Lot 157
Rackham (Arthur) Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes, one of 1030 copies signed by the illustrator, modern red morocco, 1913.
Hammer Price: £850
Description
Rackham (Arthur) Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes, one of 1030 copies signed by the illustrator, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 13 plates by Arthur Rackham, all but one colour, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, portion of discolouration around number and signature to limitation f., occasional light spotting and offsetting, some light damp-staining, handsomely bound in modern red morocco, spine and upper cover tooled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, housed in silk-lined drop-back box, 4to, 1913.
Description
Rackham (Arthur) Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes, one of 1030 copies signed by the illustrator, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 13 plates by Arthur Rackham, all but one colour, captioned tissue-guards, illustrations, portion of discolouration around number and signature to limitation f., occasional light spotting and offsetting, some light damp-staining, handsomely bound in modern red morocco, spine and upper cover tooled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, housed in silk-lined drop-back box, 4to, 1913.