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40 RACKHAM, Arthur. Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes. London: William Heinemann, 1913 from nonsense to lessons learned Signed limited edition, number 588 of 1,130 copies signed by the artist. Quarto. Finely bound in dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, covers ruled in gilt, pictorial onlay on front cover, turn-ins ruled in gilt, burgundy endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 13 coloured plates, captioned tissue guards, and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Half-title slightly toned, occasional minor blemish. An excellent copy in a fine binding. £3,750 [111922] 41 RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); STEEL, Flora Annie. English Fairy Tales. London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1918 reviewed as “a sumptuous feast” Signed limited edition, number 128 of 500 copies signed by the artist. It was positively reviewed by The Bookman : “it would be difficult to find a more fascinating and artistically produced volume than the collection of English Fairy Tales retold by Mrs Flora Annie Steel . . . It is a sumptuous feast and a gift that will be prized by all art-loving and imaginative children”. Large octavo. Finely bound in dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, decorative title block on front cover in gilt, inner dentelles in gilt, floral patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 16 mounted colour illustrations, captioned tissue guards printed in black, and numerous black and white illustrations throughout. The occasional minor blemish, an excellent copy. £3,250 [144198]

42 RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); STEPHENS, James. Irish Fairy Tales. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1920 Limited edition, one of 520 unnumbered copies signed by the artist. Quarto. Finely bound in dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt with raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, gilt pictorial title block on front cover, turn-ins ruled in gilt, floral endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 16 colour plates, captioned tissue guards, and numerous black and white illustrations. A fine copy. £3,000 [157101] 43 RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); SHAKESPEARE, William. The Tempest. London: William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, [1926] “we are such stuff as dreams are made on” First Rackham edition, signed limited issue, number 278 of 520 copies signed by the artist, and including an additional plate, “Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell”, not present in the trade edition. This handsomely bound copy pairs the enchanting illustrations of Arthur Rackham with one of the most magical of Shakespeare’s plays. Quarto. Finely bound in dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt with raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, pictorial block on front cover in gilt, turn-ins ruled in gilt, burgundy endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 16 tipped-in colour plates. A fine copy. £3,000 [140206]

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44 RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. With an Introduction by A. A. Milne. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940 the final work illustrated by rackham Limited edition, number 1,991 of 2,020 copies signed by the designer Bruce Rogers. Rackham was originally offered this as a first illustrated edition, but being busy at the time declined, a decision he was later to regret. He later illustrated the 1940 Limited Editions Club edition which ended up being the last book he illustrated before his death in 1939; it is from this edition that the present was reprinted. Quarto. Finely bound in dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt with raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, pictorial onlay on front cover, turn-ins ruled in gilt, burgundy endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 16 colour illustrations by the artist. A fine copy. £3,950 [129537] 45 RANSOME, Arthur. Swallows and Amazons. With illustrations by Clifford Webb. London: Jonathan Cape, 1931 first book of the series with new illustrations First fully illustrated edition, published a year after the first edition. Ransome disliked the proposed illustrations by Steven Spurrier for the first edition, and it had been issued with only a frontispiece. Octavo. Finely bound in dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt with raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, multicoloured onlay on

front cover depicting the two flags and shield held up by pirates after the title page design, blue and green patterned endpapers with original map endpapers bound in at front, gilt edges. The occasional minor blemish, an excellent copy in a fine binding. £2,950 [133864]

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