" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher
Cinderella. Together with The Sleeping Beauty. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London: William Heinemann, 1919 and 1920. FIRST EDITIONS thus. 2 volumes, large octavos. Publisher's red and yellow pictorial covers, cloth spines, in red and grey illustrated dust-wrappers. Tipped-in colour frontispiece to each volume and numerous black and white silhouettes and three-toned illustrations. Owner name to 'Cinderella', some edge spotting to other title. A very good, uniform pair of Rackham's only 'silhouette' titles, with some rubbing to spines of the jackets, both chipped to head of same, although less so to 'Sleeping Beauty'. Held in a purpose-made leather-spined clamshell box. A beautiful presentation. Item #47945
Book Collector No.271, 'The Great Illustrators'.
Price: £1,250.00
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