Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) taught himself to paint as a child, before enrolling for evening classes at the Lambeth School of Art as a teenager. Dealer Notesįirst edition, third trade issue. The books, which have not been offered on the market for the best part of a century, contain some of Rackham’s best-known series of illustrations. See also our other books illustrated by Arthur Rackham on our website! These books are being sold on behalf of a client who inherited them from his grandfather, the original owner of the collection. (Spine slightly faded, extremities lightly rubbed and bumped, boards slightly bowed, upper hinge cracking). (A few light spots and marks.) Original russet-brown cloth gilt, upper board lettered in gilt and with design after Rackham, spine lettered in gilt, dark-brown endpapers, front free endpaper with ‘Map of Peter Pan’s Kensington Gardens’ after Rackham, all edges brown. Wood-engraved vignette and further decoration on title, and 2 wood-engraved illustrations and one letterpress diagram in the text, all after Rackham. Colour-printed frontispiece and 49 colour-printed plates after Rackham, all mounted on dark-brown paper and with tissue guards bearing printed captions. AN ‘ACKNOWLEDGED MASTERPIECE’ WHICH BECAME ‘THE OUTSTANDING CHRISTMAS GIFT-BOOK OF 1906 – AND MAINTAINED ITS HOLD FOR MANY LATER CHRISTMASES’
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