Peer Gynt (Signed limited edition)
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); Henrik Ibsen
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1936. Deluxe Edition. Near Fine. Number 38 of 460 copies signed and numbered by Rackham on the limitation page. A near fine copy with all 12 color plates. Bound in vellum with gilt pictorial stamping and title and illustrative endpapers. Top of text block gilt, all other edges uncut. Tag for... Read More
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The Vicar of Wakefield
by [Rackham, Arthur] Goldsmith, Oliver
London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1929. First trade edition in the publisher's special deluxe binding. Quarto (256 x 186 mm). Collating 231, [1]. Publisher's full olive Persian morocco, gilt stamped with multi colored morocco onlays, reproducing the color frontispiece "An Epitaph for my Wife." Gilt lettered spine. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Twelve full page color plates,... Read More
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Peer Gynt (Signed limited edition)
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); Henrik Ibsen
London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1936. First thus. Fine. Edition deluxe, number 286 of 460 copies signed by the artist. A Fine copy. Quarto. Twelve color plates with captioned tissue guards and numerous black and white text drawings as head and tailpieces, and devices. Publisher's vellum boards gilt lettered and ornamented, with gilt vignette. Top edge gilt,... Read More
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Poor Cecco
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); Margery Williams Bianco
New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. First edition. Near Fine. Deluxe large paper issue, one of 105 numbered copies (this one out-of-series and unsigned). A nearly Fine copy. Quarto (11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches; 292 x 216 mm.). 175 pp. Seven full-page illustrations in color, mounted on white paper, and twenty-four drawings in black and white.... Read More
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The Allies' Fairy Book (Signed limited edition)
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator)
London: William Heinemann, 1916. First edition. Near Fine. Edition deluxe, number 146 of 525 numbered copies signed by the artist. Quarto (9 11/16 x 7 3/8 inches; 246 x 187 mm.). xxii, 121, [1], [4, blank] pp. Twelve color plates mounted on heavy brown paper, with descriptive tissue guards printed in red, and twenty-four drawings in black and... Read More
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The Ingoldsby Legends
by [Rackham, Arthur] Ingoldsby, Thomas [Richard Harris Barham]
London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1907. Second (and best) trade edition. Large quarto. Original green cloth stamped in gilt. Pictorial endpapers. Mild wear, spine mildly sunned, but still an excellent copy in a later tan pictorial dust jacket printed in black. Twenty-four color plates tipped-in on brown stock with captioned tissue guards, twelve tinted plates, and sixty-six drawings in... Read More
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Undine (Signed limited edition). William Heinemann
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); De La Motte Fouque; W.L Courtney (translator)
London & New York: William Heinemann/Doubleday, 1909. Deluxe edition. Near Fine. Number 893 of 1000 copies, signed and numbered by Rackham. With 15 color plates on heavy brown paper, and black and white illustrations throughout, retaining half-title. Rebound in red calf with decorated spine compartments and gilt title on blue leather, red marbled endpapers. Top-edge of text block... Read More
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Signed limited edition)
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); Robert Browning
London: George G. Harrap & Co, 1934. First thus. Fine/Near Fine. Edition deluxe, number 45 of 410 copies, signed by Arthur Rackham. A Fine copy in nearly Fine dust jacket. Octavo (9 1/8 x 6 inches; 232 x 152 mm.). 44, [1], [3, blank] pp. Four color plates and fourteen drawings in black and white (including one double-page).... Read More
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Rip Van Winkle (Signed limited edition)
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); Washington Irving
London: William Heinemann, 1905. Deluxe edition. Near Fine. Number 163 of 250 copies signed by the artist on the limitation page. 50 color plates on heavy brown paper with lettered tissue-guards at end, with one facing title page. Bound in vellum with gilt title on spine and title and image of the title character on front cover, replaced... Read More
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The Peter Pan Portfolio (Signed limited edition)
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator)
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. First edition. Very Good. One of 500 copies signed by the publisher and printer on the limitation page. A Very Good copy, internally very clean and complete. Measuring 22 x 20 inches and collating complete with all twelve plates and textual tissue guards. Plates mounted on Chippendale boards hand-finished with gold frames. Bound... Read More
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Princess Mary's Gift Book
by [Rackham, Arthur, Edmund Dulac, E.J. Detmold, William Russell Flint, et al., illustrators]
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1914. First edition. Finely bound ca. 1914 by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (stamp-signed on rear turn-in) in full dark blue morocco, covers decoratively paneled in gilt with inlaid red morocco floral corner-pieces and in the center in gilt, the Royal stamp of Princess Mary. Spine with five raised bands, paneled and lettered in gilt in compartments,... Read More
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Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem by Henrik Ibsen
by [Rackham, Arthur] Ibsen, Henrik
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co, 1936. Publisher's salesperson's sample copy (preceding the first edition). Large octavo (9 13/16 x 7 7/16 inches; 249 x 189 mm.). Complete. Original printed color pictorial dust jacket (with "Harrap" on the spine) with a neatly repaired tear on front near spine. Original gilt decorated brown cloth. Original pictorial endpapers. Title-page printed in green and... Read More
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The King of the Golden River (Signed limited edition)
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); John Ruskin
London: George Harrap & Co, 1932. Limited edition. Near Fine. Number 521 of 575 copies signed by Arthur Rackham. A Near Fine, partially uncut copy. Octavo (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 222 x 146 mm.). 47, [1] pp. Four color plates and fifteen drawings in black and white. Original limp vellum. Pictorial endpapers in green and white.... Read More
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The Lay of St. Aloys" or Witches and Warlocks, Ghosts, Goblins and Ghouls (Original artwork)
by Rackham, Arthur (artist)
London, 1907. Fine. A pen ink and watercolor, 9 x 6 inches; 228 x 15 mm. Signed in the lower right-hand corner “A. Rackham”. Matted, framed and glazed. This original drawing by the beloved illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867–1939) depicts witches, ghouls, and goblins, along with other creepy characters set before a mountainous background. First published as a... Read More
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The Grey Lady
by [Rackham, Arthur] Merriman, Henry Seton
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1897. First Thus. First edition with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Publisher's lavender-gray cloth, front cover with small blind-stamped device, lettered in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, dark gray-blue coated end-papers. Octavo 7 9/16 x 5 1/8 inches; 193 x 130 mm.). Collating viii, 342, [2, advertisements]. Twelve half-tone plates (including frontispiece). A near fine... Read More
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The Paradise of Children (Original artwork)
by Rackham, Arthur (artist)
London, 1922. Fine. Original pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing for the tinted line drawing illustrating “The Paradise of Children” (“Pandora’s Box”) in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s A Wonder Book (London: [n.d., 1922]). Signed and dated at lower right. Image size: 15 x 11 inches (381 x 279 mm.). Matted, framed, and glazed. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s A Wonder Book was a frame... Read More
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Peer Gynt
by [Rackham, Arthur] Ibsen, Henrik
London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd, 1936. First edition thus, Publishers Special Morocco Binding. Quarto (9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in; 248 x 183 mm). Collating 255, [1]. Publisher's full dark green morocco with gilt fillets and gilt-stamped design and lettering. Top edge gilt, others trimmed. Early ink signature on verso of front endpaper. Twelve color plates with... Read More
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The King of the Golden River (Signed Limited)
by [Rackham, Arthur] John Ruskin
London: George Harrap, 1932. First Thus. Limited to 570 copies signed by the illustrator, of which this is 522. Housed in the original slipcase with paper label to spine, and retaining the scarce glassine jacket, which is Near Fine on account of some chipping to bottom edges and offsetting to spine. Book in original vellum with gilt to exterior... Read More
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Cats at Play
by Rackham, Arthur. Louis Wain, Mary Gladwin (illustrators)
London: John F. Shaw, 1904. First edition. Publisher's quarter decorated cloth over full-color glazed pictorial boards, corners a little worn.Small quarto (9 5/8 x 7 1/8 in; 245 x 180 mm). A few illustrations hand-colored by a child. Closed tear to bottom edge of page. 17. Early ink presentation dated "Christmas 1905" on front paste-down. Illustrated throughout in black... Read More
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Comus (Signed limited edition)
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); John Milton
London & New York: William Heinemann & Doubleday Page & Co, 1921. Deluxe edition. Near Fine. Number 312 of 550, signed and numbered by Rackham on the limitation page. Near Fine and retaining all 24 mounted color plates on brown paper with multiple black and white illustrations throughout. Sympathetically rebound maintaining original pictorial endpapers, some offsetting to front... Read More
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Sleeping Beauty (Signed limited edition)
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); C.S. Evans
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co, 1920. First American edition. Very Good +. First American edition, limited to 625 copies. Large Quarto (11 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches; 289 x 226 mm.). 110, [1, imprint], [1, blank] pp. With an additional color silhouette drawing not found in the trade edition. Color frontispiece mounted on white paper with decorative border, three... Read More
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Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures (Signed limited edition)
by Rackham, Arthur
London: William Heinemann, 1913. First edition. Very Good +. Edition deluxe, number 165 of 1,130 numbered copies, signed by the artist. A Very Good + copy. Large quarto (11 1/2 x 9 inches; 292 x 232 mm). 43, [1] pp. Forty-four color plates (including frontispiece) mounted on tan paper, with descriptive tissue guards, and ten drawings in black... Read More
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The Zankiwank & the Bletherwitch
by Rackham, Arthur (illustrator); S.J. Adair Fitzgerald
London: J.M. Dent & Co, 1896. First edition. Very Good +. A Very Good+ copy. Small octavo (7 5/8 x 5 1/2 in; 193 x 140 mm). xii, 188 pp. Seventeen full-page and twenty-four black and white text illustrations. Original dark green cloth pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Slight wear at the... Read More
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Ariel, Iris, Ceres & Juno (Original artwork)
by Rackham, Arthur (artist)
London, 1926. Original pen-and-ink and watercolor drawing, signed "Arthur Rackham" on lower right-hand corner. Image and board size: 15 1/8 x 10 7/8 inches; 384 x 276 mm. Matted, framed and glazed, frame size: 25 3/4 x 20 3/4 inches; 654 x 526 mm. This ethereal watercolor was created for the title-page of Rackham’s illustrated edition of Shakespeare's... Read More
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Le Printemps Sur La Neige et d'Autres Contes du Bon Vieux Temps
by [Rackham, Arthur] Guyot, Ch
Paris: L'Edition D'Art, H. Piazza, 1922. Limited to three hundred copies with an extra suite of color plates, out of a total edition of 1300, this being copy no. 142. Tall quarto (11 5/8 x 9 inches; 296 x 228 mm.). Collating 103, [5]. Bound ca. 1922 in three-quarter brown morocco over marbled boards ruled in blind... Read More
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