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Two volumes: 6 1/4 in. x 9 in. x 1 1/4 in. (thick), Volume 1: frontispiece by C. S. Reinhart; titlepage printed in brown and green, with designer's initials: MA [=Margaret Armstrong; 1867-1944](as are the page borders & cloth binding design); contents; list of illustrations. vi, [1]-326; Volume 2: frontispiece by C. H. Schmolze; title-page; contents, list of illustrations. vi, [1]-327. The first volume contains 4 Rackham illustrations: pp. 30; 80; 140; 200, and the second has one illustration at p. 46. (these are black & white reproductions of paintings). A total of 28 inserted plates, with title-printed tissue guards; by Rackham & other illustrators, including: F. S. Church (1 plate); C. S. Reinhart; C. H. Schmolze; Julian Rix; William Hyde; Henry Sandham; Harrison Miller, and one reproduction of a photograph (Vol. 2; p. 116: Chapel at Honfleur), and other, smaller illustrations used as openings, head or tail-pieces. White cloth with gilt titling and Margaret Armstrong design with details in light green on the spines and front covers, bevelled edges; white silk bookmarkers bound in, top-edges gilt. The spines show very light tanning, light rubbing, dusting to cover edges, back covers; many of the page fore-edges are unopened. Text and plates are generally clean. Latimore & Haskell (Rackham Bibliography, 1936; p. 7), describes the blue cloth binding: Volume I has 326 numbered pages, and four illustrations by Arthur Rackham; Volume II has 327 numbered pages, and one illustration by Rackham. The illustrations are in half-tone and are full-page. Weight: 5 lbs. Postage may be extra on this set. Seller Inventory # ABE-652803972
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