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GOULD, John.
The Birds of Great Britain. [1862-]1873
£85,000
First edition. A fine copy of the work of which Gould was most proud, here with a first issue of the Snowy Owl plate. This work is "the most sumptuous and costly of British bird...
5 volumes, folio (580 × 350 mm). Finely bound by Tuckett (binder to the Queen) in contemporary full green morocco, spines elaborately gilt in compartments, raised... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J. M.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. (From 'The Little White Bird'). 1906
£50,000
First edition, out-of-series from the deluxe signed limited edition of 500 copies, a special copy for presentation from the artist to the author, with an original watercolour drawing...
Quarto. Bound for presentation in original vellum, titles and decoration to front cover and spine gilt, original yellow silk ties, map to front endpaper, top edge... Read more
[NIELSEN, Kay]
East of the Sun and West of the Moon. [1914]
£25,000
First Edition Limited Issue. One of 500 copies, of which this is number 127, signed by Kay Nielsen on the limitation page. Nielsen's masterpiece, of great scarcity in this condition.
Quarto, pp. 206 + [ii]. Original full vellum, decoration and titles to spine gilt, decoration to boards gilt with bright blue trim, yellow silk ties. Housed in a... Read more
(SANGORSKI, Alberto) TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord.
Illuminated manuscript A Dream of Fair Women. c. 1910]
£22,500
Alberto Sangorski (1862-1932), one of the early twentieth century's most highly regarded illuminators, developed his skills at calligraphy and illumination working with his brother...
Manuscript on vellum (225 × 165 mm), 14 leaves plus 4 blanks, in disciplined calligraphic hand in black and red ink to recto and verso. Contemporary blue-green... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
How Galahad Drew Out the Sword from the Floating Stone at Camelot. 1905
£20,000
Superb original drawing as used in Arthur Rackham's first and subsequent editions of Malory's Morte d'Arthur, The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. The...
Original artwork in pen and ink and watercolour on board, signed lower right in pen by Arthur Rackham. Approx. image size 28 x 20 inches. Framed. Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) WALTON, Izaak.
The Compleat Angler, [1931]
£19,500
Signed Limited Edition, Special Issue. The book is signed on the limitation page by Rackham and opposite is an humorous original ink and watercolour image, signed in full by the...
Quarto. Beautifully bound for the publishers to Rackham's design by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red morocco, covers elaborately panelled gilt with fish design in... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) IBSEN, Henrik.
Peer Gynt. A Dramatic Poem. 1936
£19,500
Signed Limited Edition. Special Copy. Number 9 of a special deluxe edition of ten copies containing an original watercolour by Rackham. One of the charming aspects of the watercolour...
Quarto. Bound for the publishers by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full green morocco, with raised bands and vignettes of Rackhamesque goblins in gilt. The watercolour... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) ROSSETTI, Christina.
Goblin Market. 1933
£18,500
Signed limited de-luxe edition, no. 6 of approximately 8 special copies with an original watercolour, this of a goblin offering a selection of fruit, watched by a rat-like creature.
Octavo. Bound for the publishers by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in green morocco, spine lettered and date gilt, gilt rules either side of raised bands, ornamental rolls gilt... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) BROWNING, Robert.
King of the Golden River 1932
£16,500
Signed limited deluxe edition. In an edition of 570 copies, 550 of which were for sale.
Octavo. Bound for the publishers by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, gilt fillet to boards gilt, twin rule to... Read more
[NIELSEN, Kay]
East of the Sun and West of the Moon. [1914]
£12,500
First Edition Limited Issue. One of 500 copies. Signed by Kay Nielsen on the limitation page.
Quarto. Original vellum, decoration and titles to spine gilt, decoration to boards gilt with bright blue trim. With 25 tipped in colour illustrations and many other... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J. M.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. [1912]
£9,500
The best Rackham edition, with additional illustrations. Presentation copy, with signed inscription on the front free endpaper: "To Mr. & Mrs. Spurrier, New Year 1913, with best...
Quarto. Original green cloth, titles and decoration to spine and upper board gilt, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt. Housed in a green cloth solander box. 50... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J. M.
The Peter Pan Portfolio … from "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens" … [1912]
£8,750
First edition, one of 500 copies signed by the publisher and the engraver. The only suite of Rackham's plates to be issued in an oversize portfolio format, with 12 of the artist's...
Elephant folio (19½ × 21½ ins). Original half japon laced at spine with later silk cord to style, green cloth boards, silk ties renewed to style. 12... Read more
(POGANY, Willy) COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor.
The Ancient Mariner. [1910]
£8,750
Signed Limited Edition. No. 23 of 25 copies only printed on Japanese vellum.
Quarto. Bound for the publishers by Morrell in full white vellum, elaborate gilt decorated spine and boards with highlighted colour. With 20 tipped in plates, design... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Original watercolour, "The Dog it was that Died", from The Vicar of Wakefield. [c.1929]
£8,500
Original artwork in ink, pencil and water-colour. Approx. size 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. A fine drawing of an Islington gentlemen looking down on a dead dog. Signed by Arthur Rackham to...
Original artwork in ink, pencil and water-colour. Approx. size 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. A fine drawing of an Islington gentlemen looking down on a dead dog. Signed by... Read more
(DULAC, Edmund) Stevenson Robert Louis.
Treasure Island. 1927
£7,500
First edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 50 numbered copies on handmade paper signed by the illustrator on the limitation leaf.
Quarto. Original vellum, black calf label in gilt to spine. In a quarter aluminium and tan cloth slipcase. Colour frontispiece and 11 plates, engravings throughout. An... Read more
DULAC, Edmund.
Original artwork, "Pew's Death." ca.1927
£7,500
Original artwork in pencil and water-colour. Approx. size 4¾ × 6 inches. A fine drawing of three men on horseback running over Pew. Signed by Edmund Dulac to the lower...
Original artwork in pencil and water-colour. Approx. size 4¾ × 6 inches. A fine drawing of three men on horseback running over Pew. Signed by Edmund Dulac... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) [DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. [1907]
£7,500
Limited edition of 1,130 numbered copies. Rackham was travelling when this book was published, and so it was issued as a limited edition but not signed. However this copy belonged to...
Large quarto. Original white cloth, with title and pictorial decoration to spine and front board gilt, decoration to back board blind, pictorial endpapers, top edge... Read more
PYNE, W. H.
The History of the Royal Residences. 1819
£6,850
First edition of the finest contemporary record of the royal residences in a splendid series of aquatints. This set with the bookplates of Sidney Herbert Lord Elphinstone.
3 volumes, folio (332 × 270 mm). Contemporary red half calf, spines gilt in compartments, marbled sides, yellow edges. 2 colour engraved frontispieces and 98... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) SWINBURNE, Algernon Charles.
The Springtide of Life. 1918
£5,000
First Edition. Edition De Luxe, number 91 of 765 copies, signed by Rackham. Apart from the special binding and the watercolour, this deluxe edition is superior to the trade edition...
Large quarto. This copy bound for presentation by Rackham in full white vellum stamped with gilt with a large original watercolour on the half title. The watercolour... Read more
DULAC, Edmund.
Sindbad the Sailor [1914]
£5,000
Limited edition of 500 copies, this being no. 36, and is signed on the limitation page by Edmund Dulac.
Quarto. Bound in the original publisher's vellum, with title and decoration in gilt to spine and front board, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, with gold ties,... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Preliminary drawing for Grimms' Fairy Tales: "On the opposite side or the lake stood a splendid brightly-lighted Castle". [1900]
£5,000
Taken from the story of "The Twelve Dancing Princesses", the drawing shows the boats containing the twelve princesses and their princes rowing across the lake to the castle where...
Matted and framed. Picture size 166mm x 235mm, framed size 390mm x 480mm. Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) IRVING, Washington.
Rip Van Winkle. 1905
£5,000
Limited edition of 250 numbered copies signed by Arthur Rackham.
Quarto. Original full vellum with gilt titles to front board and spine, plain endpapers, new silk ties, top edge gilt, others uncut. With 51 tipped in colour plates,... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel.
A Wonder Book. [1922]
£4,500
First Rackham edition, signed "With every good wish from Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Rackham, Jan. 1925", above a small drawing initialled and dated "AR 13.1.25."
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in recent full red morocco, titles and box design to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, title and pictorial... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel.
A Wonder Book. [1922]
£3,850
First Rackham Edition Limited Issue. One of 600 numbered copies signed by the artist. The intricate, multicoloured onlay reproduces the plate opposite page 130 where Hercules pursued...
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in full red morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, rule to boards gilt, magnificent onlay to upper... Read more
(NIELSEN, Kay) ANDERSEN, Hans.
Fairy Tales. [1924]
£3,750
Edition de Luxe, limited to 500 numbered copies signed by Nielsen. A selection of classic stories by Hans Andersen which includes the Snow Queen and the Tinder Box beautifully...
Quarto. Original vellum, titles and pictorial block to spine and front board, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a dark brown cloth slipcase. Illustrated with... Read more
