Dickens Charles Rackham Arthur Wagenknecht (5 results)

Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Rackham Arthur (illustrator). Hardcover - Deluxe Reprint. xxxvi + 130 pp, Introduction, List of 13 named Characters & a descriptive phrase suggesting the character's complexity, a tale of Christmas divided into Four Quarters. Wagenknccht's expert Introduction compares and contrasts The Chimes against a background of the much better known work, The Christmas Carol, making it out to be a "text case" for the study of Dickens both as artist and prophet. 7.3" x 11/3" tan leather boards, gilt cover & spine design. gilt author/title ls;ine letters, raised bands, gilt edges all around, Easton Press Collector's Libraary of Famous Editions in full leather. Size: Large Quarto. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Fine. In Fine, Like New Condition with Un-Cracked (Unread) Binding. - Bound in Fine Genuine Leather, - 22kt gold-stamped spine accents - Distinctive raised spine hubs, Deluxe Limited Edition.- Bound in Fine Genuine Leather, - 22kt gold-stamped spine accents - Distinctive raised spine hubs, - Intricate gilt stamped cover designs, - Specially milled acid-neutral paper, - Smyth-sewn pages, - Gilded page edges, - Permanent satin ribbon page-marker. A Fine Copy.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Third volume in the LEC series. Noted flaws notwithstanding, a handsome copy of this classic. Light shelf/edge wear, fraying at heel, spine toned (as this volume was prone for), small gift inscription on ffep, else tight, bright and unmarred. Tan cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, black ink decorative elements, decorative endpages, frontispiece, teg. 4to. 129pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 1070 of 1500. Signed by Rackham on the colophon page. Very Good (Textblock Fine). No Slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed by Illustrator. HB NODJ ISSUED, 1st limited edition, 1931, #878/1,500 copies, Decorated Beige Red slipcase light wear some Foxing, Oversized Beige decorated cloth with Gold Gilt, Cover verylight Fox, Fine, NO DUSTJACKET, Slipcase VG-. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition Thus. Rare signed and limited edition in original clear sleeve and pictorial slipcase. From limitation page: "Of this edition of The Chimes, by Charles Dickens, one thousand five hundred copies have been printed, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham, in Linotype Estienne by its designer, George W. Jones, at The Sign of the Dolphin, near to Dr. Johnson's House in Gough Square, London, England. This is Number '1296' and it is signed by 'Arthur Rackham'". Uniquely tall 8" x 11 3/4" design. Brown cloth boards, gilt cover design and spine titles, light shelf wear, toning. Classic cover design features two impish creatures perched on pedesta w/golden bells upon their heads as hats. Two-page spread of imps ringing bells at front, back endpapers. Pages near fine; no writing. Illustrated with the inimitable imagery of Arthur Rackham w/full-page designs and partial page vignettes, decoration gracing this volume. Bright gilded top edge; rough-cut lower text block. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Original clear glassine sleeve, moderate wear. Includes a fresh twenty-four page introduction for this edition by Edward Wagenknecht. Original Rackham illustrated slipcase, moderate edge wear, rub, toning. Signed rarity of fine book craftsmanship. "The Chimes" is Charles Dickens 1844 tale that concerns the disillusionment of hard working "Trotty" Veck. When Trotty's spark dims and he blames himself and everyone else for his lot, he is visited on New Year's Eve by some darkly humoured rather mischievous spirits. They help to restore his faith in a most unorthodox manner, and show him that nobody is born evil, but rather, crime and poverty are only a part of the world we live in. 130 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.