Oct 27, 2022 - Sale 2619

Sale 2619 - Lot 277

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(RACKHAM, ARTHUR.) Evans, C. S. The Sleeping Beauty. One tipped-in color plate, 19 full-page silhouette plates by Rackham (three double-page), many with some color, and 41 in-text silhouette illustrations. 4to, original vellum-backed gilt-stamped boards, corners rubbed, vertical abrasion to front board; top edges trimmed and gilt, others uncut, some usual light offsetting. First deluxe limited edition. Number 550 of 625 copies signed by Rackham with an extra plate not contained in the trade edition. London/Philadelphia, (1920). Latimore & Haskell 51. [With:] Gooden, Stephen. Aesop's Fables Translated by Sir Roger L'Estrange. 13 engraved plates plates and decorations by Gooden including title-page and end-piece vignette. Large 8vo, publisher's gilt-stamped vellum, top edges gilt, spine sunned, usual discoloration to boards. Number 186 of 525 copies, signed by Gooden. London, 1936. (2) Vp, vd