1908 1st Edtn (Thus)/4th Prnt RIP VAN WINKLE By Washington Irving Illus. Arthur Rackham Very Good Childrens Hardcover - 1908

London: William Heinemann & Co / Doubleday Page & Co, 1908. 1st Edition (Thus). Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279). Arthur Rackham. 4th Printing Please email for Photographs or further information. Very Good - Please see photos as part of condition report 1908 1st Edition (Thus) 4th Printing, RIP VAN WINKLE By Washington Irving Illustrated By: Arthur Rackham Arthur Rackham RWS (19 September 1867 – 6 September 1939) was an English book illustrator. He is recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour, a technique he developed due to his background as a journalistic illustrator. Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork. His best-known works also include the illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Format: Hardcover, Language: English Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket Published By: William Heinemann & Co / Doubleday Page & Co, London Super octavo (8vo 7 × 11 178 × 279),Pages 112 ISBN: The book that made Arthur Rackham famous: Rackham's 51 colour pieces for the early American tale Rip Van Winkle became a turning point in the production of books since – through colour-separated printing – it featured the accurate reproduction of colour artwork. "Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who meets mysterious Dutchmen, imbibes their liquor and falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains. He awakes 20 years later to a very changed world, having missed the American Revolution. Inspired by a conversation on nostalgia with his American expatriate brother-in-law, Irving wrote the story while temporarily living in Birmingham, England. It was published in his collection, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. While the story is set in New York's Catskill Mountains near where Irving later took up residence, he admitted, "When I wrote the story, I had never been on the Catskills." SKU: BTETM0001493 Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg