Fine Books & Manuscripts, including Americana
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Lot 522
RACKHAM, Arthur (1867?1939), illustrator. ?? ANDERSEN, Hans...
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RACKHAM, Arthur (1867?1939), illustrator. ?? ANDERSEN, Hans. Fairy Tales. London: George G. Harrap & Co., [1932]. Small 4to. 12 color?printed plates and numerous illustrations in text by Rackham. Original gilt?decorated red cloth, top edge gilt; original dust jacket (two tiny tape repairs at top edge verso); original presentation box with pictorial label (separation at corner flaps). FIRST ENGLISH TRADE EDITION in a near perfect jacket. ?The undertaking that meant most to him in the early ?thirties was his edition of Hans Andersen?s Fairy Tales, a project that had been in this mind for many years?. Hugh Walpole chose this the best picture?book of 1932: ?I give the prize without hesitation?He has acquired a new tenderness and grace. His fantasy is stronger than ever? (Hudson, Arthur Rackham, His Life and Work). Latimore & Haskell, p. 68.
