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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-01-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-01-10. Paperback. Used:Good.

London: Constable & co, no date [1919]. First edition, limited to 575 numbered copies (this is copy number 87), signed by Rackham on the limitation page. 4to (29cm by 23cm), 170pp. 16 colour plates, mounted on art card and protected by tissues. Original white vellum spine, parchment boards, gilt titling to the front boardand the spine, top edge gilt. There is some rubbing of the boards, some minor spotting of the preliminary pages, and a mnor scuffmark to the corner of one of the plates, but this is generally a bright good to very good copy overall.

London: Constable & Co., 1919. First Limited Edition. Full Calf. Very Good. Number 427 of 575 of the first signed limited edition. Large 4to. 29 by 23.5 cm. With 16 tipped-in color plates and 24 text vignettes. Among the favorite ballads the full-color illustrations bring to life are "Lord Randal", "Chevy Chase", "The Twa Corbies" and "Sir Patrick Spens". Latimore & Haskell 50-1. Riall 137. Contemporary full blue calf, with silk moire endpapers, handsomely bound by Monastery Hill. T.e.g. Front joint expertly repaired. A number of small abrasions on spine. Abraded edges as well, especially front upper edge. Text and plates are clean.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co , 1919-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. Dodd Mead NY c 1919 Rackham illustrated with tipped in color plates missing the glassine jacket but in the original pictorial box which has worn edges and one tear. Book very well preserved, tight and unmarked. e65 Please email for photos.

London, Constable, (1919).. FIRST EDITION (1919), LIMITED TO 575 DELUXE NUMBERED COPIES, THIS BEING No.82, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. 4to, 292 x 230 mm, 11½ x 9 inches, vellum backed cream boards, different gilt vignettes to upper and lower boards, gilt lettering to upper cover and spine, top edges gilt, the rest uncut, pages: (12), 170. 16 beautiful colour plates mounted on white paper, captioned tissue guards, 24 line drawings in the text. Spine slightly rubbed and slightly discoloured, tiny crease at head of spine, boards just very slightly darkened along the edges, front endpaper lightly browned, contents very nice, no inscriptions. A very good plus copy. Riall, page 137. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

London; Constable & Co. Ltd. [1919], 1919. Hard Cover. Signed Limited Edition. Number 459 of 575 copies only signed by the artist to the limitation sheet. Quarto, pp. 170. With colour frontispiece and 15 additional colour plates mounted on handmade paper, tissue guards captioned in red, and further 24 black and white illustrations by Rackham throughout. In the original quarter "vellum" cream paper composite publishers' binding; gilt titles and Rackham vignettes to boards, gilt spine title and ornaments; top-edge gilt with other edges uncut. Binding lightly soiled, and slightly bumped to corners and spine tips, mild offsetting to endpapers. Overall, a Very Good firm, tight, square, and clean copy free of annotations of inscriptions with bright vibrant plates. Collection of tragic Scottish, English, and border ballads including The Twa Corbies, The Lament of the Border Widow, and Lass of Lochroyan illustrated in Rackham's characteristic style. A leading figure of the Golden Age of British book… Read More

London: Constable & Co,., [n.d., 1919] One of 575 deluxe copies signed and numbered by Arthur Rackham. Original quarter vellum cream boards ruled in gilt with elaborate gilt pictorial stamping. Spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. . Quarto. With mounted frontispiece and 15 mounted plates (each with a printed tissue guard). Also with 24 illustrated head-pieces and with text ornaments of eagles, snakes, dragons, and other animals and mythological creatures. Endpapers toned. Ink signature dated Christmas 1919 on front pastedown. A bit of light toning to edges but overall a very good, very bright copy.