Undine. (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham).
FOUQUE, De La Motte / COURTNEY, W.L. (Adaptor).:
Published by London: William Heinemann, 1909
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1st edition. Adaptation of the German fairy-tale novella. "This is the story of the Knight Hulbrand of Ringstetten and of Undine, telling how the Knight wedded with a water-sprite, and what chanched therefrom: and how the Knight died and was buried: and how Undine returned to her element beneath the Mediterranean Sea." 25.5cms x 19cms x 2.4cms. Pp.136, frontispiece + 14 further colour plates by Arthur Rackham, green illustrations to endpapers, a few minor light spots, gift message to front free endpaper, armorial bookplate ("Tennant of Chapel House") to inner front endpaper. Dark blue cloth, gilt decorated title to spine, gilt title and illustrated 'Undine' motif to front board, sligh sunning to spine with minor wear to top and tail. VG.** Bookplate of Tennant of Chapel House (in the parish of Kilnsey, Yorkshire). Arms: Ermine, two bars each per pale gules and sable charged with three bezants two and one. Motto: Tenax et Fidelis ("Tenacious and Faithful"). Crest: Between two wings gules each charged with a bezant a sword erect proper pomel and hilt or point downwards transpiercing a human heart of the first. (Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry). Seller Inventory # 52894
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Title: Undine. (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham).
Publisher: London: William Heinemann
Publication Date: 1909
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition