1905 Washington Irving : Rip Van Winkle : 51 Plates by Arthur Rackham

Rip Van Winkle

By Washington Irving

With drawings by Arthur Rackham

London: William Heinemann, 1907. Third Impression.  Small quarto (26 x 19cm), pp viii; 62. With 51 mounted colour plates by Arthur Rackham, including the frontispiece, each with a captioned tissue guard. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and upper. All edges green, with green endpapers.

Set in Sleepy Hollow, Irving's slumbersome story is an American masterpiece of short prose, based on local history but rooted in European myth and legend.

CONDITION
A very good copy of the third impression. Cloth binding is good with light rubbing to the shoulders and a couple of small whitish marks to the upper board as can be seen in main image. Endpapers very good. All contents present and text pages good with some light spotting here and there. All tipped in plates present and in fine condition. Overall a good copy.

(Loc : Glass cabinet 2)