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"May blessings be upon the head of Cadmus, the Phoenicians, or whoever it was that invented books." -Thomas Carlyle

Welcome to my virtual book collection. Since collecting actual books is somewhat cost-prohibitive, I've begun to amass all of the books I would love to have if I had the means. Some are new, lots are old, all are unique or beautiful or unusual or in some other way have captured my fancy. Enjoy browsing!

Special Collections: Fine Bindings ~ Fairies and Fairy Tales ~ Terror and Madness ~ Poetry ~ Food, Drink and Apothecary ~ Science Fiction ~ Illuminations, Lettering and Hand-Coloring ~ Magic ~ Supernatural and Occult ~ Alchemy ~ Science and Technical ~ Maritime ~ Costumes ~ Humor ~ Children's books ~ Legend of King Arthur ~ Americana ~ 18th Century ~ 19th Century

Authors and illustrators: Edgar Allan Poe ~ Jules Verne ~ Edmund Dulac ~ Kay Nielsen ~ Arthur Rackham ~ Edward Gorey ~ Charles Dickens ~ H.P. Lovecraft ~ William Hope Hodgson ~ Mark Twain ~ Lewis Carroll ~ Salvador Dali ~ George Cruikshank ~ Emily Dickinson ~ Geoffrey Chaucer ~ H.G. Wells

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Cinderella C.S. Evans. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London/Philadelphia, Heinemann/Lippincott, 1919. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with silhouette drawings, including 3 double-page in colors and mounted color frontispiece. 10x7¼, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. First Rackham Trade Edition. B-A Note: Like a parent, I try not to play favorites with my books. But secretly I think this is my favorite Rackham cover art to date.

Cinderella
C.S. Evans. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
London/Philadelphia, Heinemann/Lippincott, 1919.

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with silhouette drawings, including 3 double-page in colors and mounted color frontispiece. 10x7¼, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, pictorial endpapers. First Rackham Trade Edition.

B-A Note: Like a parent, I try not to play favorites with my books. But secretly I think this is my favorite Rackham cover art to date.

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11 months ago on July 02, 2011 at 05:52pm
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    Rackham simply rules Fairyland. Froud Is great, buts he’s just an echo of the true goblin king.
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