HAWTHORNE'S WONDER BOOK

First edition, first printing with Rackham illustrations. Original red cloth with gilt titles and illustration to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with 16 tipped in tissue guarded colour plates, a further 8 full page colour plates and black and white drawings throughout the text by Arthur Rackham. An excellent near fine copy, the red cloth boards very fresh and entirely unfaded, the gilt very bright having been protected by the dustwrapper. The contents are entirely complete and without loose or torn pages. Other than some spotting to the text block edge, the pages are clean throughout and without previous owner's inscriptions or stamps. All of the colour plates are present (although mispaginated as in all copies of the trade edition we have examined) and in fine condition with no creasing. Complete with the very good dustwrapper which is nicked with short closed tears at the spine tips and darkened to the spine and panel edges. All in all an excellent example, uncommon complete with the original illustrated dustwrapper.