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1959 reset edition. 64 pp. plus frontispiece and 50 color plates. VG/G. Edge wear and fading to dust jacket with chips at corners and spine ends; protected in a Brodart clear sleeve. Light wear to corners and spine ends. Bookplate on front pastedown. Text and plates are clean. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.

Chancellor Press, 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 64pp, 8 x 10 inches. Facsimile of 1905 edn. 4 col. plates

London and New York:: William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page,, 1924.. publisher's green cloth printed in green; all edges stained green.. A beautiful, fresh, unworn copy inside and out.. Large 8vo,. With tipped-in color illustrations by Arthur Rackham, each with captioned tissue overleaf..

London: Heinemann, 1931. Later printing. Hardcover. Near fine/fair. Royal 8vo, 10 x 7.5 inches, publisher's green cloth in dust jacket, book near fine, moderate discoloration and mellowing to the green color of the endpapers, otherwise a lovely copy with dozens of mounted color plates by Rackham; jacket fair only with wear, soil, spotting, tanning, split along rear joint, loss and chipping to head of spine and surrounding areas. Looks better than it catalogs now that it's in a jacket protector. A lovely copy in all.

William Heinemann, Doubleday, 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. . Half-leather cover shows minor wear, rubbing, fading on the spine, slightly bumped corner. Bookplate of former owner on the front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and clean. Complete with all plates.

New York:: Doubleday, Page & Co., , 1905.. Second impression (same year as the first).. publisher's green cloth illustrated and lettered in gold.. Spine a little tanned; slight use at extremities; tight and sound.. Large 8vo,. With color illustrations by Arthur Rackham, each with captioned tissue overleaf..

København: Peter Hansens Forlag, 1905. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good [Textblock Very Good+; Plates Fine]. No DJ.. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. On of only 250 copies printed in this limited edition, including a facsimile printed signature of Rackham. Text in Danish, this "de luxe" edition was printed in Denmark the same year as the English release. "Rackham's" Rip Van Winkel "is among the most thoroughly illustrated books of English. Since the text is brief, his fifty illustrations, which are grouped at the end, come at the rate of one to every two or three sentences" (Ray 328). Light shelf/edge wear. minor fraying at head and heel, owner bookplate at front pastedown, small ownership signature at ffep, moisture stain at bottom corner of boards (slight discoloration to preliminaries, slight rumple to textblock, does not effect any plates), joints starting, else tight, bright and unmarred. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering and pictorial elements, frontispiece, captioned tissueguards,… Read More

Paris: : Hachette et Cie,, 1906.. First French edition; No. 198 of 200 copies.. publisher's full vellum (lacking silk ribbon ties); lettered and illustrated in gold, t.e.g. . A fine copy.. Folio,. With frontispiece and 50 tipped-in color plates with printed tissue guards and text illustrations in black and white by Arthur Rackham..

London: William Heinemann,, 1905. A key Rackham title First Rackham edition. The illustrations immediately established Rackham as the leading illustrator of lavishly produced gift books in the Edwardian era. In March 1905 the original watercolours were exhibited at Leicester Galleries, attracting the attention of J. M. Barrie, who then commissioned Rackham's next book, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906). Quarto. Original green cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and front board gilt, publisher's device to rear board in blind, dark green endpapers, all edges green. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and 49 similar plates with printed tissue guards, vignettes to title page and head- and tailpieces in black and white. Spine sunned with ends lightly bumped, light spotting to tissue guards and earlier leaves. A very good copy.

Paris: : Hachette et Cie,, 1906.. First French edition; No. 106 of 200 copies signed by Arthur Rackham.. publisher's full vellum with silk ribbon ties, lettered and illustrated in gold, t.e.g. Preserved in a custom cloth clamshell box. . Attractive small book label on pastedown; otherwise a spectacularly fine copy. . Folio,. With frontispiece and 50 tipped-in color plates with printed tissue guards and text illustrations in black and white by Arthur Rackham..

London: William Heinemann Ltd. 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. 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. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

London: William Heinemann,, 1905. His first deluxe gift book Signed limited edition, number 229 of 250 copies signed by the artist. This was the first book wholly illustrated by Rackham to be issued in a limited edition format and it immediately established him as the leading illustrator of lavishly produced gift books in the Edwardian era. In March 1905 Rackham's originals were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries, which led to this deluxe edition being fully subscribed before the exhibition had closed. The exhibition also attracted the attention of J. M. Barrie, who then commissioned Rackham's next book, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906). Quarto. Original vellum, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, pictorial image blocked in gilt to front cover, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in custom blue cloth chemise and slipcase by James McDonald Co. of New York. Colour frontispiece and 50 colour plates tipped to brown paper with captioned tissue guards, vignettes on black- and green-lettered… Read More