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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good+. 1934. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 45 pages; 1934 J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia. HC 1st American edition. With four plates in color on glossy stock and numerous b&w drawings by Arthur Rackham. Snugly bound and neat in original brick red cloth with paper pictorial title panel mounted to cover; spine unlettered, as issued. Trace shelf soiling to paper title panel; mild crimping to cloth at spine ends. Prior owner's pictorial bookplate mounted to front pastedown. Endpages with pictorial design by Rackham. VG+ .
Pied Piper of Hamelin, The by RACKHAM, Arthur; BROWNING, Robert
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[RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. BROWNING, Robert. The Pied Piper of Hamelin. London: George G. Harrap & Co., [1934].
Limited to 410 copies, signed by Arthur Rackham, this being copy no. 45. Octavo (9 1/8 x 6 inches; 232 x 152 mm.). 44, [1], [3, blank] pp. Four color plates and fourteen drawings in black and white (including one double-page).
Original full limp vellum lettered in gilt on front cover. Top edge gilt. In the original publisher's cardboard slipcase with matching limitation number on spine. A very fine copy in the publisher's original glassine wrapper (with a just a few small chips at edges).
The Pied Piper of Hamelin was a magician in German folklore. According to legend, the town of Hamelin was plagued by rats. A mysterious stranger in varicolored clothes appeared and offered to rid the town of the destructive vermin for a specified sum of money. The leaders of the town agreed to the contract, and the stranger began to play his pipe. The rats came swarming from the buildings and followed him to the River Weser, where they drowned. But when the town leaders refused to make the agreed payment the Pied Piper returned once more to play his pipe. This time, however, it was all the children of the town whom he enchanted and lured away to vanish behind a door in the Koppenberg hill. Robert Browning told the story in his poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin in 1842.
Latimore and Haskell, p. 71. Riall, p. 186.
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[RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. BROWNING, Robert. The Pied Piper of Hamelin. London: George G. Harrap & Co., [1934].
Limited to 410 copies, signed by Arthur Rackham, this being copy no. 45. Octavo (9 1/8 x 6 inches; 232 x 152 mm.). 44, [1], [3, blank] pp. Four color plates and fourteen drawings in black and white (including one double-page).
Original full limp vellum lettered in gilt on front cover. Top edge gilt. In the original publisher's cardboard slipcase with matching limitation number on spine. A very fine copy in the publisher's original glassine wrapper (with a just a few small chips at edges).
The Pied Piper of Hamelin was a magician in German folklore. According to legend, the town of Hamelin was plagued by rats. A mysterious stranger in varicolored clothes appeared and offered to rid the town of the destructive vermin for a specified sum of money. The leaders of the town agreed to the contract, and the stranger began to play his pipe. The rats came swarming from the buildings and followed him to the River Weser, where they drowned. But when the town leaders refused to make the agreed payment the Pied Piper returned once more to play his pipe. This time, however, it was all the children of the town whom he enchanted and lured away to vanish behind a door in the Koppenberg hill. Robert Browning told the story in his poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin in 1842.
Latimore and Haskell, p. 71. Riall, p. 186.
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8vo. London: George C Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1939. 8vo. Color frontispiece, title page vignette and 14 black and white illustrations (4 full page). Illustrated paper boards. § A perfect marriage of a classic tale with Rackham's beautiful and slightly grotesque illustrations.
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London: George C. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1934. First Edition. Softcover. Very good/Good. 44 p. 23 cm. Frontispiece and 3 other colour plates. 4 full page plates in b&w (including a 2-page spread towards rear) and other smaller in text b&w drawings by Rackham. Paper covers in mylar-covered matching dustjacket. A little light soiling to jacket and some wrinkling to covers underneath. Browning's poem, based on a medieval German legend, was first published in 1842. Who better than Arthur Rackham to illustrate the rats that bedevil the town of Hamelin, the magician who promises to remove them, and the disaster that befalls the town when the council refuses to pay his fee? His imaginative depiction of the Pied Piper makes this strange tale even more bizarre.
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London: George C. Harrap, 1934. First Edition. Wraps. Near fine/very good +. Rackham, Arthur. The first trade edition with Arthur Rackham illustrations, octavo size, 45 pp., in dust jacket. A well-known legend from the Middle Ages, related in poetic form by Robert Browning (1812-1889). This version the first trade publication with illustrations by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), an eminent illustrator of many books which often depict fantasy and fairy tale subjects. Rackham contributed the artwork for many popular stories, such as "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", "Alice in Wonderland", and the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Known for his ability to produce both eerie, almost feral trees, goblins, and assorted other ne'er-do-wells while at the same time bringing to life breathtakingly lovely fairies, princesses, and good children, Rackham's illustrations are still highly regarded and his illustrated books remain favourites. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in coloured pictorial cardstock wraps with yapped edges…
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George Harrap & Co, 1934. Brick red full leather binding. . A touch of scuffing to boards else very good condition.. 3 color Illustrations and numerus b&w by Arthur Rackham. Book is as described - NO defects or marks of any kind. A very nice copy.
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Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. , 1934. First American Trade Edition of Arthur Rackham's "Pied Piper of Hamelin" [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. BROWNING, Robert. The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co. ,[n.d., 1934]. First American trade edition. Octavo (8 5/8 x 5 5/8 inches; 219 x 142 mm.). 44, [1], [3, blank] pp. Four color plates and fourteen drawings in black and white (including one double-page). Original red sand-grain cloth. Front cover with white pictorial label printed in black, red, and olive green. A near fine copy. In the original color pictorial dust jacket (jacket very slightly chipped at head of spine). The Pied Piper of Hamelin was a magician in German folklore. According to legend, the town of Hamelin was plagued by rats. A mysterious stranger in varicolored clothes appeared and offered to rid the town of the destructive vermin for a specified sum of money. The leaders of the town agreed to the contract, and the stranger…
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London: George C. Harrap, 1934. First and Limited Edition. Wraps. Fine. Rackham, Arthur. Deluxe version of the first edition with Arthur Rackham illustrations, one of 410 copies, octavo size, 45 pp., bound in vellum and signed by Arthur Rackham, in slipcase. The well-known legend from the Middle Ages, related in poetic form by Robert Browning (1812-1889). This version the first publication with illustrations by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), an eminent illustrator of many books which often depict fantasy and fairy tale subjects. Rackham contributed the artwork for many popular stories, such as "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", "Alice in Wonderland", and the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Known for his ability to produce both eerie, almost feral trees, goblins, and assorted other ne'er-do-wells while at the same time bringing to life breathtakingly lovely fairies, princesses, and good children, Rackham's illustrations are still highly regarded and his illustrated books remain favourites. This the deluxe…
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London:: George G. Harrap,, [1934].. First edition; No. 374 of 410 copies, signed by Arthur Rackham.. publisher's limp gilt vellum in publisher's slipcase.. Bookplate on illustrated front free endpaper; otherwise a fine copy in a slipcase with some tanning at edges and shallow chipping to one edge of the printed paper label.. 8vo,. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham..
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London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1934. First Edition Thus; Limited Edition. Softcover. Book condition is Very Good bound in original vellum, with gilt titles on the front cover; housed in a Very Good slipcase with paper label at spine. Foxing, toning, smudge, scuff and edge wear to slipcase. Text is unmarked, decorated end papers, four color plates, black & white drawings throughout. 44 pages. Edition was limited to 410 copies. ; Signed by the illustrator, Arthur Rackham, on the limitation page. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Illustrator.
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London: George C. Harrap & Co, 1934. Limited Edition. Original wraps. Near fine. Signed limited edition of The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham.. Octavo, [45pp]. Publisher's white vellum boards, title in gilt on cover. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Solid text block, faint toning to spine and gutters. Housed in the publisher's cardboard slipcase, title on label affixed to spine. Complete with four full page color plates, including frontispiece, and many additional in-text illustrations. (Latimore & Haskell 71) From a limited printing of four hundred ten copies, this being an unnumbered presentation copy. Signed by the illustrator, Arthur Rackham, on the limitation page.
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