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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows.London : 1951
Deluxe edition, number 86 of 500 copies. This is the one-hundredth edition of Grahame's timeless classic, which was originally published in 1908, with just a frontispiece, by Graham Robertson. Rackham's illustrations for the text first appeared in the Limited Editions Club edition of 1940, and it was the last work he illustrated. "During his last illness... Learn More£2,950.00Stock Code: 122630
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows.London : 1951
Deluxe edition, one of 500 copies. This the one-hundredth edition of Grahame's timeless classic, which was originally published in 1908, with just a frontispiece, by Graham Robertson. Rackham's illustrations for the text first appeared in the Limited Editions Club edition of 1940, and it was the last work he illustrated. "During his last illness Rackham... Learn More£2,250.00Stock Code: 69790
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows.London : 1951
Deluxe edition, number 305 of 500 copies. This is the one-hundredth edition of Grahame's timeless classic, which was originally published in 1908, with just a frontispiece, by Graham Robertson. Rackham's illustrations for the text first appeared in the Limited Editions Club edition of 1940, and it was the last work he illustrated. "During his last illness... Learn More£4,250.00Stock Code: 107331
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![[Original Rackham-illustrated vellum binding:] The Open Road.](https://d3dzzbbvj9im7s.cloudfront.net/media/catalog/product/cache/ae0834d12b7cf129fc73bcc000ea526a/1/1/117312_1.jpg)
RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); [Original Rackham-illustrated vellum binding:] The Open Road.London : 1910
This fine example of Rackham's work is a test piece by the artist, practicing his technique for drawing directly onto vellum, possibly in preparation for a private commission. The illustration features two unconnected design elements - vignettes drawn in black and coloured inks, each signed by Rackham with his initials, and very much in the style he... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 117312
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); [A complete set of The Haddon Hall Library.]London : 1899-1903
Deluxe limited edition of this series regarding sports and other country pursuits. This set number 103 of 150 numbered copies; Our Garden signed by the author S. Reynolds Hole. Presentation set inscribed (in Wildlife) by politician and author Duff Cooper (1890-1954) to Philip Grantham Yorke, 9th Earl of Hardwicke (1906-1971), with his bookplate to front... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 102056
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RACKHAM, Arthur. Original watercolour From Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler. "A Gang of Gypsies".1931
An original illustration by Rackham for his edition of Walton's Compleat Angler (1931). The illustration appears opposite page 116 in the published work. Learn More£15,000.00Stock Code: 59414
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RACKHAM, Arthur. Original watercolour From Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler.London, : 1931
An original illustration by Arthur Rackham for his edition of Walton's Compleat Angler (1931), showing Venator and Piscator. The illustration appears opposite page 122 in the published work, with the caption title "Come, now bait your hook again, and lay it into the water, for it rains again". Learn More£18,000.00Stock Code: 59413
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); GRIMM, [Jacob & Wilhelm]. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm.New York : 1909
Deluxe American Edition. Limited to 50 copies. Signed by Arthur Rackham on the verso of the half-title. This is a revised edition of the work originally published in 1900 with some new illustrations and others redrawn and coloured. Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 86981
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); FORD, Julia Ellsworth. Imagina.New York : 1914
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to her son on the half-title, "To my son Hobart Ford, with love from his mother. Julia Ellsworth Ford. 1914". Ford has later inscribed the book on p. i beneath the list of her published works with details of her 1919 book, Snickerty Nick, which Rackham also illustrated. Learn More£250.00Stock Code: 111457
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol.London : 1915
Signed limited edition, number 448 of 500 copies signed by the artist for sale in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies, with an additional 25 copies reserved for presentation. This was the first of Dickens's works to be illustrated by Rackham. Learn More£5,000.00Stock Code: 125707
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); [STOPES, Marie.] FAY, Erica. A Road to Fairyland.London and New York : 1926
First edition, first impression, featuring a lovely Arthur Rackham frontispiece, and scarce in the jacket. Dr Marie Stopes (1880-1958), here going under the pseudonym Erica Fay, though best known today for her contributions to palaeontology, her pioneering work on birth control, and her manual Married Love, was also a prolific writer of novels, poems... Learn More£400.00Stock Code: 113783
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); BURNEY, Frances. Evelina,London : 1898
First Rackham edition. Burney's celebrated epistolary novel was first published in 1778 and quickly achieved considerable popularity. This work is a relatively early example of Rackham's work, which at this time "tended to take on the appearance of woodcuts, with the main features being drawn in thick pen and brush. From 1905 to 1910, as printing techniques... Learn More£75.00Stock Code: 141404
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RACKHAM, Arthur. Original watercolour for A Midsummer Night's Dream ("-down topples she").1908
An original watercolour by Rackham for the 1908 edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream, signed and dated by the artist at the upper right-hand corner, with his caption outside the margin on the bottom left. The illustration, captioned "-down topples she", depicts a section of Act II, Scene 1, in which Puck recounts a trick he plays on human-folk, disguising... Learn More£15,000.00Stock Code: 130494
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); FORT, Paul. Le Livre des ballades.Paris : 1921
First and limited edition in French of Some British Ballads (1919), number 633 of 1,300 copies; there are additional black and white vignettes by Rackham included in this edition. The French symbolist poet Paul Fort translated the original work and added "some completely different ballads" (Riall), drawing on what would become his monumental 40-volume... Learn More£950.00Stock Code: 113321
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); Princess Mary's Gift Book.London : 1914
First trade edition, first impression. This work contains a collection of children's stories by the leading authors of the day, such as J. M. Barrie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling, along with illustrations from well-known artists such as Arthur Rackham. Learn More£150.00Stock Code: 113119
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IBSEN, Henrik. Peer Gynt.Philadelphia : [1936]
Interesting and uncommon publisher's or salesman's sample or blad (book - or basic - layout and design), used as a form of pre-publication sales material for forthcoming books, in this case the American edition of Peer Gynt published by Lippincott. These would give the prospective buyer an idea of the style of binding, endpapers used, the type of illustration... Learn More£375.00Stock Code: 113160
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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); [STOPES, Marie.] FAY, Erica. A Road to Fairyland.London and New York : 1926
First edition, first impression. Dr Marie Stopes (1880-1958), best known today for her contributions to palaeontology, her pioneering work on birth control, and her manual Married Love, was also a prolific writer of novels, poems and fairy stories. Learn More£400.00Stock Code: 113208
