{"product_id":"1928-arthur-rackham-illustrations-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow","title":"1928 Edition. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irvine. Arthur Rackham Illustrations. Published George Harrap, London","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is a good copy of Irving Washington's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow; \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eIt has fine illustrations by Arthur Rackham. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThis volume is an early edition and was published in 1928 by George Harrap, London and printed by Pillans \u0026amp; Wilson in Edinburgh. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll of Rackham's eight colour raised plates including frontispiece are present, and all as photographed. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original illustrated endpapers are by Rackham. There are also lots of vignettes black and white illustrations in the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: 25 x 19 cm. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition was published in 1928. It is printed on a nice laid paper. It has a coloured frontispiece. The decorative titlepage is printed in green and black inks. The volume has a total of 7 coloured plates with 30 printed monochrome illustrations within the text. Beautiful end papers showing the characters in the story - I have photographed before front and back ones. There is a little pen inscription on the flyleaf at the front, again as photographed. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is hardback and bound in green cloth, it is lettered in gilt. It has a gilt wash along the top edge - and the pages are uncut and can be seen along the other margins. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo bumping to the corners, no damage or fading to spine.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenerally, it is in\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e very good condition with lovely clean binding. There is no dust jacket with this edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis fine volume is probably for the more specialist collector, it is a lovely book. I have taken lots of images for your inspection so that you can assess the condition of the volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease note that I am not a specialist book dealer. I have a few old books listed that I bought many years ago for my own interest - as I just liked the illustrations. I have done my best to describe this work for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt will be sent to you in the UK with Royal Mail Tracked 24. Please select a signed for service so that it is fully insured in transit. This will be applied to your order at the checkout. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iconic Edinburgh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40337644781632,"sku":"LEFT HAND SIDE SHELVES BEHIND GLASS Muss.","price":295.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0271\/1902\/6240\/files\/1928-edition-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-by-washington-irvine-arthur-rackham-illustrations-published-george-harrap-london-antiquarian-book-889.webp?v=1790135773","url":"https:\/\/www.iconicedinburgh.co.uk\/products\/1928-arthur-rackham-illustrations-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow","provider":"Iconic Edinburgh","version":"1.0","type":"link"}