[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce Fairy Tales #2

Fri May 20 10:04:52 EDT 2005

9. [RACKHAM, ARTHUR] BIANCO, MARGERY. WILLIAMS. POOR CECCO. New 
York: George H. Doran Co, 1925. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 
seven mounted color plates, twenty-four black & white drawings and 
pictorial end-papers. First limited edition. Limited to 105 copies, 
this is #37. Blue boards with vellum back, with blue paper title 
label. Housed in a custom-made tri-fold pull-case within a half 
morocco slipcase with gilt lettering, designs and marbled boards, 
probably by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Signed by Margery Williams Bianco. 
4to. [175 pgs] Near fine/none/Near fine. From the collection of Frank 
Crowninshield, art editor of Century Magazine and personal friend to 
Arthur Rackham. He commissioned half-morocco slipcases, of different 
colors and styles to be custom-made for each of his Rackham books. 
Author of the Velveteen Rabbit. Page 17-21 torn at upper edge 2-3" 
with no loss. Light fading at top of front board, barely noticable. 
A few spots of soil to boards. There was no English limited edition 
of this title. Very rare. Sold only 3 times at auction since 1975. 
Latimore & Haskell, p. 59 <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/91863.jpg'> . $9250.00

10. [RACKHAM, ARTHUR] BROWNING, ROBERT. PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN, THE. 
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd, 1934. Illustrated by Arthur 
Rackham with four color plates, fourteen drawings in black & white 
and pictorial end-papers. First limited edition. Limited to 410 
copies, this is #316. Limp vellum with gilt lettering at front board, 
teg. Housed in a custom-made tri-fold pull-case within a half 
morocco slipcase with gilt lettering, designs and marbled boards, 
probably by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Signed by Arthur Rackham. 8vo. [44 
pgs] Near fine/Very good/Near fine. From the collection of Frank 
Crowninshield, art editor of Century Magazine and personal friend to 
Arthur Rackham. He commissioned half-morocco slipcases, of different 
colors and styles to be custom-made for each of his Rackham books. 
Original glassine dust jacket. Minor rippling to pages. Pull-case 
lightly stained. Latimore & Haskell, p. 71 <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/91866.jpg'> . $1200.00

11. [RACKHAM, ARTHUR] EVANS, C. S. CINDERELLA. London: William 
Heinemann, 1919. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with a color plate on 
cream paper as the frontispiece, three double-page illustrations that 
are silhouette drawings with color, one single page silhouette 
drawing with color, thriteen full-page silhouette drawings without 
color, and thirty-six silhouette drawings in the text. Pictorial 
end-papers in green & white. There is an extra colored plate in this 
edition, that is not in the trade edition. First limited edition. 
Limited to 850 copies, of which 525 are printed on English hand-made 
paper and 325 on Japanese vellum; this is of the English paper and is 
number 518. Green boards with tan cloth back and with pictorial 
stamping on the front board and spine in black and black lettering, 
teg. With the very scarce original green pictorial dust jacket. 
Housed in a custom-made tri-fold pull-case (the pull-case is a bit 
too small for the book) within a half morocco slipcase with gilt 
lettering, designs and marbled boards, probably by Sangorski & 
Sutcliffe. Signed by Arthur Rackham. 4to. [110 pgs] Near fine/Very 
good/Near fine. From the collection of Frank Crowninshield, art 
editor of Century Magazine and personal friend to Arthur Rackham. He 
commissioned half-morocco slipcases, of different colors and styles 
to be custom-made for each of his Rackham books. Dust jacket has a 
few tiny tears at extremities, since covered with mylar. Corners 
lightly bumped. Minor edgewear to slip-case. Latimore & Haskell, p.49 
 <A HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/91886.jpg'> . 
$2400.00

12. [RACKHAM, ARTHUR] HAMILTON, MYRA. KINGDOMS CURIOUS. London: 
William Heinemann, 1905. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with five 
black & white plates. Many other illustrations by various artists 
including W. H. Robinson. Second issue of first edition. Tan cloth 
with black pictorial stamping and lettering to front board and gilt 
lettering to the spine. Housed in a custom-made tri-fold pull-case 
within a half morocco slipcase with gilt lettering, designs and 
marbled boards, probably by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 8vo. [247 pgs] 
Near fine/none/Near fine. From the collection of Frank Crowninshield, 
art editor of Century Magazine and personal friend to Arthur Rackham. 
He commissioned half-morocco slipcases, of different colors and 
styles to be custom-made for each of his Rackham books. This is a 
second issue of first edition, with black lettering on upper board 
and gilt lettering to spine. Off-setting to first and last end 
papers. Bit of soiling to spine. Clean and sound. A beautiful copy 
and a rare book. Latimore & Haskell, p.25 <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/91905.jpg'> . $625.00

13. [RACKHAM, ARTHUR] ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA. GOBLIN MARKET. London: 
George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd, 1933. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 
four color plates, nineteen black & white drawings and pictorial 
end-papers. First edition. Pictorial wrapper with matching pictorial 
dust jacket. Small 4to. [42 pgs] Very good/Very good. From the 
collection of Frank Crowninshield, art editor of Century Magazine and 
personal friend to Arthur Rackham. Dust jacket has minor wear at 
extremities and some smudging. Finger smudge to half-title page. A 
bit of foxing to end papers. Latimore & Haskell, p. 69 <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/91958.jpg'> . $425.00

14. [RACKHAM, ARTHUR] RUSKIN, JOHN. KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER, THE. 
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd, 1932. Illustrated by Arthur 
Rackham with four color plates, fifteen drawings in black & white and 
pictorial end-papers. First limited edition. Limited to 570 copies, 
this is # 469. Limp vellum paper with gilt lettering at front board, 
teg. Housed in a custom-made tri-fold pull-case within a half 
morocco slipcase with gilt lettering, designs and marbled boards, 
probably by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Signed by Arthur Rackham. 8vo. [47 
pgs] Fine/none/Near fine. From the collection of Frank Crowninshield, 
art editor of Century Magazine and personal friend to Arthur Rackham. 
He commissioned half-morocco slipcases, of different colors and 
styles to be custom-made for each of his Rackham books. Un-opened. A 
bit cockled. Latimore & Haskell, p. 67-68 <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/91961.jpg'> . $1050.00

15. [RACKHAM, ARTHUR] STEPHENS, JAMES. IRISH FAIRY TALES. London: 
Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1920. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 
sixteen color plates mounted on textured cream paper with tissue 
guards, and twenty-one drawings in black and white. First limited 
edition. Limited to 520 copies, out of series copy (unnumbered). 
White boards with vellum back, gilt pictorial design and lettering to 
the front board and spine, teg. With original pictorial dust jacket. 
Housed in a custom-made tri-fold pull-case within a half morocco 
slipcase with gilt lettering, designs and marbled boards, probably by 
Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Signed by Arthur Rackham. 4to. [318 pgs] 
Near fine/Good/Fine. From the collection of Frank Crowninshield, art 
editor of Century Magazine and personal friend to Arthur Rackham. He 
commissioned half-morocco slipcases, of different colors and styles 
to be custom-made for each of his Rackham books. Un-opened. slight 
abrasion to paper covering boards at top and bottom extreme edges of 
boards. Dust jacket has a few tears at the edges, and has since been 
protected with mylar. Pull-case has mild stain at edge. A 
magnificent copy in the very scarce dust jacket. Latimore & Haskell, 
p. 52-53 <A HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/91970.jpg'> 
 . $3250.00

16.  [RACKHAM, ARTHUR] STEPHENS, JAMES.  IRISH FAIRY TALES. New York: 
Macmillan & Co., Ltd, 1920. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 
sixteen color plates with tissue guards and twenty-one drawings in 
black and white. First edition. Original green pictorial cloth gilt. 
[318 pgs] Near fine.  $450.00

17. [RACKHAM, ARTHUR] VARIOUS. ALLIES' FAIRY BOOK, THE. London: 
William Heinemann, 1916. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with twelve 
mounted color plates on brown paper, twenty-four hand-colored 
drawings and pictorial end papers. First limited edition. Limited to 
525 copies, of which 500 are for sale, this is #137. Blue cloth with 
gilt pictorial stamping and lettering to front board and spine, teg. 
Housed in a custom-made tri-fold pull-case within a half morocco 
slipcase with gilt lettering, designs and marbled boards, probably by 
Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Signed by Arthur Rackham. 4to. [121 pgs] Near 
fine/none/Near fine. From the collection of Frank Crowninshield, art 
editor of Century Magazine and personal friend to Arthur Rackham. He 
commissioned half-morocco slipcases, of different colors and styles 
to be custom-made for each of his Rackham books. With introduction by 
Edmund Gosse Offsetting, as usual, to pastedowns and pages touching 
the brown heavy mounting paper. In this special copy, the vignette 
drawing are all beautifully hand-watercolored. Gorgeous clean, bright 
copy. Latimore & Haskell, p. 45-46 <A 
HREF='http://www.oldbooks.com/images/91982.jpg'> . $2525.00

18.  SINGLETON, ESTHER.  WILDFLOWER FAIRY BOOK, THE. New York: Dodd, 
Mead and Company, 1905. Illustrated by Charles Buckles Falls with 
sixteen color plates and decorated end-papers and each of the 
contents pages are decorated with light green wildflowers. First 
edition. Olive green cloth with heavy gilt decorations and lettering, 
t.e.g. 8vo. [354 pgs] Fine. Gift inscription at ffep.  Nicely 
decorated inside and out, clean and sound.  $300.00

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