The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Irving, Washington; Rackham, Arthur (Illustrations)

Published by David McKay Company, Philadelphia, 1928

First American trade edition with Rackham illustrations, quarto size, 106 pp. This the first publication in America of this story with illustrations by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), an eminent illustrator of many books which often depict fantasy and fairy tale subjects. Rackham contributed the artwork for many popular stories, such as "Cinderella", "Sleeping Beauty", "Alice in Wonderland", and the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. Known for his ability to produce both eerie, almost feral trees, goblins, and assorted other ne'er-do-wells while at the same time bringing to life breathtakingly lovely fairies, princesses, and good children, Rackham's illustrations are still highly regarded and his illustrated books remain favourites. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in full brown cloth over boards, full-colour pictorial onlay mounted onto the front board with a headless horseman leaping through a colourful sky, with two terrified figures below, title and author in separate section with two goblins, pictorial endpapers in three colours, lettered tissue-guarded frontis one of eight bound in throughout, along with many in-text black-and-white drawings; quarto size (9 13/16" by 7 3/8"), pagination: [i-iv] 1-102. In the original publisher's dust jacket, the front panel mirroring the onlay on the front board and blue lettering on the spine. ___CONDITION: Volume near fine, with clean boards, straight corners without rubbing, a strong, square text block with solid hinges, and the interior is clean and bright; the sole prior owner marking we see a Christmas gift inscription dated 1957 in blue ink at the bottom margin of the Illustrations page, and a shallow vertical crease along the gutter margin of the title page, else fine. The dust jacket is, alas, good only, with a fair amount of wear including a chip at the tail of the spine (resulting in loss of publisher's name) and other small scattered chips, note that a prior owner affixed a white label to the tail of the spine that extends onto the front panel intruding slightly into the illustration on the front (please see picture and request more if necessary) and another large white label along the top of the back panel (which is plain, thankfully). ___CITATIONS: Latimore & Haskell pp. 63-64, Riall pp. 164-165. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help. Seller Inventory # 33331050

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Publisher: David McKay Company, Philadelphia
Publication Date: 1928
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Rackham, Arthur
Condition: Near fine
Dust Jacket Condition: good
Edition: First Edition.