The Sleeping Beauty
Philadelphia / London: J. B. Lippincott Co. / William Heinemann, [1920]. First American edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 110 [1]pp. Original rose quarter cloth over illustrated boards with rose, tan and black lettering in decorative border, all rendered lithographically, protected by modern mylar. Illustrated endpapers in white silhouettes on green background, illustrated double-title page in color. Historiated head and endpieces. Beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham rendered in b/w and color lithography, including two double pages in color, several full pages in b/w and one smaller color plate in high quality offset reproduction tipped into decorative lithographic frame. Printed by Richard Clay & Sons, Suffolk. Signature from half-title to frontispiece loose but present completely.Some light wear along edges of binding, inscription inked to front endpaper with illustrated Ex-Libris on verso with light offsetting to facing page. Block lightly age-toned. Good condition. Item #55887
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