Washington Irving / Arthur Rackham - Rip Van Winkle - 1906

IRVING (Washington)

Rip Van Winkle.

Paris, at Hachette et Cie, 1906.

1 volume quarto (27.5 x 23 cm), ivory vellum rigid binding (publisher's binding), smooth spine with gilt title, upper board adorned with a gilded illustration after Rackham, gilt head, ex-libris, x-69-[3] pages and 51 plates (Complete). Boards slightly warped, small pinpricks on the head edges. Good overall condition.

French first edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 51 color plates, a title vignette, a headpiece and a tailpiece. Printed in 200 copies on Whatman paper, this is no. 131.

Fine copy.