Halloween 2020

A r t & I l l u s t r a t i o n 47 Fine New Acquisitions H alloween 2020 “No Christmas Was Complete Without A New Rackham Gift Book” 45. RACKHAM, Arthur. Some British Ballads. London, 1919. Large quarto, contemporary full blue morocco gilt. $2200. Click for more info Signed limited edition, one of only 575 copies signed by Rackham, with 16 beautiful full-page mounted color illustrations and 24 in- text line cuts, a splendid copy bound by Bayntun Riviere in full crushed morocco gilt. “For many years, no Christmas was complete without a new sumptuous Rackham gift book,” of which Some British Ballads is an excellent example (Dalby, 76), a splendid production with exquisite full-color illustrations of such traditional ballads as “Lord Randal,” “Chevy Chase,” “The Twa Corbies” and “Sir Patrick Spens.” A fine copy.