Undine. Adapted from the German by W.L. Courtney and Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. by RACKHAM, Arthur. FOUQUE, de la Motte

London, William Heinemann, 1909 1st edition. Hardback, 4to; 10 x 7.5 ins. In blue cloth covers with extensive gilt decoration to spine and decorative gilt lettering and illustrated vignette to front. Pictorial endpapers. Top edges olivine. In very good condition. Some rubbing to edges and corners. Else cloth bright. Endpapers darkened with two inscriptions, slight foxing to edge of half-title page. A couple of handling marks to front tissue guard. some light foxing spots to page edges, and some slight tanning to plate-mounts, plates all clean and bright, Page 97 has tear on fore edge. Else a very clean and tight copy. --- Beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. This is the tale of a knight’s marriage to a water-sprite, and what chanced therefrom. Rackham creates a stirring progression of emotional vignettes guided continuously by exquisite grace, lyricism, and romantic expression. His figures twist and sway with beauty and allure. Although the waves and eddies of Undine bear the mark of… Read More