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Rip van Winkle - with A. Rackham illustrations
by Washington Irving
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- very good/no DJ as issued
- Seller
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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About This Item
London: Heinemann, 1905. unnumbered, unsigned copy from an edition limited to 250. Full vellum Binding. very good/no DJ as issued. ARTHUR RACKHAM. Rip van Winkle. Heinemann, 1905. In-4, Publisher's ivory vellum. First edition of the first fully illustrated book by Arthur Rackham. The illustration consists of a series of 50 superb color watercolor reproductions, mounted on strong paper. all bound consecutively at the end with the exception of the frontispiece. Missing the fabric clasp, renewed guards."The first book illustrated wholly by Rackham to be issued in a limited edition". RIALL (Richard). A New bibliography of Arthur Rackham. Ross Press, 1994.
This copy is one of the unnumbered, unsigned copies reserved for presentation. Large 4to. Full publisher's ivory vellum with gilt lettering and vignettes. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and front board gilt, publisher's device to rear board in blind, dark green endpapers, all edges green. Tipped-in color frontispiece and 49 similar plates with printed tissue guards, vignettes to title page and head- and tailpieces in black and white.
Ships from Hawaii well packaged and with Priority Mail within US.
This copy is one of the unnumbered, unsigned copies reserved for presentation. Large 4to. Full publisher's ivory vellum with gilt lettering and vignettes. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and front board gilt, publisher's device to rear board in blind, dark green endpapers, all edges green. Tipped-in color frontispiece and 49 similar plates with printed tissue guards, vignettes to title page and head- and tailpieces in black and white.
Ships from Hawaii well packaged and with Priority Mail within US.
Synopsis
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow first appeared in a story collection by Irving called The Sketch-Book Of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. This first classic collection of American short stories also featured the popular Rip Van Winkle . The fantastical portions of Irving's works were inspired not only by his travels around Europe and hearing old folk tales and mythology, but also by a visit to upstate New York in the Catskill Mountains as a youth. His exposure to the old Dutch customs and ghost stories around Tarrytown, New York planted the seeds for his Headless Horseman character.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rare Books Honolulu
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1008L
- Title
- Rip van Winkle - with A. Rackham illustrations
- Author
- Washington Irving
- Illustrator
- ARTHUR RACKHAM
- Format/Binding
- Full vellum Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Jacket Condition
- no DJ as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- unnumbered, unsigned copy from an edition limited to 250
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Limited Editions; Fine Binding; Illustrated Books; Fine Press;
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