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Arthur Rackham Born in London, Arthur Rackham began his career selling drawings to newspapers and periodicals. He quickly established himself as an illustrator of boy’s adventure stories, for which he produced fairly uninspiring black and white drawings. In 1905, William Heinmann commissioned him to produce 51 watercolours to illustrate Rip Van Winkle . The book, aimed at the Christmas gift market, was produced in a sumptuous format and its launch coincided with an exhibition selling the watercolours at the Leicester Galleries. Reviews and sales were exceptional, and a new era of book illustration had begun. Arthur Rackham’s career moved onto a totally different plane and over the following decades he worked at an astounding rate, pro- ducing his distinctive illustrations to books ranging from fairy tales to Shakespeare plays; from children’s novels, such a Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland to the works of Dickens, Ibsen and Goldsmith. Rackham was a celebrated artist, whose work was much in demand.
His earnings far exceeded those of his contemporaries, and he had a shrewd eye for ways to maximize his income, for example sell- ing sketches and embellishing books with humorous vignettes. His work is known for its extensive use of humour; his fantastical elfin creatures; the haunting anthropomorphic trees, dainty fairies and his caricatured self-portraits.
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1. RACKHAM, Arthur ORIGINAL PEN AND INK DRAWING FOR INGOLDSBY LEGENDS “His first thought was to throw it into the pig-stye” 1898. Pen and ink drawing used as a full page illustration in The Ingoldsby Legends. Signed and dated by Rackham to the lower right hand corner. An image to illustrate Jerry Jarvis’s Wig. Image 18.5 x 25 cm. In good condition with some fading and bleed to the ink, though remaining clear and appealing. [37487] £3,500 LITERATURE: The Ingoldsby Legends (Dent, 1907), plate at p.514. PROVENANCE: An early drawing from the Arthur Rackham family estate.
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2. [RACKHAM, Arthur] SHAND, Alexander Innes SHOOTING The Haddon Hall Library Dent , 1902.
First edition. 8vo. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to covers. Silk page marker present. Top edge gilt. Pictorial end- papers, cover designs and line drawings by Arthur Rackham. Other illustrations in black and white by J. Smit and H. L. Rich- ardson. A very good copy, some general wear. [46265] £85 3. RACKHAM, Arthur; DANA, Richard Henry TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST Collins, 1904. Second edition. 8vo. Green pictorial boards with navy, red and white decoration, with navy title in a gilt panel on the spine. Eight colour plates drawn by Arthur Rackham. A good copy with spotting throughout and general wear to the extremities. [46263] £30 A shilling publication. Published three months after the first edition.
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IN THE VERY RARE DUSTWRAPPER 4. RACKHAM, Arthur; IRVING, Washington RIP VAN WIN- KLE Heinemann, 1905. First edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 4to. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and vignette in rare publisher’s green printed dustwrapper. Frontispiece and 50 further colour plates by Rackham, mounted onto green art paper and protected by tissue guards, bound together at the end of the text. A near fine copy with a touch of fading to the spine but the cloth clean and the gilt sparklingly bright. Some foxing to the preliminary leaves, all plates in perfect condition. The dustwrapper is very good, show- ing a little fraying to the spine ends and corners and a couple of tears to the rear joint with minor loss, but is clean and principally complete. A well preserved example of this fragile and very rarely encountered dustwrapper. [32875] £2,500 Rackham’s first major work and the first of the opulent large quarto illus- trated gift books heralding the beginning of ‘The Golden Age of Book Il- lustration’. The dustwrapper contains a review of the Leicester Galleries Exhibition on the upper cover and the 15/- price on the spine.
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5. RACKHAM, Arthur; IRVING, Washington RIP VAN WIN- KLE Heinemann, 1905. First edition, deluxe issue, one of only 250 copies, signed by Arthur Rackham. This copy is one of the unnumbered copies reserved for presentation. Large 4to. Full publisher’s ivory vel- lum with gilt lettering and vignettes. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Mounted colour frontis and fifty mounted colour plates at the end on brown art paper (one mount with a paper fault resulting in a small hole) and protected by captioned tissue guards. A near fine copy, bright and clean, slight dustiness to endpapers and silk ties lacking. [31021] £4,750
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VELLUCENT BINDING BY CEDRIC CHIVERS 6. RACKHAM, Arthur; WASHINGTON, Irving RIP VAN WINKLE Heinemann, 1905. First edition. 4to. Finely bound by Cedric Chivers, c.1905, stamp signed to rear turn in. Full green morocco, with five inlaid vel - lucent panels, containing miniature watercolours reproducing Rackham’s imagery painted on vellum. The upper cover is fur- ther decorated with an Art Nouveau design in gilt and two circu- lar green morocco onlays, accentuated by gilt punched dots. The smooth spine is decorated with Art Nouveau gilt decoration and circular amber morocco onlay. Single line gilt border on covers and a heart-shaped gilt design to the rear. Gilt ruled turn-ins and patterned endpapers. All edges gilt. Fifty-one colour plates by Rackham are mounted onto green art paper and protected by tissue guards: apart from the frontis they are all mounted together at the end of the text. One of the double page plates has a slight corner crease to the white border. A very good copy indeed of this extraordinary production, morocco binding with very slight rubs to the joints, slight fading to some panels and occasional foxing to the prelim- inary and terminal pages. [40114] £3,000 Cedric Chivers introduced these “vellucent” style bindings in order to assist the production of beautiful hand painted watercolour bindings, which prior to this point had been subject to damage, smudging and wear. The new process involved painting an image in ink and watercolour on paper and then a thin layer of stretched vellum was laid over to seal the illustration, thus protecting the painting. Gilt decoration, lettering and borders were then embossed onto the covers. Most Vellucent bindings were designed by H. Granville Fell with the paintings done by one of a group of 5 women, Dorothy Carleton Smyth, Alice Shepherd, Miss J.D. Dunn, Muriel Taylor, and Agatha Gales. In many cases the name of the artist is not advertised.
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7. RACKHAM, Arthur; CARROLL, Lewis ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND William Heinemann, [1907]. First Rackham edition. Edition de Luxe, one of 1100 copies printed on handmade paper. Large 4to. Publisher’s full white buckram, with gilt titles and vignettes. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Housed in publisher’s original card slipcase. Pictorial endpapers. Thirteen colour plates mounted onto brown art paper and protected by captioned tissue guards. In addition there are lots of charming line drawings. A very near fine, clean copy, with just a hint of toning to the spine and the odd spot to contents, but exceptionally clean by the standards of this book. The book protected by the slightly edge worn original slipcase. [45289] £4,000 The story of Alice had a special resonance with Rackham, as he wrote, “My experiences of the book are absolutely delightful... it was read aloud to us (3 about the same age, 11, 10, 9) sat by my father & and at once became a household word... It is possible that my father’s appreciation of it helped us children too. It was read with full dramatic effect, the songs sung and so forth”. Certainly Rackham’s Alice is beautifully drawn, fresh faced and rosy cheeked, her sense of wonder clearly apparent. Carroll’s fantasy world is perfectly suited to Rackham’s humour and vivid imagination, making this a most appealing interpretation of Alice.
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8. RACKHAM, Arthur; SHAKESPEARE, William A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Heinemann, 1908. First edition. Edition de Luxe, number 993 of 1000 copies signed by Rackham. Large 4to. Publisher’s full white vellum with gilt lettering and design. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Original silk ties (rear detached, front holding on by a thread). Housed in original card slipcase. Forty colour plates, mounted onto brown art paper and protected by tissue guards, and many delicate line drawings. A fine copy, with exceptionally clean vel - lum and bright gilt, with only a hint of dustiness to the spine. Housed in publisher’s slipcase, which has been repaired at the joints and lacks a small portion from the upper edge, but has had the effect of preserving the condition of the book. [44146] £3,950 This is one of Rackham’s most sought after books, the weaving of magic and fairies being perfectly suited to his style. The limited edition is sel- dom encountered in such sparkling condition.
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9. RACKHAM, Arthur; SHAKESPEARE, William A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Heinemann, 1908. First edition with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 4to. Tan cloth with gilt lettering and vignette to upper cover. Forty tipped in colour plates, mount- ed on art paper, under captioned tissue guards. Profusely illustrated with charming line drawings throughout. A near fine copy, with very slight tan - ning to the spine. [46248] £650 A magnificent combination of one of the most popular works of both artist and author, the weaving of magic and fairies perfectly suited to Rackham’s style.
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10. RACKHAM, Arthur “How now, spirit! whither wander you?” An Original Watercolour from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1908. A fine original pen, ink and watercolour painting. Signed and dated in the lower left hand corner. 26.5cm x 17cm. The image is in very good condition, with no repair or damage, there is a small spot of browning to Puck’s left hand. [27061] £45,000 The watercolour illustrates Act II, scene I. LITERATURE: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (Heinemann, 1908) plate at p.22
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11. RACKHAM, Arthur UNDINE by De La Motte Fouqué Heinemann, 1909. First edition illustrated by Rackham. 4to. Original blue pictorial cloth with elaborate gilt decoration to spine and gilt titles and vignette to upper cover. Top edge blue. Protected by the original printed dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers, numerous chapter headings and black and white vignettes. Fifteen lovely colour plates, mounted under captioned tissue guards. A near fine copy with some fading to the spine, in a very good dustwrapper in- deed, with some minor wear to edges and toning to the spine. [44557] £450 Rackham’s illustrations to this tale are hauntingly beautiful. The 1909 Christmas Bookman review of this volume reads, “The story of Undine, the water-spirit, and the Knight of Huldbrand who wedded her, seems to have been waiting for Mr Rackham’s brush... There could have been, perhaps, no more fitting theme for all the imaginative beauty and force of his work than this weird and beautiful romance.” Of the tale itself, George MacDonald wrote “Were I asked, what is a fairytale? I should reply, Read Undine; that is a fairytale... of all fairy- tales I know, I think Undine the most beautiful.”
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FIRST EDITION IN DUSTWRAPPER 12. RACKHAM, Arthur; GRIMM, Brothers THE FAIRY TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM Constable, 1909. First Rackham edition. Large 4to. Edition de Luxe, number 494 of 750 copies signed by Arthur Rackham. Full white vellum with gilt embossed lettering and decoration. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Forty colour plates mounted under captioned tis- sue guards, as well as numerous black and white illustrations. A near fine copy, the vellum uncommonly clean. A light bump to top of the spine, the paper is clean and fresh, as are the illustra- tions, one of which has a tiny corner crease. Silk ties present, but detached. A most impressive book. [45626] £6,000 “What a book for any child, big or small, to find on Christmas morning as its new property left by Santa Claus!...a picture wherever a picture can be put...a possession which will win him the envy not only of his brothers and sisters, but of all the grown-ups too.” Contemporary re- view, The Bookman, 1909. Contains all the favourite fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm, such as Hansel and Grethel, Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel. “What a book for any child, big or small, to find on Christmas morning.”
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THE MAGNIFICENT PETER PAN PORTFOLIO IN DELUXE VELLUM BINDING
13. RACKHAM, Arthur THE PETER PAN PORTFOLIO Hodder & Stoughton, 1912.
First edition, number 596 of limited edition of 600 copies, signed by the publisher and engraver on the limitation page, this copy one of a special issue of approximately 100 copies bound in full vellum. Elephant folio (19 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches). Publisher’s full vellum with gilt titles to upper cover. Housed in publisher’s original cloth box with printed paper onlay. Twelve large full size plates mount- ed with gilt ruled borders and captioned tissue guards by Rackham. A very good copy indeed, lacking ties as usual but uncommonly bright and clean, with some vertical creases to the text leaves and some slight foxing to some mounts, but with plates remaining bright and uncreased. The original box is clean and attractive, lacking a side panel to lower section. [46103] £12,500 The portfolio is without doubt, Rackham’s grandest production and one of the rarest and most beautiful books of its type. Rackham’s plates for Peter Pan originally appeared in 1906 in the form of a gift book with fifty Rackham plates. Partly to capitalise on the success of the stage production of Peter & Wendy, Hodder asked Rackham to select his favourite twelve of the fifty images in the 1906 Peter Pan to produce a collector’s portfolio of plates. These plates were re-engraved to be the size of the original watercolours and produced to an extremely fine standard.
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14. RACKHAM, Arthur; [BARRIE, J.M.] “PETER PAN” An Original Watercolour from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. Original pen, ink and watercolour on board. Signed and dated by Rackham in the bottom left corner. 26.5cm x 37cm. Mounted, framed and glazed. A fine, large illustration of the infant Peter Pan, swaddled and sat atop a branch in Kensington Gardens. [39210] £35,000 Peter Pan was Rackham’s second major commission and the work which established his reputation as a book illustrator. Issued with new illustrations in 1912 where this image is reproduced in black and white as the chapter heading for chapter 2. A review of this book published in “The World” reads “Mr Barrie has done what no one else has done since the inventor of “Alice”, he has invented a new legend, a modern folk story which comprehends all the innermost secrets of the modern child, be he four or forty. Mr Rackham, for his part, has been bewitched in his cradle: he does not dream of fairies or hobgoblins, he knows them.” LITERATURE: Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M.Barrie (Hodder & Stoughton, 1912) p.19 (reproduced in black and white.)
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15. RACKHAM, Arthur; DICKENS, Charles A CHRISTMAS CAROL Heinemann, 1915. First Rackham edition. 8vo. Original purple cloth with titles and decoration in gilt. In the original pictorial dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers, twelve full page colour plates and various line drawings in the text. A very good copy, gilt to spine a little dulled, with some light spotting internally, in a very good dustwrapper which has a neat internal repair to the upper joint and minor chipping to the extremities. [44817] £1,200
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16. RACKHAM, Arthur; [DICKENS, Charles] “MRS CRATCHIT ENTERED - FLUSHED, BUT SMILING PROUDLY - WITH THE PUD- DING” Original Watercolour for A CHRISTMAS CAROL 1915. Original pen, ink and wash on card. Signed by the artist in the lower right hand corner and below the painting in Rackham’s hand is the caption, “Mrs Cratchit brings in the Christmas Pudding, Dickens’ A Christmas Carol” and a further full signature. 22.8cm x 17.8cm. The image in very good condition indeed, with a little browning to some sections of the background. [39211] £9,500 Arthur Rackham and Charles Dickens are perfect companions to provide a Christmas cheer. LITERATURE: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (Heinemann, 1915) p.88. Also used as the dustwrapper artwork for an American edition of the same title.
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17. RACKHAM, Arthur THE ROMANCE OF KING ARTHUR and His Knights of the Round Table, abridged from Malory’s Morte D’Arthur Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1917. First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s deep blue cloth with gilt letter- ing and vignettes. Sixteen colour plates under captioned tissue guards, seven full page black and white drawings and sixty three within text by Rackham. A very good copy, mainly bright with some light wear. A neat gift inscription on the free front end paper. [46163] £250
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WITH A SIGNED ORIGINAL DRAWING 18. RACKHAM, Arthur THE ALLIES FAIRY BOOK Introduction by Edmund Gosse Heinemann, [1916].
First edition. 8vo. Inscribed by Arthur Rackham with an origi- nal drawing of a pixie holding a book, “To Mrs Goodheart, with kind regards, from Arthur Rackham, 6.12.16.” Blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine and gilt vignettes of winged goblins on the upper cover. Endpapers decorated with line drawings. Twelve colour plates and a host of line drawings in the text. A very good copy, a little dulled to the spine with some light foxing. [43284] £1,500 This book consists of a collection of fairy tales from each of the Allied nations, including English (Jack the Giant Killer), French (Sleeping Beauty); Russian (Frost); Italian (Cesarino and the Dragon), Serbian (The Golden Appletree) and Japanese (The Foxes Wedding). Although Rackham illustrated another version of the Sleeping Beauty this inter- pretation is quite different.
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WITH SIGNED EXTRA PLATE 19. RACKHAM, Arthur LITTLE BROTHER AND LITTLE SIS- TER and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm Constable, 1917. Deluxe first edition, number 334 of 525 copies signed by Rack - ham. Large 4to. Grey cloth with lettering and vignettes in gilt to spine and white label to upper cover with titles and gilt stamped vignette. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers, 13 mounted colour plates and 43 black and white drawings. Also present is the extra plate in its printed envelope. The plate is from p.178 an illustra- tion entitled “He hurried away with long strides” and is signed by the artist. A near fine copy. [41779] £3,000 A charming version of Grimm’s fairy tales accompanied by Rackham’s illustrations. Fairy tales include: Snow-white and Rose Red; Thum- bling’s Travels etc.
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ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR FOR LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER 20. RACKHAM, Arthur; [GRIMM Brothers] “AT LAST SHE MET THE BRIDEGROOM WHO WAS SLOWLY COMING BACK” An Original Watercolour from “Fitcher’s Bird” 1917. An original pen, ink and watercolour painting published in “Little Brother, Little Sister” in 1917. Signed in the lower left hand corner. 36.5cm x 26.5cm. Mounted, framed and glazed. In fine condition. [39215] £35,000 A superb, imposing and exquisitely detailed watercolour for “The Fitcher’s Bird” by the Brothers Grimm, depicting the moment of triumph when the young- est and cleverest of three daughters, covered in honey and bird feathers, meets the evil sorcerer after he has been tricked into delivering her sisters safely home. Of Little Brother & Little Sister, Fred Gettings claims, “it would be possible to select any single colour picture in order to demonstrate Rackham’s art at its finest”. LITERATURE: Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales by The Brothers Grimm. (Constable, 1917) p.180.
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ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR FOR LITTLE BROTHER & LITTLE SISTER 21. RACKHAM, Arthur; [GRIMM Brothers] “THE END OF HIS BEARD WAS CAUGHT IN A CRACK IN A TREE” An Original Watercolour from “Snow-White and Rose-Red” 1917. An original pen, ink and watercolour painting published in “Little Brother, Little Sister” in 1917. Signed in the lower left hand corner. 21cm x 18cm. Mounted, framed and glazed. In fine condition. [39216] £29,500 Rackham at the height of his creative powers, depicting Snow White and Rose Red, one of the best loved of Grimm’s Fairy Tales. The image combines all of Rackham’s most characteristic elements: a bad-tempered dwarf in pursuit of gold, sinuous trees and two maidens coming to his aid. LITERATURE: Little Brother & Little Sister and Other Tales by The Brothers Grimm (Constable, 1917) p.12.
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22. RACKHAM, Arthur ENGLISH FAIRY TALES Retold by F.A. Steel Macmillan, 1918. First edition illustrated by Rackham, deluxe large paper issue. Large 4to. Number 444 of 500 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. Bound in original full white vellum with gilt lettering and vignettes. Top edge gilt. Endpapers illustrated with line drawings printed in green. Sixteen colour plates mounted onto white paper, each protected by a tissue guard with printed caption and 41 black and white drawings in the text. A near fine copy. [41773] £3,000 Stories include: St. George of Merrie England; The Story of the Three Bears; Jack the Giant-Killer; Jack and the Beanstalk; Dick Whittington and The Three Little Pigs. Due to its size and low limitation, this is one of the more difficult Rackham limited editions to find.
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23. RACKHAM, Arthur SOME BRITISH BALLADS Constable, [1919]. First edition. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt titles and vignettes. Pictori- al endpapers show a knight on his charger drawn in silhouette. The sixteen colour plates are mounted under plain tissue guards (one plate with a light crease) and there are numerous black and white drawings in the text. A very good copy indeed. [45389] £225 A charming collection of old ballads and stories from around England and Scotland.
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24. RACKHAM, Arthur CINDERELLA Retold by C.S. Evans William Heinemann, 1919. First edition illustrated by Rackham. 4to. Pictorial boards with silhouette style illustration in the original dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. Tipped in colour frontis, three double page silhou- ette drawings in colour and silhouette illustrations by Rackham throughout A very good copy indeed, bright and clean, with just a short closed tear to the lower edge of the frontispiece mount. In a dustwrapper, which is in nearly very good condition, clean, but somewhat worn at the spine ends. [45753] £300
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EDITION DE LUXE IN DUSTWRAPPER 25. RACKHAM, Arthur; STEPHENS, James IRISH FAIRY TALES Macmillan, 1920. First Rackham edition. Edition de Luxe. One of only 520 copies signed by Arthur Rackham. Large 4to. Original quarter parch- ment over boards, spine titled in gilt and gilt vignette to upper cover in the origional printed dustwrapper. Sixteen colour plates are mounted onto tan art paper and set within a border, under captioned tissue guards. There are also various chapter headings in black and white. An exceptional copy. A book which rarely survives in clean condition, this copy is extremely bright, with just light bumps to corners and offsetting to the endpapers from the original dustwrapper. The exceedingly rare dustwrapper has some chips and tears, but remains clean and attractive, with the printed price of £3/3- intact. [33579] £4,500 The Bookman, 1920, describes these tales as “for the child whose par- ents worship Ireland, for those with adoration for her legends.”
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26. RACKHAM, Arthur; MILTON, John COMUS Heinemann, [1921]. First edition illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 4to. Green cloth with gilt lettering and vignettes in the original pictorial dust- wrapper. Pale blue endpapers with illustrations in white silhou- ette, 24 tipped in colour plates under captioned tissue guards, plus lots of black and white drawings. The dustwrapper is fully illustrated with a wraparound colour scene. A fine copy, just a little spotting to page edges, gilt uncommonly bright, in a near fine dustwrapper, which is clean, compete and very attractive, with just a little rubbing to the spine ends. [40820] £850 The dustwrapper artwork for this book does not appear anywhere else.
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27. RACKHAM, Arthur; PHILLPOTTS, Eden A DISH OF APPLES Hodder and Stoughton, [1921].
First edition. Edition de luxe, one of 500 copies. Signed by both Rackham and Phillpotts. 4to. White buckram stamped with gilt design. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers designed by Rackham. This volume has three really beautiful tipped in colour plates and lots of line drawings. A fine copy. [44747] £750
28. RACKHAM, Arthur; PHILLPOTTS, Eden A DISH OF APPLES Hodder and Stoughton, [1921].
First edition. 8vo. Pictorial cloth and endpapers designed by Rackham, in the original pictorial dustwrapper. Three really beautiful tipped in colour plates and lots of line drawings. A fine book in a good only dustwrapper, which is repaired along the front joint and with a large chip to the upper panel. [45346] £175 Arthur Rackham listed these illustrations amongst his own favourites. The artwork for the dustwrapper of this book does not appear elsewhere, so is a valuable addition to the book.
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29. RACKHAM, Arthur; SHAKESPEARE, William THE TEMPEST Heinemann, 1926.
First edition with Rackham illustrations. Large 4to. Deluxe issue, limited to 520 copies, of which this is number 266. Signed by Rackham. Later brown morocco with gilt vignette and titles to spine and upper cover. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Twen- ty-one tipped in colour plates, one of which does not appear in the trade edition, and occasional line drawings. [44721] £2,250
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PUBLISHER’S DELUXE INLAID LEATHER BINDING 30. RACKHAM, Arthur; GOLDSMITH, Oliver THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD Harrap, 1929. First edition illustrated by Rackham. In the publisher’s special deluxe binding of full olive Persian morocco, stamped in gilt and inlaid with coloured morocco depicting the plate “An Epitaph for my Wife”. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Twelve colour plates and 22 line drawings in the text. A very good copy indeed. [31883] £500 31. RACKHAM, Arthur; GOLDSMITH, Oliver THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD Harrap, 1929. First edition illustrated by Rackham. 4to. Blue-grey cloth with lettering and vignettes in gilt. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Twelve colour plates with captions printed below, and many line drawings in the text. A near fine copy, gilt very bright, with ownership inscription to half title. [45341] £125
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PRESENTATION COPY WITH ORIGINAL DRAWING 32. RACKHAM, Arthur THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD by Oliver Goldsmith George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929. First edition illustrated by Rackham. 4to. Blue/ grey cloth with lettering and vignettes in gilt. Top edge gilt. Original sketch to the verso of the half title, covering half the page and showing the eponymous vicar selling his horse. Inscribed to Rackham’s brother and sister in law “To Robert + Awdry / from / Edyth + Arthur Rackham / Christmas 1929”. Pictorial silhouette end- papers. Twelve colour plates and many line drawings in the text. A fine copy with a witty sketch. [32086] £2,250 Every year the Rackhams presented a copy of Arthur Rackham’s latest gift book to members of Edyth Rackham’s large family.
PROVENANCE: Christmas gift to Robert and Awdry Starkie from Arthur Rackham and his wife. Arthur Rackham married Edyth Starkie in 1903 and each Christmas Arthur sent his latest book to her family.
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SPECIALLY BOUND COPY WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR
33. RACKHAM, Arthur THE COMPLEAT ANGLER by Izaak Walton Or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. being a dis- course of rivers, fishponds, fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers. With an introduction by Henry William- son. Harrap, 1931. First edition. 4to. Special edition, number two of approximate- ly 10 copies specially bound with an original watercolour by Rackham. Finely bound for the publisher in full crimson levant morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, with raised bands to the spine and Rackham designed piscatorial vignettes to spine com- partments and the corners of each cover. Marbled endpapers, top edge gilt others uncut. Signed by Rackham on the limitation page and opposite is a fine original drawing in ink, watercolour and wash, depicting Walton sitting down in an inn, about to be served his fish supper by a barmaid. Twelve colour plates under captioned tissue guards and numerous black and white draw- ings. A fine copy, bright and crisp with the binding exceptionally well preserved. [40329] £22,500 This book is one of nine or ten copies of an extra special edition, which is finely bound and contains a unique original watercolour. Copies of Rackham’s books with original watercolours rarely come onto the mar- ket nowadays.
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34. RACKHAM, Arthur; WALTON, Izaac THE COMPLEAT ANGLER Or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. being a dis- course of rivers, fishponds, fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers Harrap, 1931. First edition illustrated by Rackham. Original blue cloth with gilt titles and vignette in original pictorial dustwrapper. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers with Rackham designs in silhouette. Twelve colour plates under captioned tissue guards and numer- ous black and white drawings. A near fine copy with a hint of toning to the spine, in a good dustwrapper with a few closed tears and some fading to the spine. Internally clean with bright plates. [45321] £300
35. RACKHAM, Arthur; WALTON, Izaak “GET SECRETLY BEHIND THE TREE” An Original Watercolour from The Com- pleat Angler 1931. Original pen, ink and watercolour painting on board. Signed and dated by the artist in the lower right hand corner. Original Leicester Galleries exhibition notice to the rear. 24.5cm x 17.4cm. Very good condition indeed. [39209] £15,000 An iconic angling image from Walton’s Compleat Angler. “I am glad to enter you into the art of fishing by catching a chub, for there is no fish better to enter a young angler... Go to the same hole in which I caught my chub, where in most hot days you will find a dozen or twenty ch- evens floating near the top of the water; get two or three grasshoppers as you go over the meadow, and get secretly behind the tree...” (p. 69) LITERATURE: The Compleat Angler (Harrap, 1931), plate at p.68.
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36. RACKHAM, Arthur; POE, Edgar Allen POE’S TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION Harrap, 1935. First Rackham edition, in variant publisher’s binding. 4to. Full blue mock leather with gilt lettering and vignettes. Stunning black and white illustrated endpapers, as well as 12 colour plates and 17 line drawings. A near fine copy, with few small spots to the page edges, but remaining bright. [46101] £400 A most striking book. Rackham has a real affinity with Poe’s tales, not- ing that whilst working on this book the illustrations, “were so horrible I was beginning to frighten myself.”
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37 . RACKHAM, Arthur COSTUME THROUGH THE AGES A Series of Six Beautiful Water-Colour Drawings Maggs Bros. Ltd., [1938]. First edition. A pamphlet style publication. Printed paper wrappers. Six black and white illustrations by Arthur Rackham, including a folding frontispiece. A very good copy indeed of this rare and ephemeral item, generally clean, bright and attractive. [33775] £250 A catalogue, printed in black and white, of 6 water colours Rackham produced to illustrate “Peeps into the Past” which was never published.
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INSCRIBED WITH AN ORIGINAL DRAWING 38. RACKHAM, Arthur; RUSKIN, John. THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER Harrap, 1932.
First edition. 8vo. Inscribed by Arthur Rackham with an original drawing of South-West Wind, Esquire, one of the principal characters in the story, “To Robert Hardy / from Edyth + Arthur Rackham / Xmas 1932.” Original pictorial card wrappers deco- rated in red, orange and green, in the original matching dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontispiece with three further colour plates, in addition to numerous line drawings throughout the text. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper. [43950] £1,750 South-West Wind, Esquire is a mischievous, magical character who visits the Black Brothers at the onset of the story, and marks the beginning of their misfortune.
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39. RACKHAM, Arthur; Grahame, Kenneth THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS By Kenneth Grahame New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1940. First edition illustrated by Rackham. Large 4to. Number 1411 of 2,020 copies, signed by Bruce Rogers, the book’s designer. Cream cloth spine with gilt lettering, paper covered boards with patterned design, preserved in publisher’s glassine and green card slipcase. Top edge gilt. Publisher’s pamphlet explaining the context of the book’s publication loosely inserted. Sixteen colour illustrations by Rackham. Introduction by A. A. Milne. A fine copy, two tiny closed tears to the bottom of page 120, in a chipped glassine and a very good slipcase. [45616] £1,750 This was Rackham’s last project and he worked on the watercolours through illness and up to his death. It is the only one of his major works to be first published posthumously. This edition of the book is the only one to include all sixteen colour illustrations, as the first trade and the English edition (published some eleven years later) features only twelve colour illustrations. Grahame initially wanted Arthur Rackham to illustrate The Wind In The Willows, but Rackham declined. Around thirty years later, Elspeth Grahame invited Rackham for a walk along the Thames to view the many places and sights which inspired the stories lovingly created by her now deceased husband (d. 1932). He finally accepted and, amid the outbreak of WWII and personal illness, prepared a series of sixteen illustrations and several line drawings for the tale. This was his last project. Upon completion, the dying artist is said to have sunk into his pillow and said: “Thank goodness, that is the last one” (Hares-Stryker). His drawings were published posthumously in this limited first edition.
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40. GRAHAME, Kenneth; RACKHAM, Arthur THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Methuen, 1950. First UK edition illustrated by Rackham. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Introduction by A.A. Milne. Twelve co- lour plates and fifteen illustrations in line. A fine copy with small marks to endpapers, in a near fine pictorial dustwrapper with just trivial wear to spine ends but an unusually fresh copy. [44467] £950 Arthur Rackham’s illustrations of trees have always been amongst his most striking and memorable, the ones he draws here for the Thames- side tale are no different.
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