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London: William Heinemann, 1911. Very Good/Very Good. London: William Heinemann, 1910-1911. First Editions, Limited issue of 1150 copies of each signed by Arthur Rackham, nos. 253 and 113 respectively. Quartos. 160 & 182 pp. 64 color plates mounted on heavy brown paper with lettered tissue guards; black and white drawings. Bound in gold-pictorial full vellum; top edges gilt. Lacking silk ties. Light edgewear to boards with light to moderate soiling; corners slightly bumped; small chip to crown of Siegfried. Binding is sound. Ownership inscriptions and bookplates to preliminaries of each volumes; interiors otherwise unmarked. Very Good. [Riall pp. 103 & 109].

London - New York: William Heinemann Ltd. - Doubleday, Page & Co., 1920. Signed limited deluxe editions; two volume set. From signed limitation page: "This Edition is limited to eleven hundred and fifty copies, numbered and signed by the artist, of which one hundred and fifty are reserved for the United States of America. No. '318' and '949,' 'Arthure Rackham.'" Very attractive fountain pen signatures and numbering by Rackham. 1911 at title pages; no other dates. Cream full vellum (bespoke and matching original designs) boards, gilt cover titles and design, light shelf wear. Crisp gilt cover design features Brunnhilde riding to battle on her horse; above this, titles and richly stylized dragon eating its tail or variety of ourobouros. Spine with crisp titles and vignette of the classic circular dragon tail eater. Crisp cover design features titles and stylized dragon eating its tail and spine features titles with classic ouroboros insignia. Pages in both… Read More