Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939) Four Illustrated Books [and] One Illustrated by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953)

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Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939) Four Illustrated Books [and] One Illustrated by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) Including: Fables D'Esope, Paris: Hachette, 1913, limited edition, copy number 94 of 430 printed on vellum paper and signed by Rackham on the limitation page, color illustrations, publisher's white cloth, stained, 11 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.; Shakespeare's Le Songe D'Une Nuit D'Ete, Paris: Hachette, 1909, limited edition, copy number 223 of 330 printed on vellum paper, color illustrations, in publisher's parchment, stained, 11 1/2 x 9 in.; Hawthorne's A Wonder Book, London: Hodder & Stoughton, undated trade edition with color illustrations, publisher's red cloth, in water stained original dust jacket, 9 1/2 x 7 in.; Walton's The Compleat Angler, Philadelphia: McKay, undated trade edition with color plates, in publisher's green cloth, 9 1/2 x 7 in.; [and] Stories from the Arabian Nights Retold by Laurence Housman, New York: Scribner's, [1907], with illustrations by Edmund Dulac, water staining to edges, bound in publisher's brick red cloth, 9 1/2 x 7 in. (5)
Estimate $300-400


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