RIP VAN WINKLE
Rare and modern books
[Rackham, Illus.] Irving
William Heinemann,
1907
RIP VAN WINKLE
Rare and modern books
[Rackham, Illus.] Irving
William Heinemann,
1907
874.50 €
(Newburyport,
United States of America)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1907
- Place of printing
- London
- Author
- [Rackham, Illus.] Irving
- Publishers
- William Heinemann
- Edition
- SCARCE FIRST EDITION, AND A VERY EARLY PRINTING, WITH THE 50
- First edition
- True
Description
First edition, a very early impression, February 1907. With 50 fine tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, bound in rear as issued with captioned tissue guards. 4to, in a very handsome custom binding of three-quarter dark-green morocco over dark green cloth-covered boards, the spine gilt ruled at the tips and attractively gilt lettered in the fonts originally used. xii, 61, [1], illustrated plates. A very handsome and bright copy, internally very good and fresh, the tipped-in plates all pristine, some tissue guards only with very minor spotting or creasing, one tissue with a very tidy repair, the binding very fine and as new.
