Where The Blue Begins (Hardcover) by Christopher; Morley Arthur Rackham (illustrations) - 1925

J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1922 First edition thus (first edition with these Arthur Rackham illustrations). A very good copy, without the dustcover. Light blue cloth-covered boards, dark blue stamped spine lettering/decoration, 9 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches, 227 pp., frontispiece and 3 other "colour" illustrations, 16 line drawings in the text. Sunning (darkening) of spine; mild edgewear; lower corner of front board slightly bumped; gift inscription in light pencil, front free endpaper; otherwise, pages quite clean; color illustrations bright and attractive; no foxing of illustrations; no loose illustrations; binding strong and square. Very attractive internally. "Among the fresh bright grass came, here and there, exhilarating smells of last year's buried bones. The little upward slit at the back of Gissing's nostrils felt prickly. He thought that if he could bury it deep enough in cold beef broth it would be comforting. Several times he went out to the pantry intending to try the… Read More

Philadelphia:: J. B. Lippincott,, [1922].. First American edition with these illustrations.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket.. Single spot to cloth; slight rubbing to extremities of spine; otherwise a fresh copy in a jacket with some chipping to edges, particularly at the bottom of the back panel and spine, affecting the "w" in the first word of the title on the front panel and the publisher's imprint at the bottom of the spine.. 4to,. Illustrated in black and white and color by Arthur Rackham.

Pook Press. hardcover. New. 8x0x10. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

Philadelphia:: J. B. Lippincott,, [1922].. First edition with these illustrations.. publisher's blue cloth lettered in dark blue, in dust jacket.. Bookplate on pastedown; a few tiny white spots to cloth; clean, tight and sound in a price-clipped jacket with some shallow chipping, dust-soiling to the rear panel; a few short closed tears and slight creases.. 4to,. The text and jacket are illustrated in full color by Arthur Rackham.

Philadelphia:: J. B. Lippincott,, [1922].. First edition with these illustrations.. publisher's blue patterned cloth in dust jacket.. Near fine in a very nice jacket with a tiny chip to the top of the back panel, which is lightly soiled. The jacket has two short closed tears. Much nicer than usually found.. 4to,. The text and jacket are illustrated in full color by Arthur Rackham.