Sale 2497 - Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics, January 29, 2019

47 c   (RACKHAM, ARTHUR.) La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich de. Undine. 15 tipped-in color plates with lettered tissue guards and numerous illustrations by Rackham. Small folio, publisher’s gilt-pictorial vellum, lacks ties, natural discoloration, spine head bumped; top edges trimmed and gilt, scattered usual marginal foxing and offsetting from mounts, preliminaries toned. first limited edition . number 581 of 1000 copies signed by rackham , published for Great Britain. Lattimore & Haskell 34-35. London and New York, 1909   [350/500] 48 c   (RACKHAM, ARTHUR.) Moore, Clement C. The Night Before Christmas. Printed in red and black. 4 color plates by Rackham, as well as pink and white silhouette designs on endpapers, 17 black-and-white illustrations. Thin 8vo, publisher’s gilt-lettered vellum, usual very light edgewear; and natural discoloration; top edges trimmed and gilt; slipcase present but worn. number 179 of 275 copies printed for america and signed by rackham , from a total edition of 550. Philadelphia, [1931]   [1,000/1,500] 47 48 49 c   (RACKHAM, ARTHUR.) Rossetti, Christina. Goblin Market. 4 color plates, illustrations, and endpaper designs by Rackham. 8vo, gilt-lettered limp parchment; top edges trimmed and gilt; publisher’s board slipcase with printed paper title label, browned and a bit rubbed. one of 410 numbered copies signed by rackham , marked “ special ” on the colophon in place of a copy number. London, (1933)   [700/1,000] 49