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1920 The Sleeping Beauty
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
The first Arthur Rackham edition of this work.
In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper.
Illustrated with a tipped in colour plate and numerous full page illustrations in silhouette.
Collated, complete.
Former owner's inscription of J. G. Verdoorn to the title page tail, dated 1971.
A charming retelling of the Sleeping Beauty tale from C. S. Evans, with charming illustrations from Golden Age of British book illustration artist Arthur Rackham.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth backed, pictorial paper covered boards, with unclipped dust wrapper. Shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally excellent. Dust wrapper lightly age toned to back strip and front wrap, with small losses to back strip head and tail, and rubbing to front wrap head. Rear wrap tenderly held to back strip at head only. Tape repairs to dust wrapper reverse at back strip and to head of front wrap, which would otherwise be detached. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned but clean and bright. Inscription to title page tail.
Very Good Indeed
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