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Arthur Rackham

Male : Artist and book illustrator, esp of fairy-tales. Married Edyth Starkie in 1903
Nationality : English Place of Birth : Sth Lambeth Rd, Lewisham, London

Date of Birth : 1867 Date of Death : 1939 Age : 71

Other Work : Jnr clerk

Education : City of London School & Lambeth School of Art
AESOP : Aesop's Fables (1912 Heinemann) - 1400 signed
Offered for £700 in 1998
(1912 Doubleday Page, NY)
Hans Christian ANDERSEN : Fairy Tales
(1932 Harrap)
(1932 Harrap. Signed Ltd ed 525)

R H BARHAM
The Ingoldsby Legends
(1898 Dent) (1907 Dent)
(1907 Dent Signed Ltd Ed 560)
The Ingoldsby Legend
(1907 Heinemann)

J M BARRIE
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
(1906 H & S) (1906 Scribner)
Offered in 1991 for £260
+ Signed Ltd Ed 500 copies
Offered in 1995 for £2700
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
(H & S 1910 & 1912)
Peter and Wendy
(1912 H & S) - Arthur Rackham. 500 signed by publishers, engravers & printers
Unsigned edition offered for £370 in 1998
The Peter Pan in Portfolio
(1912 H & S) - 500 copies numbered 101-600
The Peter Pan in Portfolio
(1912 H & S) - 20 Signed copies each plate signed
(1915 Brentano's NY - 300 copies)
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
(1930 H & S) - Abridged Ed.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
(1983 Hodder & Stoughton. Facsimile of 1912 Edition) - 500 numbered

Mrs Alfred BERLYN : Sunrise-Land - Rambles in Eastern England
(1894 Jarrolds) - 71 vignette illus
M BIANCO : Poor Cecco
(1925 Chatto & Windus)
(1925 Doran US. Signed Ltd Ed 105 im slipcase) - Offered in 1995 for £4800
Horace BLEACKLEY : More Tales of the Stumps
(1902 Ward Lock)
Alfred E BONSER, Emma S BUCHHEIM, B S WOOLF : The Land of Enchantment
(1907 Cassell)
Maggie BROWNE
The Surprising Adventures of Tuppy and Tue
(1896 Cassell)
Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies & A Tom Cat
(1897 Cassell) (1904 Cassell)
The Book of Betty Barber
(1910 Duckworth)
Robert BROWNING : The Pied Piper of Hamelin
(1934 Harrap)
(1934 Harrap. Signed Ltd ed 410)
Frances BURNEY : Evelina
(1898 Newnes)
Lewis CARROLL : Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(1907 Heinemann)
(1907 Heinemann. Ltd Ed 1130)
F J CHILD : Some British Ballads
(1919 Constable)
Mary CHOLMONDELEY : Red Pottage
(1904 Newnes Sixpenny Novel) - pb
Richard Henry DANA : Two Years Before the Mast
(1904 Collins)
Charles DICKENS : A Christmas Carol
(1915 Heinemann)
(1915 Heinemann. Signed Ltd ed 530)
The Chimes
(1931 Ltd Eds Club, US) - signed Ltd Ed 1500
Major W P DRURY : The Peradventures of Private Pagett
(1904 Chapman & Hall) (1911 C & H)
Evelyn EVERETT-GREEN : Our Great Undertaking
(1906)
Erica FAY : A Road to Fairyland
(1926 Putnams)
S J Adair FITZGERALD : The Zankiwank and the Bletherwitch
(1896 Dent) - 17 full page drawings
Julia Elsworth FORD : Imagina
(1914 Duffield NY) - with Lauren Ford
Freidrich de la Motte FOUQUE : Undine
(1909 Heinemann)
(1909 Heinemann. Signed Ltd Ed 1000)
Hulda FRIEDERICHS : In the Evening of His Days
(1896 Westminster Gazette) - 10 b/w illus
Eleanor GATES : Good Night
(1907 Thomas Y Crowell US)
Oliver GOLDSMITH : The Vicar of Wakefield
(1929 Harrap)
(Ed) Edmund GOSSE : The Allies Fairy Book (1916 Heinemann. Signed Ltd Ed 525)
Signed Edition offered in 1996 for £750
The Allies Fairy Book
(1918 Heinemann)

Kenneth GRAHAME
The Wind in the Willows
(1940 Heritage US)
(1940 Ltd Eds Club, US - 2020 numbered)
The Wind in the Willows
(1950 Methuen)
(1951 Methuen. Ltd Ed in box 500) (1975 Methuen)
Hon Mrs GREENE : The Grey House on the Hill
(1903 Nelson)

GRIMM
Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm
(1900 Freemantle) (1909 Constable)
(1909 Constable - Signed Ltd Ed 750)
Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
(1925 Heinemann)
Little Brother & Little Sister
(1917 Constable)
(1917 Constable. Signed Ltd Ed 525)
Snowdrop & Other Tales
(1920 Constable)
Hansel & Gretel & Other Tales
(1920 Constable)
Myra HAMILTON : Kingdoms Curious
(1905 Heinemann) - et al
Henry HARBOUR : Where Flies the Flag
(1904 Collins)
Nathaniel HAWTHORNE : A Wonder Book
(1922 H & S)
(1922 H & S. Signed Ltd Ed 600)
A L HAYDON : Stories of King Arthur
(1910 Cassell)
Agnes Grozier HERBERTSON : The Bee-Blowaways
(1910 Cassell)
Anthony HOPE : The Dolly Dialogues
(1894 Westminster Gazette) - pb. 4 illus in b/w
Mrs HUNGERFORD : Molly Bawn
(1904 Newnes Sixpenny Novel) - pb
Henrik IBSEN : Peer Gynt
(1936 Harrap)

Washington IRVING
Rip Van Winkle
(1905 Heinemann)
(1905 Heinemann. Signed Ltd ed 250) (1910, 1919)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
(1928 Harrap)
C R KENYON : The Argonauts of the Amazon
(1901 Chambers)
Rudyard KIPLING : Puck of Pooks Hill
(1906 Doubleday Page, US)

Charles & Mary LAMB : Tales from Shakespeare
(1899 Dent) (1909 Dent)
(1909 Dent - signed Ltd ed 750
Lingwood LEMMON : The Illustrated Guide to Wells-Next-to-Sea (1894 Jarrolds) - pb
Charles LEVER : Charles O'Malley
(1897 Service & Paton) (1899 Nisbet)
Thomas MALORY : The Romance of King Arthur
(1917 Macmillan)
(1917 Macmillan. Signed Ltd Ed 500)

Harriet MARTINEAU
Feats on the Fjord
(1899 Dent) (1914 Dent)
Feats on the Fjord and Merdhin
(1910 Dent Everyman Library)
Henry Seton MERRIMAN : The Grey Lady
(1897 Smith Elder) - 12 full page illus
Henry Seton MERRIMAN & S G TALLENTYRE : The Money Spinner & Other Character Notes
(1896 Smith Elder)
John MILTON : Comus
(1921 Heinemann)

Clement C MOORE
The Night Before Christmas - A Visit from St Nicholas
(1931 Harrap)
The Night Before Christmas - A Visit from St Nicholas
(1931 Harrap. Signed Ltd Ed 550)
Christopher MORLEY : Where the Blue Begins
(1925 Heinemann)
(1925 Heinemann. Signed Ltd Ed 175)
(Trans from) Barthold Georg NIEBUHR : The Greek Heroes (1903 Cassell) (1910 Cassell)
Eden PHILLPOTTS : A Dish of Apples
(1921 Hodder & Stoughton)
(1921 H & S. Signed Ltd Ed 500)
Edgar Allan POE : Tales of Mystery and Imagination
(1935 Harrap)

Alfred W POLLARD : The Romance of King Arthur & His Knights of the Round Table
(1917 Macmillan)
(1917 Macmillan : De Luxe Edition 500, signed)
Thomas RHODES : To the Other Side
(1893 Geo Philip) - pb. with Alfred Bryan illus + Rackham
Christina G ROSSETTI : Goblin Market
(1933 Harrap)
(1933 Harrap. Signed Ltd Ed 410)
John RUSKIN : The King of the Golden River
(1932 Harrap)
(1932 Harrap. Signed Ltd ed 750)

William SHAKESPEARE
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1908 Heinemann)
(1908 Heinemann. Signed ed 1000) (1920)
The Tempest
(1926 Heinemann)
A Midsumerr Night's Dream
(1939 Ltd Editions Club)

Mrs M H SPIELMANN
Littledom Castle & Other Tales
(1903 Routledge) (1912 Routledge) - with Greenaway et al
The Rainbow Book
(1909 Chatto & Windus) - et al
Flora A STEEL : English Fairy Tales retold
(1918 Macmillan)
(1918 Macmillan. Signed Ltd ed 500)
James STEPHENS : Irish Fairy Tales
(1920 Macmillan)
(1920 Macmillan. Signed Ltd Ed 520)
Jonathan SWIFT : Gulliver's Travels
(1900 Dent Temple Classics) (1909 Dent)
(1913 Dent - signed Ltd Ed 750)
A C SWINBURNE : The Springtide of Life
(1918 Heinemann)
(1918 Heinemann. Signed Ltd Ed 765)
William J TATE : East Coast Scenery
(1899 Jarrolds)

Richard WAGNER
The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie
(1910 Heinemann)
Signed copy Offered in 2000 for £620
Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods
(1911 Heinemann)
Signed copy Offered in 2000 for £620
The Ring of Nibelung
(1939 Heinemann)
Isaac WALTON : The Compleat Angler
(1931 Harrap)
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Queen Mab's Fairy Realm : Fairy & Folk Tales by Various Authors
(1901 Newnes) - et al
Brains & Bravery : Stories told by Henty, Boothby, etc
(1903 Chambers)
The Land of Enchantment
(1907 Cassell)
Mother Goose : The Old Nursery Rhymes
(1913 Heinemann)
(1913 Heinemann. Signed Ltd ed 1130)
Offered for £930 in 1998
(1952 Heinemann) - 2 vols
Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures
(1913 Heinemann)
Offered in 1991 for £285
(1913 Heinemann. 1030 signed)
Offered for £700 in 1998
(1927 Heinemann)
The Princess's Belt
(1914 Cassell's Children's Annual) - & Harry Rountree et al
Some British Ballads
(1919 Constable)
(1919 Constable. Signed Ltd Dd 575) (1924 Heinemann)
Cinderella
(1919 Heinemann)
(1919 Heinemann. Signed Ltd Ed 525) (1919 Heinemann. Signed Ltd Ed 325)
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
(nd. 1919 Heinemann)
Offered in 1996 for £275
The Sleeping Beauty
(1920 Heinemann)
(1920 Heinemann. Signed Ltd Ed 625)
The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book
(1933 Harrap) (1933 Lippincott)
(1933 Harrap. Signed Ltd Ed 460)
Offered in 1991 for £450

'HADDON HALL LIBRARY'
(all Dent)
1 : 1899 George A B DEWAR - Wild Life in Hampshire Highlands
2 : 1899 S Reynolds HOLE - Our Gardens
3 : 1899 Sir Edward GREY - Fly Fishing
4 : 1900 John NISBET - Our Forests and Woodlands
5 : 1900 J Otho PAGET - Hunting
6 : 1901 Hon R H LYTTELTON - Outdoor Games, Cricket & Golf
7 : 1901 Edmund SELOUS - Bird Watching
8 : 1902 Alexander Innes SHAND - Shooting
9 : 1903 W M TOD - Farming

READING
Sarah Briggs Latimore & Grace Clark Haskell : Arthur Rackham - A Bibliography
(1936 Suttonhouse, US) - 550 (1987 reprint)
(Ed) Margery Darrell : Once Upon a Time - the Fairy Tale World of Arthur Rackham
(1972 Viking NY)
Derek Hudson : Arthur Rackham - His Life and Work
(1960 Heinemann)
(1974 Heinemann) (1975 Scribner)
Fred Gettings : Arthur Rackham
(1975 Studio Vista) (1976 Macmillan NY)
James Hamilton : Arthur Rackham - A Life with Illustration
(1990 Pavilion £25)
(1991 Pavilion £14.99 - pb)
Richard Riall : Arthur Rackham : A New Bibliography
(1994 Louise Ross £36)

Related Writers

Aesop
Hans Christian Andersen
Robert Browning
Lewis Carroll
Oliver Goldsmith
Kenneth Grahame
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Washington Irving
Harriet Martineau
John Milton
Mother Goose
Eden Phillpotts
Edgar Allan Poe
John Ruskin
William Shakespeare
Jonathan Swift


See also

Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin
Arabian Nights Entertainments
Arthur, King : Fiction & Poetry
J M (james Matthew) Barrie
Robert Burns
Children's Illustrated Classics
Eleanor Farjeon
Sir Philip Armand Hamilton Gibbs
Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm
Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Charles Lamb
Charles James Lever
Charles Perrault
Christina Georgina Rossetti
Algernon Charles Swinburne