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Lot 140
Sale 1242 - Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection
Nov 9, 2023
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Lot Description
[RACKHAM, Arthur (1867-1939), illustrator]. BROWNING, Robert (1812-1889). The Pied Piper of Hamelin. London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1934.
8vo. 4 color-printed plates by Rackham with numerous in-text illustrations. Original limp vellum gilt, top edges gilt; original slipcase (cracked along lower edge, light browning).
LIMITED EDITION, number 75 of 410 copies of the “Deluxe edition,” SIGNED BY RACKHAM. The Pied Piper of Hamelin was adapted by Browning from a 1605 English translation of a 14th-century German folktale. Latimore & Haskell, 71; Riall, 186.
Property from the Dorros Family Collection