Lot 161
Rackham (Arthur).- Moore (Clement C.) The Night Before Christmas, one of 275 copies for England signed by the illustrator, 1931; and another limited edition signed by Rackham (2)
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Rackham (Arthur).- Moore (Clement C.) The Night Before Christmas, one of 275 copies for England signed by the illustrator, from a total limitation of 550, colour frontispiece and 3 plates by Arthur Rackham, illustrations and pictorial endpapers, title printed in red and black, prospectus leaf loosely inserted, some light offsetting, cockling to endpapers, original vellum, upper cover lettered in gilt, a fine example, preserved in original slip-case with paper spine label numbered in ink (wear to extremities), 1931; and another limited edition signed by Rackham, The King of the Golden River, 8vo (2)
Description
Rackham (Arthur).- Moore (Clement C.) The Night Before Christmas, one of 275 copies for England signed by the illustrator, from a total limitation of 550, colour frontispiece and 3 plates by Arthur Rackham, illustrations and pictorial endpapers, title printed in red and black, prospectus leaf loosely inserted, some light offsetting, cockling to endpapers, original vellum, upper cover lettered in gilt, a fine example, preserved in original slip-case with paper spine label numbered in ink (wear to extremities), 1931; and another limited edition signed by Rackham, The King of the Golden River, 8vo (2)