Arousing Delight: Arthur Rackham, Artist and Illustrator |
Annotated Bibliography of the Arthur Rackham Material Found in the Lucile Clarke Memorial Children's Library Compiled by Jennifer Wood
Books illustrated entirely or in part by Arthur Rackham |
Æsop's Fables . Translated by V. S. Vernon Jones. With an introduction by G. K. Chesterton. London : W. Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page, & Company, 1912.
First British trade edition. Includes thirteen full-page color illustrations and fifty-three black-and-white drawings (nineteen full-page) by Arthur Rackham. Illustrated title page. Pictorial endpapers in apple green on cream. Bound in green cloth with pictorial stamping and lettering in gold.
The Allies' Fairy Book . With an introduction by Edmund Gosse. London : W. Heinemann, 1916.
First British edition. Includes twelve color illustrations and twenty-four drawings by Arthur Rackham. Plates accompanied by tissue guard-sheets. Pictorial endpapers in purple on cream. Bound in slate-blue cloth with gold pictorial stamping and lettering in black. See also Fairy Tales from Many Lands.
Andersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales. London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1932.
Number 267 of a deluxe limited edition of 525 copies. Signed by Rackham. Includes eight color plates, nineteen black-and-white drawings, and pink-and-white pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece and plates accompanied by guard-sheets with descriptive letterpress. Bound in vellum with gold lettering; top edge gilt. See also Arthur Rackham Book Jacket Collection.
Andersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales. London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1932.
Includes eleven leaves of color plates by Arthur Rackham, each accompanied by tissue guard-sheet with descriptive letterpress. Title page illustrated in orange-brown and black; head- and tail-pieces; silhouette endpapers in peach and white. Bound in red cloth, with pictorial stamping and lettering on cover and spine in gold; top edge gilt. Clarke copy in brown case. "Note by the Illustrator," p. 7: "In making this selection of Andersen's fairy tales I have used the convenient edition published by Messrs George Allen and Unwin:" "Printed in Great Britain by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh"—title page verso. See also Arthur Rackham Book Jacket Collection.
Arnoux, Alexandre. La Legende du Roi Arthur et des Chevaliers de la Table Ronde: D'après les Textes Anciens . Paris: H. Piazza, 1920.
Number 38 of the French limited edition of 1500 copies. Includes sixteen full-page color illustrations, five black-and-white drawings, and head- and tail-pieces in black and white by Arthur Rackham. Illustrated title page. Each color plate accompanied by tissue guard-sheet with descriptive letterpress. Decorative marbled endpapers in brown, white, blue, and rust. Bound in brown leather with marbled paper insert and gold lettering on spine; top edge gilt.
Barrie, J. M. [James Matthew]. J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens," Retold by May Byron for Little People with the Permission of the Author . New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1945.
Reprint of 1930 edition. Includes six color illustrations and fifteen black-and-white drawings within text by Arthur Rackham. Illustrated title page and map of Kensington Gardens. Bound in tan cloth with pictorial stamping and lettering in dark green.
Barrie, J. M. [James Matthew].The Little White Bird. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912.
Reprint of 1902 edition. Includes two black-and-white illustrations by Arthur Rackham (frontispiece, accompanied by tissue guard-sheet, by Walter Appleton Clark). Bound in brown cloth with stamping and lettering in gold.
Barrie, J. M. [James Matthew]. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. (From The Little WhiteBird.) New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1906.
First American trade edition. Includes fifty color illustrations, three small black-and-white drawings, and a map of Kensington Gardens by Arthur Rackham. Plates accompanied by tissue guard-sheets with descriptive letterpress. Rebound in new green cloth; retains original stamping and lettering in gold on front cover.
Barrie, J. M. [James Matthew]. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906.
First British trade edition. Includes frontispiece and forty-nine full-page color plates, each accompanied by guard-sheets with descriptive letterpress. Map of Kensington Gardens on front endpaper. Bound in russet cloth with pictorial stamping and lettering in gold.
Barrie, J. M. [James Matthew]. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1906[?].
British trade edition. Includes sixteen color illustrations and two small in-text drawings in black and white by Arthur Rackham. Plates accompanied by tissue guard-sheet with descriptive letterpress. Double-page map of Kensington Gardens on front endpaper. Bound in red cloth with gold pictorial stamping and gold lettering on spine.
Barrie, J. M. [James Matthew]. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. (From The Little WhiteBird). London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1910.
Includes fifty color illustrations, two small in-text drawings in black and white, and a map of Kensington Gardens by Arthur Rackham. Plates accompanied by guard-sheet with descriptive letterpress. Color illustrations (except frontispiece) bound separately at end. Rebound in medium-brown cloth with remnant of original cover pasted on front; pictorial stamping and lettering in gold.
Barrie, J. M. [James Matthew]. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1914.
American reprint of 1906 edition. Includes sixteen full-page color illustrations, three small in-text illustrations in black and white, and a map of Kensington Gardens by Arthur Rackham. Plates accompanied by tissue guard-sheets. Bound in green cloth with gold lettering and illustration pasted on cover.
Barrie, J. M. [James Matthew]. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935.
American reprint of 1902 edition. Includes sixteen color illustrations, three small in-text illustrations in black and white, and a map of Kensington Gardens by Arthur Rackham. Two copies: copy 1: green cloth cover with gold lettering; illustration pasted on cover; copy 2: blue-green binding with raised decoration, spine repaired, no title page.
Berlyn, Annie [Mrs. Alfred]. Sunrise-Land: Rambles in Eastern England. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham and others. London: Jarrold, 1894.
First British edition, later binding. Includes seventy-one in-text "vignette" illustrations in black and white by Rackham. Several pages of advertisements, including endpapers, at the beginning and end of text. Bound in light-blue cloth with cover illustration in color and lettering in red and black.
Bianco, Margery Williams. Poor Cecco. London: Chatto & Windus, 1925.
First British edition. Includes seven color illustrations and tail-pieces in black and white by Arthur Rackham. Illustrated title page. Bound in yellow cloth with orange lettering and pictorial stamping on cover.
Bianco, Margery Williams. Poor Cecco. New York: The Junior Literary Guild and Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1934
Reprint of 1925 edition. Includes seven color illustrations and tail-pieces in black and white by Arthur Rackham. Illustrated title page. Pictorial endpapers. in black on cream. Bound in yellow cloth with pictorial stamping and lettering in black.
Brown, Abbie Farwell. The Lonesomest Doll. Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1928.
First American edition. Includes three illustrations in rose and turquoise and twenty-six black-and-white drawings by Arthur Rackham. Title page illustration in red and blue. Bound in tan cloth with black lettering and cover illustration in black and orange.
Browne, Maggie. The Book of Betty Barber. Illustrations drawn by Arthur Rackham and colored by Harry Rountree. London: Duckworth, 1910[?].
First British edition. Includes six full-page color illustrations and twelve black-and-white drawings by Arthur Rackham. Bound in brown cloth with color plate mounted on cover and lettering on cover and spine in black. Top edge gilt. Designs originally created for 1900 issue of Little Folks magazine. Clarke Library owns two copies; copy 1 in dark-brown pasteboard case.
Browning, Robert. The Pied Piper of Hamelin. London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1934.
First British trade edition. Includes four full-page color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Illustrated endpapers in tan and white. Pictorial wrapper in red, black, gray, and cream.
Burney, Fanny. Evelina: or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World. London: G. Newnes, 1898.
First British trade edition, later issue. Includes sixteen full-page black-and-white illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Bound in gray-blue cloth with red and gold lettering and pictorial stamping; top edge gilt.
Caine, Ralph Hall, Jr. ed. The Children's Hour: An Anthology of Poems, Stories, Sketches, etc. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham and others. London : G. Newnes, 1906.
Includes one illustration by Arthur Rackham, to accompany "The Story of the Forty Wise Men Who Had to Provide a Bath of Milk for the King," by Lord Sanderson. Photo portrait of the Princess of Wales as frontispiece. Bound in olive green cloth with gold lettering. Published to raise funds for the Children's Happy Evenings Association.
Carroll, Lewis. Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland . With a proem by Austin Dobson. London: W. Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page, & Company, 1907.
First British trade edition. Includes thirteen color plates and fourteen black-and-white drawings by Arthur Rackham. Pictorial endpapers in apple green on cream; illustrated title page. Presentation inscription on half-title page, November 23, 1907. Bound in yellow-green cloth with pictorial stamping in gold and lettering on cover and spine in dark green.
Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. With a proem by Austin Dobson. London : W. Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page, & Company, 1974.
Reprint of 1907 edition. Includes thirteen color plates and fourteen black-and-white drawings by Arthur Rackham. Illustrated title page. Red and gray marbled endpapers with gold floral border. Bound in dark-red leather with pictorial stamping and lettering in gold and dark blue and green insets on spine; all edges gilt.
Commager, Henry Steele, ed. The St. Nicholas Anthology. With an introduction by May Lamberton Becker. New York: Random House, 1948.
Includes seven full-page black-and-white illustrations by Arthur Rackham (pp. 291-97), and song with music. Bound in red cloth with stamping and lettering in dark green and gold. Top edge green.
Dana, Richard Henry. Two Years Before the Mast. London: Collin Clear-type Press, 1904[?].
December 1904 edition. Includes eight color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Bound in dark-green cloth with pictorial cover in green, white, blue, and black.
Das Sagenbuch . Zurich : Rascher, 1920.
Includes eight leaves of plates.
Dickens, Charles. The Chimes . With an introduction by Edward Wagenknecht. London: Printed by G. W. Jones for the members of the Limited Editions Club, 1931.
Clarke Library owns two copies, numbers 874 and 1333 of a limited deluxe first edition of 1500 copies, signed by Rackham. Includes six full-page and fourteen smaller black-and-white drawings. Illustrated lining papers; illustrated title page; head- and tail-pieces. Pictorial endpapers in brown and white. Top edge gilt. Issued in illustrated slide case.
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1915.
Trade edition. Includes twelve color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Each plate accompanied by guard-sheet with descriptive letterpress. Pictorial endpapers. List of Rackham's illustrations at verso of half-title. Red cloth with black pictorial stamping and lettering on cover and spine. Clarke Library also owns a slightly different copy of this edition, in green cloth and without the date at verso of title page.
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1915.
Includes twelve color plates, each accompanied by guard-sheet with descriptive letterpress. Mounted color plate for the frontispiece. Pictorial endpapers. Publishers' special binding: dark-brown antique vellum with gold pictorial stamping and lettering on cover and spine; top edge gilt.
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 19--.
Trade edition. Preface dated 1843. Includes twelve color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Pictorial endpapers in gray on cream. Bound in purple cloth with gold stamping and lettering on cover and spine.
Drury, W. P. [William Price]. The Peradventures of Private Pagett. London: Chapman and Hall, 1904.
First British edition. Includes eight full-page black-and-white plates by Arthur Rackham. Bound in orange-red cloth with black pictorial stamping and lettering.
Evans, C. S. [Charles Seddon]. Cinderella . London: William Heinemann; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott , 1919.
Number 227 of a limited deluxe edition of 850 copies, numbered and signed by Arthur Rackham. Deluxe edition includes an additional colorplate. Frontispiece: mounted color illustration within ornamental border. Title within ornamental border in red, green, and black. Three double-page silhouette illustrations with color; fourteen single-page silhouettes; thirty-six silhouette drawings within the text. Pictorial endpapers. Printed on Japanese vellum; bound in white boards with vellum back, gold pictorial stamping and lettering on spine and cover; top edge gilt. Printed at the Complete Press, West Norwood, London.
Evans, C. S. [Charles Seddon]. C inderella . Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott; London: W. Heinemann, 1919.
Trade edition. Includes one mounted color plate (frontispiece), three double-page silhouettes in red, black, and sage green, three double-page silhouettes in black and white, and head- and tail- pieces and other silhouettes throughout the text, in black, by Arthur Rackham. Frontispiece and title within pictorial border in red, black, and olive green. Bound in orange and black pictorial boards with lettering in orange and white. Printed in Great Britain.
Evans, C. S. [Charles Seddon].The Sleeping Beauty. London: William Heinemann; Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1920.
Number 598 of a deluxe edition of 625 signed and numbered copies. Twenty-five full-page silhouettes, comprising nine in color (frontispiece and four double plates) and sixteen in black (including four double illustrations); one mounted color plate; silhouette head- and tail- pieces and other silhouettes throughout the text, in black. Title and frontispiece in green and black within silhouette border in color. Silhouette endpapers white on green. This edition includes an extra silhouette drawing with color not available in the trade edition. Binding of white vellum-style boards with gold lettering and decoration and white vellum spine. Top edge gilt. Printed on handmade English paper.
Evans, C. S. [Charles Seddon].The Sleeping Beauty. New York: Exeter Books, 1987.
Reprint edition. Twenty-five full-page silhouettes, comprising eight in color (frontispiece and four double plates) and sixteen in black (including four double illustrations); one mounted color plate; silhouette head- and tail-pieces and other silhouettes throughout the text, in black. Illustrated title page in black, white, green, and red. Silhouette endpapers in mauve and white. Bound in light-brown cloth with silhouette illustration in black and lettering on spine in white.
Fairy Tales from Many Lands . New York: Viking Press, 1974.
Includes twelve full-page color illustrations and numerous black-and-white in-text drawings by Arthur Rackham. Illustrated title page. Bound in medium-blue cloth with pictorial dustjacket in color. First published in 1916 under the title The Allies' Fairy Book.
Fitz-Gerald, S. J. Adair [Shafto Justin Adair]. The Zankiwank & the Bletherwitch . London: J. M. Dent & Company; Alpine House E. C., 1896. Edinburgh: Turnbull & Spears, Printers.
First British edition. Seventeen full-page illustrations and twenty-four drawings within text, all in black and white, by Arthur Rackham. Wood engravings: frontispiece, title page vignette, illustrated plates, text illustrations. Frontispiece has guard-sheet. Half-title: The Zankiwank and the Bletherwitch: An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza; running title: The Zankiwank and the Bletherwitch.
Ford, Julia Ellsworth. Imagina . Illustrated by Arthur Rackham and Lauren Ford. New York: Dutton, 1923.
Reprint of 1914 edition. Includes two full-page color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Pictorial endpapers in blue-green on cream. Bound in royal-blue cloth with pictorial stamping and lettering in black.
Ford, Julia Ellsworth. Snickerty Nick. With rhymes by Witter Bynner. New York: Moffat, Yard, 1919.
First American edition. Includes three color plates and ten drawings by Arthur Rackham. Bound in light-blue cloth with pictorial stamping and lettering on cover in black.
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1929.
First American edition. Includes twelve color plates and twenty-two black-and-white drawings by Arthur Rackham. Bound in dark gray-green cloth with pictorial stamping and lettering in gold; top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers in sage and cream. See also Arthur Rackham Book Jacket Collection.
Goldsmith, Oliver. The Vicar of Wakefield. London: Harrap, 1929.
First British edition. Includes twelve color plates and twenty-two black-and-white drawings by Arthur Rackham. Bound in dark gray-green cloth with pictorial stamping and lettering in gold; top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers in sage and cream. See also Arthur Rackham Book Jacket Collection.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. With an introduction by A. A. Milne. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940.
Number 1249 of a limited edition of 2020 copies. Includes sixteen mounted color plates by Arthur Rackham. Bound in cloth-backed patterned boards in tones of tan and brown; spine in plain yellow cloth with lettering in gold; top edge gilt. Designed by and printed under the supervision of Bruce Rogers. Signed by Rogers and Barbara Rackham.
Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. With an introduction by A. A. Milne. New York: George May Company: Heritage Press, 1940.
American trade edition. Includes twelve color plates and fourteen head-pieces in black and white by Arthur Rackham. Rebound; retains cover illustration of Mrs. Toad stamped in gold on dark-blue cloth ground.
Greene, Mrs. [Louisa Lilias].The Grey House on the Hill. London, New York: T. Nelson, 1905[?].
Reprint edition. Includes eight full-page color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Bound in royal-blue cloth with blind stamping on cover and title on spine in gold.
Grey of Fallodon [Edward Grey]. Fly Fishing. London: Dent, 1899. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham and others.
First London edition. Pictorial endpapers and black-and-white head- and tail-pieces by Rackham. Bound in sage-green cloth, with gold stamping and lettering. In case.
Grey, Pamela [Pamela Tennant]. The Children and the Pictures. London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1907.
First British edition. Title page illustrated with a sketch in brown and white by Arthur Rackham. Also includes twenty-one full-color plates reproducing paintings by old masters. Bound in pink cloth with gold and black lettering and decorative stamping in black.
Grimm, Jacob. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm . Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. New York: Doubleday, Page, & Company, 1909.
American trade edition. Title in red and black within ornamental border. Forty color illustrations and fifty-five line drawings. Each plate accompanied by tissue guard-sheet with descriptive letterpress. Red and cream pictorial endpapers. Clarke Library owns two copies. Copy 2 rebound in red imitation leather with marbled paper inset; lettering and decoration on spine in gold.
Grimm, Jacob. Hansel & Grethel & Other Tales, by the Brothers Grimm . Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1920.
First American edition. Half-title: Grimm's Fairy Tales. Includes twenty full-color plates and twenty-eight drawings by Arthur Rackham. Title within pictorial border. Bound in royal-blue cloth with pictorial stamping and lettering in gold; top edge gilt. Printed in Great Britain.
Grimm, Jacob. Little Brother & Little Sister: and Other Tales. New York : Dodd, Mead, 1917.
First American trade edition. Includes twelve color plates and forty-three black-and-white drawings in text by Arthur Rackham. Pictorial endpapers in lavender and cream. Bound in red cloth with gold lettering.
Grimm, Jacob. Snowdrop and Other Tales. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1923.
Includes twenty full-page mounted color plates and twenty-nine black-and-white drawings by Arthur Rackham. Bound in red cloth with gold pictorial stamping and lettering. (Translation of Schneeweiss and other stories; originally appeared in Grimm's Fairy Tales, 1909.)
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Grimm's Fairy Tales: Twenty Stories. New York:Viking Press, 1973.
Includes twelve full-page color illustrations, six full-page black-and-white drawings, and numerous small black-and-white drawings within text by Arthur Rackham. Illustrated title page. Bound in medium-brown cloth with lettering and stamping in gold. Full-color pictorial dust jacket.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. A Wonder Book. New York: George H. Doran, 1922.
First American edition with Rackham illustrations. Brown-and-white pictorial endpapers. Bound in orange-red cloth with pictorial stamping and lettering in gold.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. A Wonder Book. London, New York: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922.
Number 441 of a limited edition of 600 copies. Signed by Arthur Rackham. Includes twenty-four full-page color and twenty black-and-white illustrations by Rackham. Sixteen of the plates mounted. Vignette title page (design also used on endpapers). Bound in cream buckram with pictorial stamping and lettering in gold. Tan and white pictorial endpapers; top edge gilt. Clarke copy in brown box with purple ribbon feature (not original to book).
Hole, S. Reynolds [Samuel Reynolds]. Our Gardens. Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson, & Company, Edinburgh & London. London: J. M. Dent & Company, Aldine House, 1899.
First British edition. Endpapers and head- and tail-pieces by Arthur Rackham. Illustrations by George Elgood. Plates (one in color) accompanied by guard-sheet with descriptive letterpress. Pale olive green pictorial endpapers. Title page and series title page printed in red and black. Page ix wrongly numbered x. Bound in green cloth with gold stamping; top edge gilt.
Hope, Anthony [pseud]. The Dolly Dialogues. London: Westminster Gazette, 1894.
First British edition. Includes four black-and-white illustrations in halftone by Arthur Rackham. Feather-patterned endpapers in tan and cream. Bound in medium-blue cloth with lettering and illustration on cover in burgundy. First published in Westminster Gazette from October 1893 to June 1894 unillustrated; collected and issued as Westminster Gazette Library – vol. 1.
Ibsen, Henrik. Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem. Translated by R. Farquharson Sharp. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1936.
First American trade edition. Includes twelve color illustrations and head- and tail-pieces in black and white by Arthur Rackham. Frontispiece and each plate accompanied by tissue guard-sheet with descriptive letterpress. Brown and white pictorial endpapers. Bound in orange cloth with lettering and decorations in black. Printed in Great Britain. See also Arthur Rackham Book Jacket Collection.
Ibsen, Henrik. Peer Gynt: A Dramatic Poem. London: George C. Harrap, 1936.
Number 417 of a limited deluxe edition of 460 copies. Signed by Arthur Rackham. Includes twelve color plates and numerous illustrations in text. Plates accompanied by tissue guard-sheets with descriptive letterpress. Silhouette endpapers in cream and tan. Text illustrations placed as head- and tail-pieces. Bound in orange vellum with gold lettering; top edge gilt. Clarke copy rebound. See also Arthur Rackham Book Jacket Collection.
Ingoldsby, Thomas. The Ingoldsby Legends: or Mirth & Marvels . London: J. M. Dent & Company; New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1907.
Includes twenty-four full-color plates, mounted, having guard-sheets with descriptive letterpress; twelve tinted plates; and numerous black-and-white drawings in text by Arthur Rackham. Illustrated title page and endpapers. Illustrator's note (p. v) lists illustrations from earlier edition being omitted, others added in their place, additional work being done on some illustrations, 1907, as well as larger text illustrations with the text itself being "revised and entirely reset for this edition." Bound in green illustrated cloth, gold embossed, green endpapers with ink illustrations; top edge gilt. Includes both preface to first series (1840) and the preface to the second edition (1843), pp. vv-xix. Edition statement taken from publisher's note, p. vii. Clarke Library owns two copies; copy 2 rebound.
Irving , Washington . The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. London: G. G. Harrap & Company, 1928.
Number 174 of a limited deluxe edition of 250 copies. Signed by Arthur Rackham. Includes eight full-page mounted color illustrations and thirty drawings in black and white by Arthur Rackham. Illustrated title page. Pictorial endpapers in gray, black, cream, and yellow. Bound in white vellum with gold lettering on cover and spine; top edge gilt. See also Arthur Rackham Book Jacket Collection.
Irving , Washington . The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Philadelphia: David McKay Company, 1928.
American trade edition. Includes eight full-page color illustrations and thirty black-and-white in-text drawings by Arthur Rackham. Pictorial endpapers in gray, black, cream, and orange. Bound in brown cloth with full-color illustration mounted on cover and gold lettering on spine. See also Arthur Rackham Book Jacket Collection.
Irving , Washington . The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Tales. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham and others. Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Association, 1987.
Includes thirteen color illustrations and numerous black-and-white drawings by Arthur Rackham (additional illustrations by Lars and Lois Hokanson). Illustrated title page. Bound in tan cloth with burgundy spine. Lettering and pictorial stamping on cover in burgundy; lettering on spine in gold.
Irving , Washington . Rip Van Winkle. London: W. Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page, 1905.
First British trade edition. Includes fifty-one color plates mounted and accompanied by guard-sheets with descriptive letterpress. Plates (except frontispiece) bound separately at end. Bound in dark-green cloth with stamping on cover and spine in gold; original sage-green book jacket. All edges green. In dark-green case. Printed in Great Britain.
Irving , Washington . The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon , Gent., vols. 1 and 2. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham and others. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1895.
Van Tassel edition. Includes four halftone illustrations by Rackham, two in each volume; each plate accompanied by tissue guard-sheet. Title page with colored ornamental border. Bound in dark-blue cloth with extensive decorative stamping and lettering in gold; title inside white cartouche on front cover; top edge gilt.
Irving , Washington . Tales of a Traveller, vols. 1 and 2. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham and others. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1895.
First American trade edition (Buckthorne edition). Volume 1 includes two illustrations by Rackham, facing pages 14 and 226; volume 2 includes three illustrations by Rackham, facing pages 20, 176, and the frontispiece. Title and text within ornamental border. Bound in white cloth with black lettering and pictorial stamping in gold and green; top edge gilt.
King Albert's Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women throughout the World. New York : Hearst's International Library Company, 1914.
First American edition. Includes one illustration by Arthur Rackham. Published to raise funds for Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals. Contributions signed in facsimile. Title in blue and green.
Kipling, Rudyard. Puck of Pook's Hill. New York: Doubleday, 1906.
First American trade edition. Includes four full-page color illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Bound in dark-green cloth with black pictorial stamping and gold lettering; top edge gilt. Clarke Library owns two copies.
Lamb, Charles, and Mary Lamb. Tales from Shakespeare. London: J. M. Dent & Company; New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1909.
First British trade edition. Includes twelve color illustrations, two black-and-white drawings, and head- and tail-pieces in black and white by Arthur Rackham. Pictorial endpapers in brown and cream. Bound in light-blue cloth with gold pictorial stamping and lettering; top edge gilt. Publisher's note: "Most of the designs appeared as line drawings in an edition issued by the present publishers in 1899, but they have since been worked over, revised, and coloured by the artist, while some entirely new designs have been added."
La Motte-Fouque, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de.Undine. Translated by W. L. Courtney. London: W. Heinemann; New York: Doubleday, Page, & Company, 1909.
First British trade edition. Includes fifteen mounted color plates, thirty black-and-white drawings, head- and tail-pieces, and title vignettes by Arthur Rackham.Plates accompanied by guard-sheets with descriptive letterpress. Pictorial endpapers and illustrated title page in apple green on cream. Bound in dark-blue cloth with pictorial stamping and lettering in gold and small blind stamp on back cover.
La Motte-Fouque, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de.Undine. Translated by W. L. Courtney. New York: Doubleday, Page; London: Heinemann, 1919.
Reprint of American trade edition. Includes fifteen mounted color plates, thirty black-and-white drawings, head- and tail-pieces, and title vignettes by Arthur Rackham. Green and white pictorial endpapers. Bound in gray boards with slate-gray lettering and pictorial stamping. Green-cloth spine.