The Sleeping Beauty
C.S. Evans, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
1920
William Heinemann
First Edition
Description:
This retelling by C.S. Evans adapts the traditional fairy tale into a narrative focusing on the enchantment and hundred-year slumber of a princess. The text is primarily illustrated by Arthur Rackham through a series of elaborate silhouettes, which differ from his more common colour plates. These black and white profiles are occasionally accented with a single additional colour to highlight decorative details.
Condition:
Good Condition. Pictorial paper covered boards. Binding is firm and contents are clean with light tanning. Gift inscription to half-title page dated 1926. Front hinge is slightly fragile. Light edge-wear with some peeling to paper covered boards. Minor scuff to front board. Spine is clean with some fraying to ends. Light marking and shelf-wear to boards.
The Sleeping Beauty
C.S. Evans, Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
1920
William Heinemann
First Edition
Description:
This retelling by C.S. Evans adapts the traditional fairy tale into a narrative focusing on the enchantment and hundred-year slumber of a princess. The text is primarily illustrated by Arthur Rackham through a series of elaborate silhouettes, which differ from his more common colour plates. These black and white profiles are occasionally accented with a single additional colour to highlight decorative details.
Condition:
Good Condition. Pictorial paper covered boards. Binding is firm and contents are clean with light tanning. Gift inscription to half-title page dated 1926. Front hinge is slightly fragile. Light edge-wear with some peeling to paper covered boards. Minor scuff to front board. Spine is clean with some fraying to ends. Light marking and shelf-wear to boards.
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