From Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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(Rackham, Arthur) illustrator. PEER GYNT: A DRAMATIC POEM by Henrik Ibsen; illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1936. FIRST RACKHAM EDITION; "Edition limited to Four Hundred and Sixty copies, of which Four Hundred and Fifty are for sale. This is copy No. 104;" signed by Arthur Rackham on the limitation page. 4to - 10-11/16" x 8". Publisher's deluxe full vellum covered boards with titles and decoration stamped in gilt to front cover and spine, with light uniform toning to the vellum for what is a stunning copy of the book. Original publisher's gray paper covered board slipcase with paper label printed in brown pasted to spine, with hand-inked number matching the book's number, with minor rubbing to the edges but completely intact and really quite nice. Gray and white pictorial endpapers designed by Rackham; bookplate of Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. on front pastedown. t.e.g.; others uncut. [2], 255, [3] pp., plus 12 unnumbered leaves of colored plates. An English translation of the five act play, written in verse, by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen; illustrated by Arthur Rackham with color frontispiece and eleven additional color plates, all with captioned tissue guards, plus numerous small black and white drawings and vignettes within text; internally the book is fine. The condition of the book is FINE. The condition of the slipcase is VERY GOOD +. Latimore and Haskell, pp. 74; Riall, p. 192. Seller Inventory # 001044
Bibliographic Details
Title: PEER GYNT: A DRAMATIC POEM
Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London
Publication Date: 1936
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Rackham, Arthur
Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Illustrator(s)
Edition: 1st Rackham Edition
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