Lot 1310 , Rackham (Illus.) - A Midsummer-Nights Dream, 1908 and Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, 1911 and sundry volumes,

Rackham (Illus.) - A Midsummer-Night's Dream, 1908 and Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, 1911 and sundry volumes, comprising three Herge's Adventures of Tintin - Tintin in Tibet, The Red Sea Sharks and The Black Island; A Comprehensive History of India, Vols I & III, published by Blackie; De Buffon's Natural History, Vol. VI, Second Edition (front board detached); a hollow book (Villaret's, Histoire de France, Vol. 5, Paris, 1770) and an unpublished typed copy of 'An Oddity's Odyssey or Thread of Time', the autobiographical account of his life by Francis Martin Curtler (formerly a Captain in The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), 1912-22), from his birth in 1894 to his eventual settling in a 'remote village' in England in 1946 (10)
Estimate £120-180

All Rackham plates in good condition, free of corner creases. Rackham books - bindings worn and faded.


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Sold for £220