SIGNED LIMITED EDITION
The King of Golden River
Harrap, 1932.
First Rackham edition. Edition de Luxe, number 547 of 550 copies signed by Rackham. 8vo. Original limp vellum, lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed, and two uncut. Pictorial endpapers, colour frontispiece and three colour plates, with many line and silhouette drawings. A fine copy.
Ruskin's only work of fiction, this fairy story was written in response to a challenge set by the teenaged Effie Gray, who Ruskin was later to marry. Originally published in 1850, this edition was described as being"marvellously illustrated in colour and line by that great artist, Arthur Rackham".
Stock ID: 46148
