Lot 154
Rackham (Arthur).- Hawthorne (Nathaniel) Hawthorne's Wonder Book, one of 600 copies signed by the illustrator, London, New York & Toronto, [1922].
Hammer Price: £400
Description
Rackham (Arthur).- Hawthorne (Nathaniel) Hawthorne's Wonder Book, one of 600 copies signed by the illustrator, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 23 colour plates by Arthur Rackham, of which 15 tipped-in, captioned tissue-guards, some spotting, mainly to fore-edge, light browning to endpapers, upper hinge cracked, original cream pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine ends and corners little bumped, some very light soiling to lower cover, light browning to spine, else an excellent bright copy, preserved in cloth slip-case, 4to, London, New York & Toronto, [1922].
Description
Rackham (Arthur).- Hawthorne (Nathaniel) Hawthorne's Wonder Book, one of 600 copies signed by the illustrator, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 23 colour plates by Arthur Rackham, of which 15 tipped-in, captioned tissue-guards, some spotting, mainly to fore-edge, light browning to endpapers, upper hinge cracked, original cream pictorial cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine ends and corners little bumped, some very light soiling to lower cover, light browning to spine, else an excellent bright copy, preserved in cloth slip-case, 4to, London, New York & Toronto, [1922].