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The Pied Piper of Hamelin; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
by Browning, Robert [Rackham, Arthur]
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
London: George C. Harrap & Co, 1934. Limited Edition. Original wraps. Near fine. Signed limited edition of The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham.. Octavo, [45pp]. Publisher's white vellum boards, title in gilt on cover. Top edge gilt. Illustrated endpapers. Solid text block, faint toning to spine and gutters. Housed in the publisher's cardboard slipcase, title on label affixed to spine. Complete with four full page color plates, including frontispiece, and many additional in-text illustrations. (Latimore & Haskell 71) From a limited printing of four hundred ten copies, this being an unnumbered presentation copy. Signed by the illustrator, Arthur Rackham, on the limitation page.
Synopsis
Robert Browning (1812-1889) was born in Camberwell, London, the son of a clerk in the Bank of England. The strongest influence on his education were the books in his father's extensive library, particularly the writings of Byron and Shelley. His dramatic poem Paracelsus , published in 1835, established his reputation and brought him the friendship of the actor-manager William Macready. When Macready's eldest son Willie was ill in bed, Browning wrote for the boy's entertainment the poem of The Pied Piper , a story he remembered from his own childhood. After its appearance in print in 1842, it became a children's classic, attracting new illustrators in every generation. In 1846 Robert Browning married a fellow poet, Elizabeth Barrett, eloping with her to Italy where they lived until Elizabeth's death in 1861. He them returned to England to live with his only sister Sarianna, but later he went back to Italy, where he died at the Rezzonico Palace in Venice.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13792
- Title
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
- Author
- Browning, Robert [Rackham, Arthur]
- Illustrator
- Signed limited edition of The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham.
- Format/Binding
- Original wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- George C. Harrap & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- Robert Browning first edition, Arthur Rackham first edition, Arthur Rackham signed, Pied Piper of Hamelin signed, Arthur Rackham presentation copy
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- Vellum
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- Fine
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Text Block
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