Undine Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [Signed Limited Edition]

De La Motte Fouque, Friedrich; Courtney, W. L. (Adaptation from the German)

Published by William Heinemann Ltd. - Doubleday, Page & Co., London - New York, 1909

About this Item

Beautifully signed at limitation page by Arthur Rackham: "This Edition is limited to one Thousand numbered and Signed Copies for Great Britain, Ireland and Colonies of which this is No. '200', 'Arthur Rackham'". 1909 at title page. Extra large 9 1/2" x 11 7/8" design. Cream colored vellum (leather) boards, gilt impressed cover and spine titles, designs, moderate shelf wear, some spotting, discoloration. Front cover with Rackham rendition of Undine the mermaid on sea floor, head in hands, as fish swim about her. Very ornately designed gilt titles and fish, decoration. Rough-cut deckled leaves, very good, clean; moderate toning at endpapers. Top text block edge with even cut and gilded. Frontipiece plate of Undine dancing: "Undine outside the window". Stylish title page with illustrated banners of mermaids in deco pattern above and fish in similar pattern below titles. Matte brown endpapers. Includes contents and list of illustrations. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Two golden brown ribbons originally attached through slits of front & back boards, set into volume, some crease. Very good, sharp interior and plates w/some spotting to exterior. Enchantingly illustrated by Arthur Rackham w/fifteen tipped-in color plates, mounted on matte leaves, each with a captioned fine tissue guard, and nearly forty drawings & designs as vignettes, headers and tail-pieces. This is the charming and dramatic story of the Knight Huldbrand of Ringstetten and of Undine. And how the Knight wedded with a water-sprite, and what chanced therefrom. Then, how the Knight died and was buried, and how Undine returned to her element beneath the Mediterranean Sea. Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London. Illustrations by Hentschel Colourtype. 136 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Undine Illustrated by Arthur Rackham [Signed Limited Edition]
• Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd. - Doubleday, Page & Co., London - New York
• Publication Date: 1909
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Illustrator: Rackham, Arthur
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Artist