The Sleeping Beauty
by C. S. Evans & Arthur Rackham
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Quarter Vellum. Number 52 of only 625 copies signed by Rackham. Quarter vellum over parchment boards wilt gilt decor. Top edge gilt, others deckled. Vellum a little mottled; otherwise a nice clean copy in glassine jacket. Without previous owners' names, bookplates or other markings. ; 4to ; Signed by Artist; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.
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Details
- Bookseller
- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3169
- Title
- The Sleeping Beauty
- Author
- C. S. Evans & Arthur Rackham
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Illustrated, Rackham, Fantasy, Children, Fairy Tales
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Literature;
Terms of Sale
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
Biblio member since 2008
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
About William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
We are a brick & mortar store located between I95 and the Florida Turnpike. We focus on the visual aspects of books and the book as artifact. We have large Art and Graphic Art sections including haute couture magazines but also carry Architecture, Ancient & Classical History, Performing Arts and Books on Books & Antiques. We have a large selection of Antiquarian Books, Antique maps & Antique prints. Hours by chance or appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...