Arthur Rackham (ill) - Some British Ballads - 1919

"Some British Ballads", par Arthur Rackham (illustrateur) - Constable, Londres - 1919, première édition britannique - 170p, - 25cmx20cm - 16 planches en couleur et 24 illustrations en noir et blanc par Rackham - état : 16 planches lithographiques couleur pleine, insérées et montées séparément. Frontispice illustré, nom sur le ffep, le contenu sur papier épais. Usure et frottement et décoloration des planches et du ruban de spine lining., , quelques plis de planches, reliure-prix du Lancaster Grammar School en or imprimée à l’arrière.

"Several of the Ballads in this book are based on the great work of Francis James Child?" (Note) "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).