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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. Very Good. (1936). First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 255, (3) pages; Clean and secure in original quarto orange cloth with gilt lettering and decoration at front board and spine; corners still sharp, spine faded. Text block and all twelve colour plates with tissue guards in near fine condition. Pictorial endpapers. Peer Gynt is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays of all time. This edition contains the fabulous illustrations of Arthur Rackham, one of the most celebrated painters of the British Golden Age of Illustration. Rackham’s artistry combined haunting humour with dream-like romance. .
PEER GYNT. A Dramatic Poem by Henrik Ibsen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. by (Rackham, Arthur). Ibsen, Henrik - [1936].
by (Rackham, Arthur). Ibsen, Henrik
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PEER GYNT. A Dramatic Poem by Henrik Ibsen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
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Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Co., [1936]., [1936].. Good. - Quarto, 10-1/2 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in orange cloth titled in black on the front cover and spine with an illustration on the front cover, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The top edge is stained reddish brown. The corners of the covers and head of the spine are bumped. The dust jacket is chipped with large pieces out from the edges and corners, as well as from the jacket's spine. 256 pages and a colophon, with pictorial endpapers, textual illustrations and 12 color plates by Arthur Rackham with printed tissue guards. An internally bright copy. Very good in a fair dust wrapper.
First American edition of the Rackham edition. The text was translated by R. Farquharson Sharp who contributes an introduction. The book was printed in Edinburgh.
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- Keywords ILLUSTRATED; LITERATURE; POEM; DRAMA; HENRIK IBSEN; PEER GYNT; ARTHUR RACKHAM; ILLUSTRATIONS; COLOR PLATES; R. FARQUHARSON SHARP; DRAMATIC POETRY; NORWEGIAN LITERATURE; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; 20TH CENTURY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; DUST WR
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Peer Gynt - A Dramatic Poem - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
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Peer Gynt - A Dramatic Poem - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham: A Dramatic Poem
by Ibsen, Henrik; Rackham, Arthur [Illustrator]
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Peer Gynt. A Dramatic Poem. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. In original dustwrapper
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London: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd., 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. original gilt decorated cloth hardcover, 12 fine clean tissue guarded plates, 256 pages, a fine clean copy in torn with small loss at top of spine very good price clipped dustwrapper which is spotted to the inside, a pleasing copy. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom.
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co, 1936. Publisher's salesperson's sample copy (preceding the first edition). Large octavo (9 13/16 x 7 7/16 inches; 249 x 189 mm.). Complete. Original printed color pictorial dust jacket (with "Harrap" on the spine) with a neatly repaired tear on front near spine. Original gilt decorated brown cloth. Original pictorial endpapers. Title-page printed in green and black. Two full-page color plates with descriptive tissue guards and two half-page black and white illustrations. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. A great rarity. These were obviously produced in minimal quantity for the publisher's salespeople to solicit advance orders from bookshops. The 'list' of illustrations leaf states "[There will be Twelve Plates in Colour]" The vignettes on the half-title and title-page in the published edition are printed in a much lighter and brighter green. The list of books Illustrated by Arthur Rackham on the verso of the half-title is very different from the published…
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