(Juvenilia) - Mother Goose. The old Nursery rhymes. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London, William Heinemann (R. Clay and sons), [1913]. In-8°; 13 plates. Publisher's binding : grey cloth, upper board with title and coloured decorations, flat spine...
Estimation :
150 / 200
Adjudication :
270 €
Description
with title in blue and two red flowers, blue top edge (lower flyleaf lacking). First trade edition, later issue (with blank flyleaves and no date at the back of title- page). Illustrated with a title-page, 14 plates (one black and 13 coloured, frontispiece included, protected by tissue guards with keys) and 84 black decorations. ▲ Provenance : handwritten ex-dono to "Sibyl" from her Grandparents, Christmas 1 91 3; The Times Book Club (label). ^ Édition originale (avec gardes blanches et sans date au verso du titre), ill. de 14 hors-texte et nombreuses vignettes en noir. Pleine toile grise décorée d'éd.
