August 2020 Catalogue

F i n e N e w A c q u i s i t i o n s 44 Rackham’s Signed Limited Cinderella 42. (RACKHAM, Arthur) EVANS, Charles Seddon. Cinderella. London and Philadelphia, 1919. Tall quarto, original full vellum, glassine. $3500. Click for more info Deluxe limited edition, one of only 325 copies printed on Japanese vellum (out of a total edition of 850) signed by Rackham, illustrated with his remarkable silhouette drawings. Rackham’s first great silhouette book established him as “a master of the medium, being able to evoke character and humor by profile and gesture alone, and allowing the two-dimensional effect of his pen work to lead the reader through the book and keep the story going” (Hamilton, 118). Without scarce dust jacket. Large portion of scarce original glassine— often not present—torn away along upper edge, with portion laid in. Book about-fine, gilt bright.