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books have become one of the regular features of the Christmas season . . . the best of these is the Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm . . . which is quite in his best form, and his remarkable mastery as a colourist”. Quarto. Original red cloth, lettering and pictorial decoration to spine and front cover in gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge red. Colour frontispiece and 39 colour plates mounted on plain paper, with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Arthur Rackham. Book label to verso of half-title. Spine bumped and slightly faded, corner of front cover bumped, small creases to two plates, some minor foxing and browning; a very good copy. ¶ Latimore & Haskell p. 34; Riall p. 97. £2,500 [151795] 160 RACKHAM, Arthur. The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1933 Deluxe edition, number 113 of 460 copies signed by the artist. The work includes key tales such as “Beauty and the Beast”, “Blue Bear”, “The Ugly Duckling”, and “The Story of Aladdin”. Octavo. Original japon, lettering and vignette to spine in gilt, lettering and three-line border to front cover in gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, light brown bookmarker. Colour frontispiece and seven colour plates, numerous black and white illustrations in the text by Arthur Rackham. Binding square and tight, light soiling and creasing to boards, gilt rubbed from bottom of frame to front board,
into a play (first performed in 1904, but not published until 1928) and this book, the first to appear with the name of the character in the title. Quarto (243 × 182 mm). Finely bound in mid-20th century light brown full calf by by Bayntun Rivière (Bath), lettering to spine and front cover in gilt, triple fillet border to covers in gilt, painted panel with onlays to front cover, gilt inner dentelles, bookmarker, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Colour frontispiece and 49 coloured plates mounted on heavy grey paper, with captioned tissue guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Arthur Rackham. Spine toned and extremities slightly rubbed, minor abrasions to two plates, one bookmarker ribbon loose, a little light foxing in places, offsetting to free endpapers; a very good and attractive copy. ¶ Riall, p. 74. £3,750 [151782] 159 RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); GRIMM, Jacob & Wilhelm. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1909 INCREASINGLY SCARCE IN THE ORIGINAL CLOTH First edition thus, trade issue. Rackham’s first version of Grimm’s Fairy Tales was published in 1900; this revised and enlarged edition was enthusiastically received. The Daily News noted “his best work is here, and all of his characteristic style”, the Birmingham Post suggested “as a gift-book it could scarcely be surpassed”, and The Guardian stated “Rackham’s picture
slight bumps to tips, faint foxing to outer leaves; a very good copy. ¶ Latimore & Haskell, p. 69; Riall, p. 182. £1,250 [151626] 161 RAND, Ayn. Atlas Shrugged. New York: Random House, 1957 man as a heroic being First edition of Rand’s fourth and final novel, offering her most extensive exposition of her Objectivist philosophical system: “the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute” (from Rand’s self-penned “About the Author” section). Rand’s philosophical movement launched here had a lasting impact on American culture, with the novel named by a 1991 Library of Congress survey as the second most influential book in the US, following only the Bible. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt on black ground, monogram to front cover in gilt, cream endpapers, top edge blue. With dust jacket. Minor bumps to spine ends, cloth bright, contents clean; an excellent copy in the very good jacket, not price-clipped, small mark to front panel, extremities a little browned and rubbed with a couple of small nicks and chips to spine ends and tips. £1,950 [153488]
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