[Children's & Illustrated] [Rackham, Arthur] Andersen, Hans (Christian) Fairy Tales

London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1932). First and limited edition, one of 525 numbered copies, signed by Rackham, this copy out of series. 4to., (vi), (288) pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 11 color plates, all with captioned tissue guards, and numerous in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's deluxe full vellum binding, decorated in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, largely unopened; illustrated endpapers, lightly foxed; publisher's slip case wanting. Latimore and Haskell, p. 68; Riall p. 177

A very fine copy.

Together with:

[Rackham, Arthur] Andersen, Hans (Christian)
Fairy Tales
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., (1932). First American trade edition (English sheets in David McKay binding). 4to., (vii), (288). Illustrated with color frontispiece and 11 color plates, all with captioned tissue guards, and numerous in text black and white illustrations. Publisher's red cloth binding, stamped in gilt; front and rear hinges starting; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; illustrated endpapers; in original price-clipped dust-jacket (Harrap on spine, "Printed in Great Britain" on bottom of front flap) and publisher's box with applied labels (box not called for in either bibliography). Latimore and Haskell, pp. 68, Riall pp. 177

Provenance

From the Children’s and Illustrated Books Library of Nicholas Wedge, Ossining, New York