QUILLER-COUCH, Sir Arthur (editor). Arthur RACKHAM (illustrator). Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures. London; Heinemann Ltd. 1913

4to.; original taupe cloth lettered and decorated in gilt to spine and upper board, top edges olivine, printed ex libris in sang de boeuf to upper pastedown endpaper; pp. [vi], 7-[44] + 44 leaves of plates;with pictorial title, 10 drawings in line and a total of 44 fine mounted coloured plates guarded by captioned tissues; a near fine and exceptional copy, both externally and internally, with no ownership inscription, and all illustrations and protective guards very fresh, just very slight, and incidental, creasing to cloth at joints and tiny wear to lower forecorner tips.

First edition of this famous picture book by Rackham, with a wide variety of images including pictures of Jack Frost; Santa Claus and Puss in Boots.