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Undine Adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney. And Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
by RACKHAM, ARTHUR; FOUQUE, DE LA MOTTE;
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, William Heinemann, 1909 1st edition. Hardback, 4to; 10 x 7.5 ins. In blue cloth covers with extensive gilt decoration to spine and decorative gilt lettering and illustrated vignette to front. Pictorial endpapers. Top edges olivine. In very good condition. Some rubbing to edges and corners. Else cloth bright. Endpapers darkened with two inscriptions, slight foxing to edge of half-title page. A couple of handling marks to front tissue guard. some light foxing spots to page edges, and some slight tanning to plate-mounts, plates all clean and bright, Page 97 has tear on fore edge. Else a very clean and tight copy. --- Beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. This is the tale of a knight’s marriage to a water-sprite, and what chanced therefrom. Rackham creates a stirring progression of emotional vignettes guided continuously by exquisite grace, lyricism, and romantic expression. His figures twist and sway with beauty and allure. Although the waves and eddies of Undine bear the mark of Art Nouveau, the work was still another step forward for Rackham, the unity of conception in the line drawings and the colour plates, the assertion of contrast in the moods of the heroine, rendering it a masterpiece of sympathetic understanding. 136pp. 15 colour mounted plates with titled tissue guards. Plus head and tail pieces.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93387
- Title
- Undine Adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney. And Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
- Author
- RACKHAM, ARTHUR; FOUQUE, DE LA MOTTE;
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, William Heinemann, 1909 1st edition
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books DE LA MOTTE FOUQUE, ARTHUR RACKHAM, Undine, knight, marriage, water-sprite, Art Nouveau, masterpiece, colour plates, illustrated, 1909, William Heinemann, 1909, fantasy
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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