Sleeping Beauty Arthur Rackham 1st Ed 1920

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Sleeping Beauty Arthur Rackham 1st Ed 1920:
$105.00

Sleeping Beauty

With illustrations by Arthur Rackham

Condition

The book is in good condition. There is a small bookplate in the front and no signatures, bookplates or markings of any kind in the book. There is some light wear to the outside boards. This book contains all of Rackham\'s original illustrations, with none missing, removed, or loose. The pages are clean and free of any foxing. This includes 1 tipped-in plate, 3 double page illustrations in pink, green, black, and white and many black and white illustrations throughout. This is a first edition, printed by William Heinemann in 1920. A rare find complete with many beautiful illustrations.

Synopsis

Sleeping Beauty is a fairy tale classic, the first in the set published in 1697 by Charles Perrault. It is a love story which involves a beautiful princess and a handsome prince. At the christening of a long- wished-for princess, fairies invited as godmothers offered gifts, such as beauty, wit, and musical talent. However, a wicked fairy who had been overlooked placed the princess under an enchantment as her gift, saying that, on reaching adulthood, she would prick her finger on a spindle and die. A good fairy, though unable to completely reverse the spell, said that the princess would instead sleep for a hundred years, until awakened by the kiss of a prince and true love\'s first kiss.

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Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) was a prolific English book illustrator. He was born in London as one of 12 children. At the age of 18, he worked as a clerk at the Westminster Fire Office and began studying at the Lambeth School of Art. In 1892, he quit his job and started working for The Westminster Budget as a reporter and illustrator. His works were included in numerous exhibitions, including one at the Louvre in Paris in 1914. While he may be best known for his elaborate illustrations of children\'s literature and fairy tales, he also illustrated books for adult readers, including A Midsummer Night\'s Dream (1908) and Undine.

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A great chance to own a rare copy of a classic Fairy Tale.

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