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RACKHAM (ARTHUR) ANDERSEN (HANS CHRISTIAN) Fairy Tales, INSCRIBED WITH A LARGE PEN AND INK DRAWI...
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RACKHAM (ARTHUR) ANDERSEN (HANS CHRISTIAN) Fairy Tales, INSCRIBED WITH A LARGE PEN AND INK DRAWING BY RACKHAM, 'To Sister Mabel Fearn from his patient, Arthur Rackham, 1939' on the front free endpaper, the illustration depicting a tree talking to a raven, 12 colour plates, and numerous illustrations by Rackham, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, worn [Riall, p.177], 4to, George C. Harrap, [1932] Footnotes: Provenance: Sister Mabel Fearn, presentation inscription and drawing from Rackham on opening blank, dated 1939. Having been diagnosed with cancer in 1938 Rackham wrote to a collector that 'Henceforth life will only be possible for me with the aid of a surgical nurse - whether at home or at the hospital...' (quoted in D. Hudson, Arthur Rackham. His Life and Work, 1974, p.148). He died in September 1939; later family inscriptions on verso of drawing, and by descent to the present owner. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
RACKHAM (ARTHUR) ANDERSEN (HANS CHRISTIAN) Fairy Tales, INSCRIBED WITH A LARGE PEN AND INK DRAWING BY RACKHAM, 'To Sister Mabel Fearn from his patient, Arthur Rackham, 1939' on the front free endpaper, the illustration depicting a tree talking to a raven, 12 colour plates, and numerous illustrations by Rackham, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, worn [Riall, p.177], 4to, George C. Harrap, [1932] Footnotes: Provenance: Sister Mabel Fearn, presentation inscription and drawing from Rackham on opening blank, dated 1939. Having been diagnosed with cancer in 1938 Rackham wrote to a collector that 'Henceforth life will only be possible for me with the aid of a surgical nurse - whether at home or at the hospital...' (quoted in D. Hudson, Arthur Rackham. His Life and Work, 1974, p.148). He died in September 1939; later family inscriptions on verso of drawing, and by descent to the present owner. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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