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First printing; no additional printings. 1909 at title page. Dk. green textured boards, dk. green tweed spine wrap, black embossed cover design, gilt embossed titles and design, moderate shelf wear. Front cover w/Rackham depiction of Undine the mermaid on sea floor, head in hands, as fish swim about her. Flourishing sharp gilt decoration to spine. Heavy stock leaves, fine. Frontipiece plate of Undine dancing: "Undine outside the window". Stylish title page w/illustrated banners of mermaids in deco pattern above and fish in similar pattern below titles. Monochromatic illustrated endpapers by Arthur Rackham; design in green of Undine w/castle in b.g. while various orgres, elves, and creatures look down upon from branches and huddle off to side. Includes contents and list of illustrations. Bind fine; hinges intact. Rare dust wrapper, gilt cover and spine titles, design, matching boards, moderate discoloration, some chip; protected in new clear sleeve. Clean very good first edition rarity in original intact pictorial dj. Enchantingly illustrated by Arthur Rackham w/fifteen tipped-in color plates, mounted on matte leaves, each with a captioned tissue guard, and nearly forty drawings & designs as openings, headers and tail-pieces. This is the charming and dramatic story of Undine and the Knight Huldbrand of Ringstetten. The Knight wedded with a water-sprite, and what chanced captures the fantastic of age-old lore. Then, how the Knight died and was buried, and how Undine returned to her element beneath the Mediterranean. Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London. Illustrations by Hentschel Colourtype. 136 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # 019388
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Undine Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd. - Doubleday, Page & Co., London - New York
Publication Date: 1909
Binding: Hard Cover
Illustrator: Rackham, Arthur
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition.
