RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington.

£1,875 · Offered by Peter Harrington · No longer available

Rip Van Winkle. First Rackham edition. The illustrations immediately established Rackham as the leading illustrator of lavishly produced gift books in the Edwardian era. In March 1905 the original watercolours were exhibited at Leicester Galleries, attracting the attention of J. M. Barrie, who then commissioned Rackham's next book, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906).

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