number 151 of 575 copies of which 550 are for sale, SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Rackham's fanciful illustrations accompany this English fairy story, described by the author as "a fairly good imitation of Grimm and Dickens, mixed with some true Alpine feeling of my own" (The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, p. 522). Latimore & Haskell, pp. 67-68; Riall p. 176.
Property from the Dorros Family Collection