Puck of Pook's Hill
New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1906. Arthur Rackham. First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Item #006313
8vo,( 8) 277, (1)pp. Beautiful First Printing of the First American Edition, published two months prior to the English Edition. Bound in original pictorial green cloth with titles and viking ship vignette stamped in black gilt on the front board and spine. t.e.g. Four colored plates by Arthur Rackham present which were not present in the English Edition. Housed in a red cloth-covered chemise and matching quarter red morocco and red cloth slipcase. Bookplate on front paste-down.of popular American Author, George Barr McCutcheon, best known for the "Graustark" novels as well as"Brewster's Millions", made into several films of the same name. Bookseller ticket of Lauriat's of Boston on ffep. Square, tight and clean throughout. Mild rubbing to hinges, edges and tips. A hint of off-setting on the ffep from the bookplate but quite minor. Very well-preserved. A most handsome collectable copy.
Price: $325.00 save 25% $243.75