IRVING, WASHINGTON; RACKHAM, ARTHUR [ILLUS.]
Rip Van Winkle. Signed Limited Edition
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1905. Limited Edition [58/250]. Cream gilt-illustrated vellum cover. 290mm x 230mm (11" x 9"). viii, 57pp + plates. 50 tipped-in colour plates illustrated by Rackham all with captioned tissue-guards bound into the rear. The first book entirely illustrated by Rackham to be issued as a Limited Edition. Signed by Arthur Rackham on the Limitation page.. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Boards rubbed and slightly bowed and darkened. Light foxing to endpapers. Heraldic plate to front pastedown .
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