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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Arthur Rackham; Lauren Ford. Good. A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this charming children's work by New York socialite Julia Ellsworth Ford, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. The first edition of this work, signed by the author, a prominent socialite, art collector and patron of the arts. She was married to financier and co-owner of the Grand Union Hotel in New York, Simeon Ford. Tipped in to the front pastedown is a signed note by Ford reading 'with love from Julia Ellsworth Ford, remembering pleasant days', and Ford's typed card, reading 'Mrs. Simeon Ford'. Illustrated with two colour plates by Arthur Rackham, and charming vignette illustrations by the author's daughter, Lauren Ford. Collated, complete. A melancholy tale of a child's imagined world. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Damp staining to tail of rear board, with fading to head of rear board and to fore edge of front board. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Author's handwritten signature and typed card tipped in to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd spot, most concentrated to the start of the work. Good.
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Arthur Rackham; Lauren Ford. Very Good Indeed. A very smart first edition of this brightly illustrated children's work from New York socialite Julia Ellsworth Ford, the author's own copy signed by Percy MacKaye. First edition. Author's own copy of the work with her signature to the front endpaper. Also signed by Percy MacKaye, an American dramatist and poet who approved the use of the prefatory poem written by his daughter Arvia MacKaye when she was ten years old. Illustrated with two colour plates and many charming vignette illustrations. Collated complete. A melancholy tale of a child's imagined world, with chapters entitled: secrets, a faery, the butterfly, the mermaids, and live your dream. Written by Julia Ellsworth Ford, a New York socialite, art collector and patron, and author of children's books who was married to Simeon Ford, a financier and co-owner of the Grand Union Hotel in New York. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, an English book illustrator recognised as one of the leading figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration, and Lauren Ford, an American painter and author, the daughter of the author. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor rubbing and light fading to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed.
