Illustrated (all items)
First editions and rare illustrated books where the primary appeal is the illustrations, including early printed books with woodcut engravings, colour plate and aquatint, photographically illustrated books, and deluxe illustrated gift books by Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Harry Clarke, and others.
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(RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J. M.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. 1906
£900
First Rackham edition.
Quarto. Original russet brown cloth, titles to spine gilt, decorative block to front board gilt, grey endpapers with map to front free endpaper. Frontispiece and 49... 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.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. 1906
£1,500
First Rackham edition.
Quarto. 20th-century full red morocco by Bayntun, titles and decoration to spine gilt, twin rule to boards gilt, pictorial block to front board gilt, inner dentelles... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J. M.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. 1906
£1,750
First Rackham edition, first impression. Inscribed on the dedication leaf, "To Andrew from Nico (the youngest of the above boys), December 1977". The inscriber Nicholas...
Quarto. Recent brown morocco by the Chelsea Bindery, spine gilt in compartments, titles, single line ruling, and and pictorial design to upper board gilt, marbled... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J. M.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. 1906
£1,750
First edition, first impression.
Octavo. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in terracotta morocco, double green morocco title labels, decoration to spine, pictorial title block to front board, roll... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J. M.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. 1906
£2,500
First US Rackham edition, first impression. The first Rackham edition was originally published in the UK in the same year. A lovely copy in the rare dust jacket.
Quarto. Original green cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and upper board gilt, brown endpapers, grey edges. With the dust jacket. Tipped-in colour... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J. M.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. 1906
£1,750
First Rackham edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original red cloth, titles to spine and titles and pictorial decoration to upper board gilt, brown endpapers, map to front free endpaper. Housed in a blue... 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
(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
(RACKHAM, Arthur) BARRIE, J. M.
The Peter Pan Portfolio. 1914
£3,750
First US edition, first impression. One of a limited edition of 300 numbered copies. Originally published in the UK in the same year.
Folio. Original brown and yellow cloth, titles to spine and upper board in yellow, silk ribbon binding, brown endpapers. 12 tipped-in colour plates with printed tissue... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) [BARHAM, Richard Harris]
The Ingoldsby Legends 1907
£350
First Rackham Edition.
Octavo. Recent full green morocco, titles and decoration to spine gilt, roll to boards gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Original cloth spine and front board... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur) ANDERSON, Hans.
Fairy Tales. 1932
£1,250
First Rackham trade edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original red cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and upper board gilt, pink and white pictorial endpapers. With the dust jacket. Colour... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Book of Pictures. 1913
£2,500
Signed limited edition, one of 1030 copies signed by Rackham.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in royal blue morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial title block to front... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Book of Pictures. 1913
£2,500
Signed limited edition, one of 1030 copies signed by Rackham.
Quarto. Finely bound by The Chelsea Bindery in dark green morocco, titles and decoration to spine, raised bands, single rule to boards, pictorial title block to front... 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)
Little Brother & Little Sister. 1917
£475
First trade edition, first impression.
Quarto. Original green cloth, titles and pictorial designs to spine and upper board gilt, pictorial endpapers. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and 11 plates on olive... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Mother Goose. 1913.
£2,500
First Rackham Edition, limited to 1130 copies signed by Rackham, of which this is no. 187.
Quarto. Finely bound in recent red half morocco, with gilt title and decoration to spine, raised bands, red cloth boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. With 13... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes. 1913
£475
First US edition, first impression. Originally published in London in the same year.
Quarto. Original black cloth, titles to spine gilt, colour pictorial title block to upper board. Colour frontispiece, title page and 11 plates, engravings throughout.... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Mother Goose. The Old Nursery Rhymes. [1913]
£500
First edition, first impression.
Tall quarto. Original grey cloth decorated in red, blue, and green, green top-stain. Colour frontispiece and 12 plates with printed tissue guards, line drawings... 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
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. [1912]
£1,250
First impression, first issue of the second and best edition. The Rackham Peter Pan was originally published in 1906, in a smaller format with the plates bound all together at the...
Quarto. Original green cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and upper board gilt. With the dust jacket. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and 49 plates with... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. 1906
£1,650
First Rackham edition, first impression.
Quarto (240 × 180 mm). Late twentieth-century red morocco by Bayntun, spines gilt in compartments, double-line ruling and pictorial design to boards gilt, marbled... 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)
Some British Ballads. [1919]
£350
First trade edition, first impression. Originally published as a limited edition in the same year.
Quarto. Original blue cloth, titles and pictorial decoration to spine and upper board gilt, pictorial endpapers, blue top-stain. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and 15... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Some British Ballads. [1919]
£1,250
Limited Edition of 575 copies signed by Rackham.
Quarto. Finely bound by Bayntun Riviere in dark blue morocco, titles and elaborate decoration to spine, raised bands, rules to boards with floral corner-pieces, inner... Read more
