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Four (4) Arthur Rackham illustrated books and one (1) print, 5 items total. 1st item: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift, illustrations by Arthur Rackham, 1909. Published by J. M. Dent and Company, London, E. P. Dutton and Company, New York. Octavo, 291 pages including chromolithographic frontispiece, 12 full-page illustrations, and additional illustrations, hardbound in tooled navy cloth with gilt pictorial covers with gilt lettering to covers and spine, pictorial end papers. 9 3/8" H x 6 5/8" W x 1 5/8" D. 2nd item: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, illustrations by Arthur Rackham, R.W.S., circa 1915. Published by Doubleday, Page and Company, New York. Octavo, 134 pages including full page chromolithographic illustrations with lettered tissue paper guards, and additional lithographic illustrations, hardbound in green cloth with chromolithographic pictorial cover and gilt lettering to covers and spine, pencil inscription from previous owner dated 1915, to inside front cover and front end paper. 9 7/8" H x 7 3/4" W x 1 1/8" D. 3rd item: Tales of Mystery and Imagination, First Edition, by Edgar Allan Poe, illustrations by Arthur Rackham, 1935. Published by J. B. Lippincott and Company, Philadelphia. Octavo, 318 pages with frontispiece, 12 full page chromolithographic illustrations with lettered tissue paper guards, and 17 full page lithographic illustrations, hardbound in red cloth with gilt pictorial covers and gilt lettering to covers and spine, pictorial end papers, red top edged paper, includes dust jacket. 10 1/8" H x 8 1/8" W x 1 5/8" D. 5th item: The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, illustrations by Arthur Rackham, translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas, 1912. Published by Doubleday, Page and Company, New York. Octavo, 325 pages including chromolithographic frontispiece with tissue paper guard, full page illustrations, and additional lithographic illustrations, hardbound in brown cloth with chromolithographic pictorial cover and green lettering to covers and spine, pencil inscription from previous owner, to inside front cover and front end paper. 9 5/8" H x 7 1/2" W x 1 3/8" D. 5th item: Color offset print after Arthur Rackham (England, 1867-1939) titled "Autumn Fairies from 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens'". Originally published in the book by J.M. Barrie with Rackham's illustrations, 1906. Depicts a group of fairies dancing in the autumn leaves. Signed and dated "Arthur Rackham 1906" in the plate, lower left. Double matted and housed under glass in a decorative gilt wood frame. Sight – 9 7/8" H x 14 1/4" W. Framed – 19" H x 23 1/8" W. 20th century. CONDITION: 1st item: Covers in worn condition with shelf wear, scuffs, cloth to spine becoming separated from binding around edges, corners bumped. Pages in overall good condition with toning, acid burn, old scotch tape repairs, to end papers, old newspaper stuck to back cover. 2nd item: Covers in worn condition with shelf wear, scuffs, areas of loss, largest 3/8" x 1 1/8", corners bumped. Pages in overall good condition with toning, minute tears to tissue paper guards. Pencil inscription from previous owner dated 1915, to inside front cover and front end paper. 3rd item: Dust jacket with shelf wear, losses, largest 5/8" x 4 1/2". Covers and pages in overall good condition with light toning, minute tears to tissue paper guards. Scuffs, to pictorial end papers. 4th item: Covers in worn condition with shelf wear, scuffs, fading, tears, loose threads, corners bumped. Pages in overall good condition with toning, pencil inscription from previous owner, to inside front cover and front end paper. 5th item: Overall very good condition with slight waviness to paper. Not examined outside of frame.