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| [RACKHAM, Arthur].
STEPHENS, James. Irish Fairy Tales. London: MacMillan & Co., 1920.
Quarto, original half vellum. $3000.
Signed limited first edition, one of only 520 copies signed by Arthur Rackham. Stephens' collection of Irish Fairy Tales includes The Story of Tuan Mac Cairill, The Boyhood of Fionn, The Birth of Bran, Oisin's Mother, The Wooing of Becfola, The Little Brawl at Allen, The Carl of the Drab Coat, The Enchanted Cave of Cesh Corran, Becuma of the White Skin, and Mongan's Frenzy. With 16 mounted color illustrations by Rackham. Bookplate on front pastedown. Light soiling to outer edges of front board, small thin scratch on rear board; two corners beginning to fray. Interior fine. Overall, a very nice copy of this beautifully illustrated collection. |