This is an exceptionally rare, numbered printing of the 1st Edition of Arthur Rackham's "Das Stille Volk". The book is number 591/1000 and features 9 full page hand-mounted, tipped-in colour plates. The book is very clean inside and the plates are in excellent condition. Overall, the book remains in Good condition and it would make a wonderful addition to any decorative library or private collection. CONDITION & FEATURES - Exceptionally Rare - not listed in Latimore-Haskell - Good overall condition - Numbered Copy (591 of 1000) - 1st Edition, 1923 - Full colour, hand-mounted, tipped-in plates - Sprayed top page edges - Pages and Plates are clean & straight - All pages are present - Boards and Spine are stained - Hinges and Bindings are secure - Binding is slightly bowed ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- SUMMARY - Das Stille Volk - Written and Illustrated by Arthus Rackham - Printed 1923, First Edition - Numbered Copy - Published by Rascher, Zurich ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- CONDITION TERMINOLOGY Fine (F): An excellent copy, showing next to no wear. Likely unread. Near Fine (NF): Small signs of wear, but still an excellent copy. Possibly unread. Very Good (VG): A very good copy. Expect a few signs of wear but nothing overtly detrimental to the book. Lightly read. Good (G): A generally very good copy, but with the possibility of either a large number of minor defects, or a few more significant defects which will be noted. Fair: An average book that has complete text pages but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. Binding, jacket (if any), etc., may also be worn. May require repairs. Poor: A book that is heavily worn, possibly with broken joints, hinges, missing pages, etc. Generally only rare books are sold in this condition. Likely to require repairs. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- SHIPPING Please be aware; you may be liable for locally payable customs/duties/import taxes, in addition to shipping charges. Most international parcels are shipped via DPD, Royal Mail or UPS. Delivery is fully trackable and usually take 3-7 days. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ASSOCIATED TITLES & AUTHORS Sunrise-Land | Berlyn Annie | The Sketch Book | Washington Irving | The Zankiwank and the Bletherwitch | Shafto Justin Adair Fitzgerald | Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies, and a Tom Cat | Maggie Browne | Evelina | Fanny Burney | Feats on the Fjord | Harriet Martineau | The Greek Heroes | Barthold Georg Niebuhr | Rip Van Winkle | Washington Irving | Puck of Pook's Hill | Rudyard Kipling | Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens | J.M. Barrie | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Lewis Carroll | The Ingoldsby Legends | Thomas Ingoldsby | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Tales from Shakespeare | Charles and Mary Lamb | Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm | Brothers Grimm | Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan Swift | Undine | Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué | The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie | Richard Wagner | Siegfried and Twilight of the Gods | Margaret Armour | Aesop's Fables | Aesop | Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures | Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes | Charles Perrault | A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens | The Allies' Fairy Book | Edmund Gosse | Little Brother and Little Sister and Other Tales | Brothers Grimm | The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table | Alfred W. Pollard | English Fairy Tales | Flora Annie Steel | The Springtide of Life: Poems of Childhood | Algernon Charles Swinburne | Some British Ballads | Cinderella | Charles Perrault | The Sleeping Beauty | Charles S. Evans | Irish Fairy Tales | James Stephens | Snowdrop and Other Tales | Comus | John Milton | A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Poor Cecco | Margery Williams | Where the Blue Begins | Christopher Morley | The Tempest | William Shakespeare | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Washington Irving | The Vicar of Wakefield | Oliver Goldsmith | The Compleat Angler | Izaak Walton | The King of the Golden River | John Ruskin | Fairy Tales | Hans Christian Andersen | The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book | Goblin Market | Christina Rossetti | The Pied Piper of Hamelin | Robert Browning | Tales of Mystery & Imagination | Edgar Allan Poe | Peer Gynt | Henrik Ibsen | The Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame | Gustave Doré | John Tenniel | Alan Lee | Edmund Dulac | Willy Pogany | Franklin Booth | Gustaf Tenggren | Kay Nielsen | Beatrix Potter | Walter Crane | Randolph Caldecott | Jessie Willcox Smith