by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
London, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd. [1922].
A collection of fairy tales comprising: The Gorgon's Head; The Golden Touch; The Paradise of Children; The Three Golden Apples; The Miraculous Pitcher and The Chimaera.
Limited edition numbered 442 of 600 copes, signed by Rackham on limitation page, 4to., viii, 206, (2)pp., illustrated with 24 colour plates, 16 of which tipped-in on cream paper with captioned tissue guards, further black and white illustrations within text, Ex Libiris to upper pastedown, a few random spots and the odd fingermar, mostly to endpapers, publishers, cream cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, some surface soiling and spine darkened, otherwise, very good.
Latimore & Haskell p.55.
Limited edition numbered 442 of 600 copes, signed by Rackham on limitation page, 4to., viii, 206, (2)pp., illustrated with 24 colour plates, 16 of which tipped-in on cream paper with captioned tissue guards, further black and white illustrations within text, Ex Libiris to upper pastedown, a few random spots and the odd fingermar, mostly to endpapers, publishers, cream cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, some surface soiling and spine darkened, otherwise, very good.
Latimore & Haskell p.55.
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