Item #55023 Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Hans Christian ANDERSEN, Arthur RACKHAM.
Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd., 1932. [Fairy tales] FIRST RACKHAM EDITION, SIGNED LIMITED deluxe issue. Large octavo (26 x 19cm), pp.288. SIGNED by Rackham to the limitation page. With twelve full-page coloured plates with tissue guards and many full page and in-text black and white illustrations. Publisher's gilt-stamped parchment over boards, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, silhouette endpapers. With what appears to be the original clear acetate jacket. A lovely fine copy, inside and out. With original lot ticket from a previous sale loosely inserted (Christie's, London 9th July 2002, £1765). A timeless collection of fairy stories wonderfully illustrated by Rackham, including The Snow Queen, The Ugly Duckling, The Tinder-Box, Thumbelina, The Princess and the Pea, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, and many more. Item #55023

Price: £4,500.00

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