The king of the golden river
By: by John Ruskin ; illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Contributors: Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, illustrator; Jacob Berger Collection (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Edition: [Deluxe ed.].
Publisher: George Harrap & Co.
Published: 1932
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Fairy tales; Boys; Juvenile literature; Rivers
Description: A tale about three brothers' search for the treasure of the Golden Valley, their meeting with South-West Wind, Esq., and the king of the Golden River, and what befalls the greedy elder brothers.
Notes: Edition information; cf. Riall.

"Printed in Great Britain by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh"--Title page verso.

T.p. printed in red and black; half-title printed in red.

Issued in slipcase.

Includes coloured frontispiece, and red vignettes.

Half-title verso: This edition is limited to five hundred and seventy copies, of which five hundred and fifty are for sale.

Rare Book copy 1: No. 66.

Rare Book copy 2: No. 474, signed by the illustrator Arthur Rackham.

Rare Book copy 2: Cased with: Goblin market / Christina Rossetti ; illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London, 1933 and The night before Christmas / by Clement C. Moore ; illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Philadelphia, 1931.

Latimore & Haskell. Arthur Rackham, p. 67

Riall, R. Arthur Rackham, p. 176

Gift; Vivian Berger; 2002.

Rare Book copy 2: In limp parchment binding with title and illustrator in gilt on upper cover; endpapers illustrated in green.