Peer Gynt. A Dramatic Poem by... Illustrated by Arthur Rackham by (RACKHAM, Arthur). IBSEN, Henrik - (1936).

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. Very Good. (1936). First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 255, (3) pages; Clean and secure in original quarto orange cloth with gilt lettering and decoration at front board and spine; corners still sharp, spine faded. Text block and all twelve colour plates with tissue guards in near fine condition. Pictorial endpapers. Peer Gynt is one of the most widely performed Norwegian plays of all time. This edition contains the fabulous illustrations of Arthur Rackham, one of the most celebrated painters of the British Golden Age of Illustration. Rackham’s artistry combined haunting humour with dream-like romance. .

Pook Press, 2015-05-26. paperback. New. 7x0x10. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Pook Press. hardcover. New. 7x0x10. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd., 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. original gilt decorated cloth hardcover, 12 fine clean tissue guarded plates, 256 pages, a fine clean copy in torn with small loss at top of spine very good price clipped dustwrapper which is spotted to the inside, a pleasing copy. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co, 1936. Publisher's salesperson's sample copy (preceding the first edition). Large octavo (9 13/16 x 7 7/16 inches; 249 x 189 mm.). Complete. Original printed color pictorial dust jacket (with "Harrap" on the spine) with a neatly repaired tear on front near spine. Original gilt decorated brown cloth. Original pictorial endpapers. Title-page printed in green and black. Two full-page color plates with descriptive tissue guards and two half-page black and white illustrations. A Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. A great rarity. These were obviously produced in minimal quantity for the publisher's salespeople to solicit advance orders from bookshops. The 'list' of illustrations leaf states "[There will be Twelve Plates in Colour]" The vignettes on the half-title and title-page in the published edition are printed in a much lighter and brighter green. The list of books Illustrated by Arthur Rackham on the verso of the half-title is very different from the published… Read More