Lot 207
Arthur Rackham A List of Books Illustrated by Him. Presentation Copy With Drawing
Sale 2107 - Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller
Dec 5, 2024
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Lot Description
[Rackham, Arthur] Coykendall, Frederick, and Martin Birnbaum. Arthur Rackham A List of Books Illustrated by Him
Privately printed by William Edmund Rudge, Mount Vernon, New York, 1922. First edition, one of 175 copies. Co-author Frederick Coykendall's copy inscribed to him by Rackham with a drawing, dated July 7, 1923. Additionally inscribed by co-author Martin Birnbaum to Coykendall, also with a sketch, presumably by Birnbaum. Cream paper covered boards, stamped in gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, some darkening toward edges; light offsetting to front endpaper.
A wonderful association copy of this scarce book, the privately printed and first bibliography of English illustrator Arthur Rackham. Inscribed to co-author and book collector Frederick Coykendall by Rackham, and also by co-author and New York art dealer Martin Birnbaum (1878-1970).
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
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From the collection of Justin G. Schiller
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