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TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Written by Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1329599
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1958. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Childrens Illustrated Classics Series. Beige and blue decorated cloth. 304 pages. 8 colour plates. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped (no loss) and price-cut.

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FLY FISHING (HADDON HALL LIBRARY)
Written by Edward Grey. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1829675
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 4th 1907. Almost very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

The Haddon Hall Library series. Fourth and cheaper edition. Red cloth, gilt titles. Deckle edged. Colour frontis and one plate of trout flies. Endpapers and chapter headers by Rackham. B/w plates by others. xiii and 276 pages including index. Top edge gilt. Some mottling to boards. Spine slightly faded. Name and date in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers .Text block browned with age. Small hole to tissue-guard protecting frontis. A few marks to contents. All plates present. Dustwrapper is browned and in two halves (front and rear) with edge-wear, spine is detached but present and is also in two halves (top and bottom).

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THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS OR MIRTH & MARVELS
Written by Thomas Ingoldsby. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1829502
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1955. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green cloth boards, gilt title & vignette to spine. Plain endpapers. Colour frontispiece. B/w illustrations throughout. Top edge green. xxiii and 638 pages. Reprint. Boards clean and bright. Text block slightly grubby. Browning to endpapers. Name in ink to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Orange and green pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, strengthened to verso top and tail of spine with tape which is leaving tape marks. Publisher's price label to front flap, price-clipped to top of front flap.

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THE COMPLEAT ANGLER
Written by Izaak Walton. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1829222
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st thus 1975. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A re-issue of the 1931 edition. The text is from the 1676 edition, the fifth and last to be revised by the author, but the spelling is modernised since it is meant primarily to be read rather than admired as a 'period piece'. Green cloth with gilt titles and vignette to front and spine. Green pictorial endpapers. 12 colour plates plus b/w text illustrations. 223 pages. ISBN: 0245528687. A lovely copy. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn across the top front panel, faded to spine and lightly scuffed.

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IRISH FAIRY TALES
Written by James Stephens. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1828994
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1920. Very good condition.

A book in which Rackham broke new ground in the illustration of Irish literature. Stephens had attempted to create an Irish equivalent of The Arabian Nights in his own poetic retelling of the stories which existed in the oral tradition. Rackham rose to the occasion and produced 37 memorable illustrations including 16 in full colour. Green cloth, gilt decoration to front cover and spine. 318 pages. Spine browned and thus gilt to spine is faded. Corners rubbed and a little worn, lower rear corner has tiny nibble to cloth at edge. Text block and endpapers browned. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. All plates present, pale foxing to plate edges, tissue guards browned. Plate facing page 214 has slight surface paper damage to margins where tissue-guard was stuck. Contents clean.

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THE RING OF THE NIBLUNG
Written by Richard Wagner. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328450
Published by William Heinemann Ltd.. 1st thus 1939. Good condition.

A Trilogy With A Prelude By Richard Wagner. 2 Volumes in 1: The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie; Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods, originally published in 1910 and 1911. 48 dramatic colour plates and b/w decorations. Blue cloth, black titles. Green/white pictorial endpapers. Spine and corners bumped. Spine slightly rubbed. Damp spotting to cover edges. Small splash mark to lower edge of front cover. Foxing to contents.

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PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS
Written by J.M. Barrie; May Byron. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328361
Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 1943. Good condition.

Retold by Byron for little people. Brown boards, black titles and vignette. 6 colour plates plus some b/w illustrations. 123 pages. Covers are worn, faded and marked. Tear to lower 2" of inner margin of title-page. Foxing.

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TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE
Written by Charles Lamb; Mary Lamb. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328269
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1966. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Childrens Illustrated Classics Series. Beige and blue decorated cloth. 304 pages. 8 colour plates. Spine bumped. A few tiny marks to textblock but contents bright and clean. Dustwrapper is edge worn and browned to spine with very slight loss.

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THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Written by Clement Clarke Moore. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328267
Published by J. P. Lippincott Co. Circa 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt titles. 4 Colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Minimal rubbing to spine. Light fading to edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and edge worn.

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THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Written by Kenneth Grahame. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328252
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1979. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, with black title label and gilt title to spine. 12 Colour plates. Green pictorial endpapers. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 0416532608. Spine and corners bumped, a few tiny dents to cover edges. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased and faded to spine.

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THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER
Written by John Ruskin. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1327987
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1932. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Decorated card wraps. 4 colour plates and a few b/w text illustrations. 47 pages. Covers are clean but edge creased. Foxing to endpapers and page margins else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is edge creased and slightly grubby.

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POOR CECCO
Written by Margery Williams Bianco. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1327890
Published by George H. Doran Company. 1925. Very good condition.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine, gilt title and vignette to front cover. Tipped-in colour frontis plus 6 other colour plates. B/w chapter tailpieces. 2nd printing with 'B' to the colophon page. Spine and corners very slightly bumped and rubbed. Neat name in ink to front pastedown. A nice, clean copy.

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