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Sax Rohmer First Editions, plus Peter Pan Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. |
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The Last Earls of Barrymore First Edition |
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Arthur Rackham Illustrated Rare Books, Sax Rohmer, Flash Gordon |
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Rare First Edition Books by Sax Rohmer First Editions, Arthur Rackham Illustrated Rare Books. |
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Rackham, Arthur. The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations.
Published: London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd. 1933
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original red cloth decorated in black and tan.
Price: U.S.$375 Sold
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8vo., First Edition, original red cloth decorated in black and tan with black lettering, rubbed at corners and edges and slightly soiled, spine faded, pp. 287, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 8 full page colour plates, 60 black & white drawings and decorated endpapers, split along inside front joint & neat name on front decorated endpaper, light spotting to endpapers and a mark here and there but overall a very clean and good copy.
 
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Andersen, Hans. Fairy Tales illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Published: London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd. 1932
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original rare publisher's rich chocolate morocco binding.
Price: U.S.$1,350 Sold
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4to., First Edition, original rare publisher's rich chocolate morocco binding, double gilt ruled, tooled and lettered in gilt, spine gilt tooled & lettered, rubbed at corners and edges, top edge gilt, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with pictorial endpapers, illustrated half title & title, 12 full page colour plates with captioned tissue guards, other black & white full page plates, chapter vignette headpieces and numerous text illustrations, inscription dated 1940 on front blank endpaper, apart from slight rubbing to binding, A FINE COPY in the extremely rare publisher's morocco binding.
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Aesop's Fables. A New Translation by V. S. Vernon Jones with an introduction by C. K. Chesterton and illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Published: London: William Heinemann 1912
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original black lettered green cloth with central mounted colour plate.
Price: U.S.$325 Sold
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Small 4to., First Edition, original black lettered green cloth with a central mounted colour plate, rubbed at corners & edges, fading to edges and spine, pp. xxix + 223, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with decorated endpapers, 13 tissue guarded full page colour plates, plus numerous black & white illustrations, mild foxing to endpapers and random light browning, previous owners name on front decorated endpapers, overall a good firm copy.
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De La Motte Fouque. Undine. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Published: London William Heinemann. 1909
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original gilt tooled & lettered blue cloth
Price: U.S.$475
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4to., (26 x 19cm), First Edition, original gilt tooled and lettered blue cloth, minor wear to corners & edges, 3-4 small stains to lower cover, spine elaborately gilt tooled but faded, decorated endpapers, pp. 136, illustrated by Arthur rackham with 15 tissue guarded mounted colour plates, plus chapter heading & tailpiece vignettes, present inscription dated 1909 on front free endpaper and small cute bookplate mounted on half title page, slight browning and a few small marks to decorated endpapers, otherwise a very good copy.
This is the story of the Knight Huldbrand of Ringstetten and of Undine, telling how the Knight wedded with a water-sprite, and what chanced therefrom: and how the Knight died and was buried: and how Undine returned to her element beneath the Mediterranean Sea.
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   Arthur Rackham, illustrator. Margery Williams Bianco. Poor Cecco.
Chatto & Windus 1925. 4to., First Edition, original pictorial orange cloth lettered in red, slightly rubbed and marked, spine faded & a small half inch indent tear in middle of spine, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with seven mounted colour plates plus many line drawings, some random spotting, pp.175, a good copy of a scarce Rackham. U.S.$295
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*The Wonderful Story of a Wonderful Wooden Dog Who was the Jolliest Toy in the House until He Went out to Explore the World. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. First English trade edition (no English limited edition was issued).
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Evans, C. S. The Sleeping Beauty illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Published: William Heinemann. 1920
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Pictorial decorated boards in pictorial (silhouette) dust wrapper
Price: U.S.$325
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4to, First Edition, pictorial decorated boards, with black lettered cloth spine, pp. 109, corners and edges rubbed, in its pictorial brown dust wrapper, splits along folds of wrapper, corners and edges chipped with small loss, glue stain to inner margin between frontispiece and page 9, colour title page, one tipped-on colour plate, three double-page colour silhouette drawings, four double-page B&W silhouette drawings, eight B&W full-page drawings, and numerous small illustrations in text, plus chapter headings and tail pieces, overall a very good copy.
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Barrie, J. M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. With Drawings by Arthur Rackham
Published: Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1907
Edition: First U.S. Edition
Binding: Original gilt tooled green pictorial cloth
Price: U.S.$525
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4to., First U.S. Edition, original gilt tooled & gilt lettered green cloth, rubbed at corners & edges and slightly darkened and spotted, gilt lettered spine, pp. xiv + 126 + 49 tissue guarded mounted colour plates plus mounted colour frontispiece plate all on thick grey art paper by Arthur Rackham, plus line drawings in text, some spotting to tissue guards, text pages crisp and clean and all plates in very good condition, apart from moderate wear to binding, a very good copy.
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Morte DÁrthur (abridged from) by Alfred W. Pollard. The Romance of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.
Published: Macmillan and Co., Limited, London 1917
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original gilt tooled and lettered blue cloth.
Price: U.S.$350 Sold
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4to., First Edition, original gilt tooled and lettered blue cloth, spine gilt, minor wear to binding with a few small marks, top edge brown, pp. 509, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 16 full page colour plates each with a captioned tissue guard, plus 70 black & white full page plates, text illustrations chapter headings and tail pieces, half title partially glued to front paste-down, slight damage at joint to frontispiece tissue guard, contents clean with no foxing or marks, a good to very good copy.
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Shakespeare, William. The Tempest illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Published: London: William Heinemann Ltd 1926
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original gilt tooled black cloth
Price: U.S.$525
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4to., First Edition, original gilt tooled black cloth, similar spine, light wear to corners and edges, small mark to lower cover, pp. ix + 185, top edge green, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with pictorial title page, 20 mounted colour plates plus numerous chapter heading & tailpiece vignettes, bookplate on front paste-down & inscription dated 1946 on front free endpaper, an occasional spot, a very good copy.
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Poe, Edgar Allan Tales of Mystery & Imagination, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Published: London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. 1935
Edition: First Edition Thus.
Binding: Original rare publisher's morocco binding.
Price: U.S.$850
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4to., First Edition Thus, original rare publisher's gilt tooled and lettered purple morocco binding, faded, rubbed at corners & edges, and a few small marks, also a small old worm hole to upper joint, and a one inch tear to lower joint, spine faded to brown, top edge gilt, pp. 318, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with pictorial title page, 12 full page colour plates with captioned tissue guards, 17 black & white plates plus chapter headings and tail pieces, decorated endpapers, one or two spots only to prelims, contents clean and fresh, apart from wear to binding a very good copy in the extremely rare publisher's morocco binding.
 
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Ibsen, Henrik. Peer Gynt A Dramatic Poem. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Published: London: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd.
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original gilt tooled tan cloth.
Price: U.S.$175
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4to., First Edition, original gilt tooled tan cloth, bad flecking to upper and lower covers, pp. 256, illustrated by Arthur Rackham with decorated endpapers, 12 captioned tissue guarded full page colour plates, decorated title plus vignette head & tail pieces, no marks or spots, apart from damage to binding contents very good to fine condition.
 
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Raymond, Alex. Flash Gordon and the Power Men of Mongo.
Published: Whitman Publishing Company Racine, Wisconsin. 1943
Edition: First "Better Little Book" Edition
Binding: Pictorial stiff paper wraps
Price: U.S.$150
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Small 4to, 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches, pictorial stiff papers wraps wear to corners and edges, pp. 346, numerous full page illustrations, contents clean and tight, a good copy of this popular style comic book of the 1930-40's.
*Also see:- Tim McCoy on the Tomahawk Trail by Gaylord Dubois & Tom Mix and the Stranger from the South by Pete Daryll.
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  Rees, J D. India
Published: J B Millet Company Boston and Tokyo
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Elaborate white paper backed brown boards
Price: U.S.$150
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Tall 8vo., First Edition, original white paper backed dark brown boards, spine elaborately decorated in colours, Indian flag on upper cover, , top edge gilt, pp. xi + 326, illustrated with decorated title page, tissue guarded colour frontispiece plate, & 5 other tissue guarded plates, page 91 carelessly opened resulting in some loss to fore-edge not affecting text, otherwise a near fine copy.
Oriental Series Vol. XIX
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  Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt. My Brother Theodore Roosevelt.
New York. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1921.8vo., First Edition, original gilt lettered dark blue cloth, spine gilt, pp.viii + 365, illustrated with 10 full page plates including tissue guarded frontispiece, bookplate on front paste-down, a fine copy. U.S.$100
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Robinson, John Robert. The Last Earls of Barrymore 1769-1824
Published: London. Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1894
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Original pictorial blue and yellow cloth.
Price: U.S.$275
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8vo., First Edition, original pictorial blue and yellow cloth, slightly soiled, top edge gilt, black endpapers, illustrated with 5 tissue guarded full page plates, pp.xiv + 272 + pp.2 of adverts, a few spots to prelims otherwise a very good copy.
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 Rohmer, Sax. Virgin in Flames.
London. Herbert Jenkins 1953. 8vo., First Edition, original red cloth in a slightly chipped and soiled pictorial d/w, pp.204, a good copy. U.S.$150
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Rosenthal, Leonard The Kingdom of The Pearl
Published: London. Nisbet & Co. Ltd. 1920
Edition: Limited Edition
Binding: Quarter Vellum Grey Boards
Price: U.S.$1,250 Sold
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4to., Limited Edition number 655 of 675 copies, original quarter vellum over decorated grey boards, corners and edges rubbed and worn, gilt spine, top edge gilt, deckled fore-edge, illustrated by Edmund Dulac with 10 tissue guarded mounted colour plates, including frontispiece plate, patterned endpapers, 1 or 2 folds pulled loose, otherwise a very good clean copy with no foxing.
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 Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Dante and His Circle: with The Italian poets preceding him. 1100-1200-1300.
A Collection of Lyrics, edited, and translated in the original metres, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. London. Ellis and White. 1874. 8vo., 2nd edition, original gilt ruled blue cloth, gilt spine, corners and edges worn, pp.xxii + 468 + 2 leaves of adverts, light spotting to prelims and title page browned, a good copy. U.S.$150
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