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Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving
1905
William Heinemann; Doubleday, Page, & Co : London; New York
10" by 7.5"
viii, 62, [1pp]
SUMMARY
Arthur Rackham's strikingly illustrated edition of this popular tale by Washington Irving.
Colour Plates,Early Edition,Illustrated,Publishers' Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 2 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The second impression of this Rackham edition, published two months after the first impression in November 1905.
Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and forty-nine colour plates. Collated, bound without one plate.
'Rip Van Winkle' tells the tale of a Dutch-American man in colonial America who consumes the liquor of Dutchmen and falls asleep twenty years later, having slept through the American Revolution.
Irving is one of the most popular authors of the history of American literature. He first achieved literary fame with his work 'The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon', and is well known today for his short stories, such as 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'. Irving was an incredibly popular and influential author, being one of the first American writers to achieve acclaim in Europe, and influencing the likes of Lord Byron, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, and more.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Rackham was a book illustrator who illustrated editions of 'The Ingoldsby Legends', 'The Wind in the Willows', 'Grimm's Fairy Tales', and 'Gulliver's Travels', as well as contributing frequently to periodicals. He is considered to be one of the leaders of the 'Golden Age' of book illustrations.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light rubbing, heavier to the joints and extremities. Lifting and a small amount of loss to the rear joint. Light marks to the boards and spine, with a small dampstain to the fore edge of the front board. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Spine is faded. Hinges are starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto of the front endpaper, with a small amount of wear and loss to the page. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with a few light handling marks. Half-title and frontispiece are detached but present. Collated, bound without one plate.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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