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Lot 138
Sale 1242 - Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection
Nov 9, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$400 -
600
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$945
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Lot Description
[RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939), illustrator]. ROSSETTI, Christina (1830-1894). Goblin Market. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., [1933].
8vo. Title printed in green and black, 4 color-printed plates and numerous illustrations by Rackham. (A touch of marginal toning.) Original limp vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut (slight toning to extreme edges); original board slipcase.
LIMITED EDITION, number 209 of 410 copies of which 400 are for sale, SIGNED BY RACKHAM. Rackham's dark and fantastical images match the tone of temptation and salvation in Rossetti's narrative poem. Latimore & Haskell, p. 69; Riall, p. 179.
Property from the Dorros Family Collection