Arthur Rackham (ill) - Some British Ballads - 1919

"Some British Ballads", por Arthur Rackham (ilustrador) - Constable, Londres - 1919, primera edición británica - 170p, - 25cmx20cm - 16 láminas coloreadas y 24 ilustraciones en blanco y negro de Rackham - condición: 16 láminas litografiadas a color, cada una impresa por separado y adherida a monturas. Lombada de cuero ilustrada, nombre en la ffep, el contenido en papel grueso. Desgaste y roces y decoloración a las cubiertas y al forro de la espina., , algunas creas de lámina, encuadernación con premio de Lancaster Grammar School en oro impreso en la contraportada.

"Several of the Ballads in this book are based on the great work of Francis James Child?" (Nota)"Few of Mr Rackham's work have been more consistently impressed with charm and beauty than his illustrations in colour to Some British Ballads. In them he pictures a succession of fascinating heroines habited in quaint and picturesque costumes, amid surroundings which, though belonging to no definite place or period, are always appropriate and congruous. His heroes are hardly less charming than his heroines, and the scenes in which they are represented constitute a series of fascinating and delightful pictures . one must feel grateful to Mr Rackham for giving us the prettiest picture book of the season" (The Connoisseur, Vol. LVI, 1920).