A DISH OF APPLES

BY EDEN PHILLPOTTS

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ARTHUR RACKHAM

HODDER & STOUGHTON, LIMITED    LONDON & NEW YORK    1921

No date; circa 1921.   Lt. purplish- brown full-cloth boards, pictorial design and titles in dark brown, moderate shelf wear, rub, discoloration.   Cover design depicts young damsel collecting apples with ladder and basket.   Pages good; some discoloration.  Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with three wonderfully rich tipped-in color plates; sharp intact tissue guards.  Also, seven full-page black & white illustrations in addition to partial-page imagery, headers, tailpieces, and decoration throughout.    

Monochromatic silhouette endpapers at front, back of nymph-like beings collecting from the orchard.   Elfin characters, mythical beings, dragons, and anthropomorphic forms abound.   A lovely collection of poems by Eden Phillpott about different apple varieties, The Wassailing - or toast to health, and Cider Makers.   Large 7" x 8 1/4" design.  Printed by The Westminster Press, Harrow Road, London.   76 pages.  Insured post.