Jun 14, 2016 - Sale 2419

Sale 2419 - Lot 118

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
GRIMM BROTHERS / ARTHUR RACKHAM. Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm. 13 tipped-in color plates by Arthur Rackham on lettered mounts, one signed additional plate, numerous black-and-white text illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Large 4to, publisher's grey cloth with gilt-pictorial white cover label and gilt-lettered spine, very light wear and rubbing; top edges trimmed and gilt, front hinge cracked, early Gotham Book Mart ticket on rear endpaper; custom silk-lined, gilt-lettered chemise and tan cloth slipcase. London: Constable, (1917)

Additional Details

lovely copy of the first signed limited edition. number 315 of 525 copies signed by rackham and with the extra signed plate which is laid into the publisher's lettered envelope.