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Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, Vereinigtes Königreich
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AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 3. Januar 1999
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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 45843
Titel: SOME BRITISH BALLADS. Signed by Rackham.
Verlag: London Constable
Erscheinungsdatum: 1919
Einband: Hardcover
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Anbieter: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, Vereinigtes Königreich
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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 50012
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Anbieter: Keel Row Books (ABA, ILAB & PBFA), Whitley Bay, Vereinigtes Königreich
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 illustration, Rackham's dark and ethereal approach to his subjects continues to influence artists, illustrators and film directors to this day. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9501
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