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London: William Heinemann Ltd. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Boards rubbed and slightly bowed and darkened. Light foxing to endpapers. Heraldic plate to front pastedown. 1905. Limited Edition [58/250]. Cream gilt-illustrated vellum cover. 290mm x 230mm (11" x 9"). viii, 57pp + plates. 50 tipped-in colour plates illustrated by Rackham all with captioned tissue-guards bound into the rear. The first book entirely illustrated by Rackham to be issued as a Limited Edition. Signed by Arthur Rackham on the Limitation page. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Rip Van Winkle is a short story by the American author Washington Irving, published in 1819 as part of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. The story is set in New York's Catskill Mountains and follows Rip Van Winkle, a Dutch American villager who falls asleep before the American Revolution and wakes up twenty years later to a very different world. His disappearance and return are met with incredulity by those around him. This tale is known for its themes of change and continuity, the American past, and individualism.