Feb 25, 2021 - Sale 2559

Sale 2559 - Lot 266

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
RACKHAM, ARTHUR. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Title printed in red and black. 4to, original limp suede, spine decorated in brown and gilt, soiling, edges chipped and with short tears to covers, spine ends worn with slight loss; tape ghosts to endpapers, ownership inscription, lettered tissue guards lightly tanned. First American edition, limited issue, one of 50 copies, this an out-of-series copy, signed by Rackham. Riall mentions 50 numbered copies of this edition in limp suede; this copy matches his description but for the numeration. Riall p 97. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1909