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Arthur Rackham. A List of Books Illustrated by Him
New York: Privately Printed [by Bruce Rogers], 1922. Item #06473
Limited to One Hundred and Seventy-Five Copies
[RACKHAM, Arthur]. COYKENDALL, Frederick. Arthur Rackham. A List of Books Illustrated by Him. Compiled by Frederick Coykendall with an introductory note by Martin Birnbaum. [Mount Vernon, New York]: Privately Printed [by Bruce Rogers], 1922.
First and only edition. Limited to 175 copies. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 225 x 143 mm.). [viii], [1]-22, [1, imprint & limitation], [3, blank] pp. Including photographic frontispiece of Arthur Rackham.
Publisher's cream boards, front cover lettered in gilt. Neat ink inscription dated 1922 and small booksellers stamp on front free endpaper. The page numbers have been neatly circled in ink, spine a shade darkened and minimally rubbed, otherwise an excellent copy of this early and rare Rackham bibliography.
Pages [15]-22 contain "A list of First Editions of Published Books Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
"Note: The illustrations on pages 1 and 15 are reproduced from original drawings by Arthur Rackham. The one on page 15 has not been previously published." [p. viii].
Latimore & Haskell, p. 56; Riall, p. 145; Not in Gettings or Hamilton.
Price: $350.00