Magnificent large plates of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=arthur%20rackham&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rackham</a>'s famous work, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Peter%20Pan&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peter Pan</a> in Kensington Gardens.<ul><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (English).</li><li>J.M. Barrie (Scottish).</li><li>Peter Pan Portfolio from Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie.&nbsp;</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Brentano,&nbsp;1914.</li><li>12 large color plates mounted in mattes with lettered tissue guards.</li><li>Half tan cloth with yellow silk moire.</li></ul> Lavish limited US edition of the striking portfolio version of Rackham's selected color plates from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. The detail and colors are breathtaking, and the large size of the plates does justice to Rackham's mastery. The plates are the sizes of the original art executed by Rackham and, in some cases, larger. Issued in a format meant for owners to be able to frame the plates for display, it is rare to find it complete.

Peter Pan In Kensington Gardens Portfolio

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Signed</a> limited <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a>, one of 1030 numbered copies signed by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Rackham&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rackham</a>.<ul><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (English).</li><li>With an intro by Arthur Quiller-Couch.</li><li>London:&nbsp;William Heinemann,&nbsp;(1913).</li><li>Quarto.</li><li>Original white gilt-stamped cloth, top edge gilt.</li></ul> "[I]n this book Mr. Rackham, who has achieved much fame by illustrating the inventions of other men, has turned to illustrate himself; and the order of the drawings has been arranged so that you may follow, if you will, the liberation of his fancy." The book is divided into six thematic sections: "Of the Little People," with fairies, elves, etc.; "Classic," with mythological subjects; "Some Fairy Tales," including Jack and the Beanstalk and Puss in Boots; "Some Children,"; "Grotesque," with monsters like the Leviathan and dragons; and "Various," a selection of beautiful images not easily categorized. Illustrated with 44 fantastically beautiful mounted color plates with lettered guards and several charming black and whites.

Arthur Rackham's Book Of Pictures | Signed Limited First Edition

Deluxe American large-paper edition of the <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Fairy%20Tales%20of%20the%20Brothers%20Grimm&amp;tab=objects" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm</a>, limited to only 50 copies <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> by the illustrator, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Arthur%20Rackham&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arthur Rackham</a>.<ul><li>Wilhelm Grimm (German).</li><li>Jacob Grimm (German).</li><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (English).</li><li>Translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas.</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Doubleday Page,&nbsp;1909.</li><li>325, [1] pages.&nbsp;</li><li>Featuring 40 tipped-in color plates by Rackham with guards plus a profusion of full page and smaller black and whites.</li><li>Original full limp suede binding with yapp edges, gilt-ornamented spine, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, Moire endpapers, printed on fine paper.</li></ul> This is the only American limited edition of this title, never issued as a typical American limited edition.

Fairy Tales Of The Brothers Grimm | Signed by the Illustrator

First Rackham edition of Vicar of Wakefield by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Oliver%20Goldsmith&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Oliver Goldsmith</a>, with a large half-page pen-and-ink drawing <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> and dated in the year of publication by Rackham, depicting two characters from the book.<ul><li>Oliver Goldsmith (Irish).</li><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (English).</li><li>London:&nbsp;Harrap,&nbsp;(1929). </li><li>232 pages.</li><li>Illustrated by Rackham with 12 color plates and 22 black-and-white images. </li><li>Original drawing by Rackham inscribed and dated "17.11.29" on verso of half title.</li><li>Printed on laid paper with watermarks.</li><li>Original blue gilt-stamped cloth, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, bottom edge uncut.</li></ul>

Vicar of Wakefield

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First edition</a> of this collection of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Brothers%20Grimm&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grimm</a> tales selected for this Rackham edition, in the rare original publisher's box.<ul><li>Jacob Grimm (German).</li><li>Wilhelm Grimm (German).</li><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.</li><li>New York:&nbsp;Dodd Mead,&nbsp;(1917).</li><li>Illustrated by Rackham with 12 tipped-in color plates and 43 black-and-white drawings.</li><li>A mix of well known and less known Grimm fairy tales, including "Snow-White and Rose-Red," all selected by Rackham.</li><li>The deep forest settings of many of these German stories, based largely upon folklore, harmonize beautifully with Rackham's style: lush brown tones with patches of bright red, trees with more personality than people, and mischievous fairies.</li><li>Original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine and front board, in original publisher's box with mounted color plate on lid, with pictorial endpapers.</li></ul>

Little Brother And Little Sister

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Signed</a> limited first Rackham edition, one of only 500 copies signed by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=arthur+rackham&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rackham</a>.<ul><li>After Hans Andersen (Danish).</li><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (English).</li><li>London:&nbsp;Harrap,&nbsp;(1932).</li><li>Octavo.</li><li>288 pages.</li><li>Illustrated by Rackham with 12 beautiful color plates, pictorial endpapers and 59 black and white illustrations.</li><li>Signed by Rackham on limitation page.</li><li>Original full gilt-stamped vellum, top edge gilt, housed in custom window-framed cloth slipcase.</li></ul> Stories include "The Ugly Duckling," "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Little Mermaid," and more.

Fairy Tales By Hans Andersen First Rackham Edition Signed by the Illustrator

A limited edition of Poor Cecco, illustrated by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Arthur%20Rackham&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arthur Rackham</a>, one of only 105 numbered copies signed by the author, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Margery%20Williams%20Bianco&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Margery Williams Bianco</a>.<ul><li>Margery Williams Bianco (American).</li><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (English).</li><li>New York:&nbsp;George Doran,&nbsp;1925.</li><li>xiv, 15-175, [1] pages.</li><li>Illustrated by Rackham with 7 very large tipped-in color plates with tissue guards and black-and-white images in text.</li><li>Original vellum-like backed blue boards, in original slipcase with the limitation number of the book inked at head of case spine, top edge gilt, fore-edge uncut, pictorial endpapers.</li></ul> Margery Williams was born in London but moved to the U.S. when she was nine years old. Her first children's stories were published in London where she lived for a short time, met her husband and had two children, one of whom was a son named Cecco. In 1921 the family moved back to the United States and it was in the U.S. that she wrote her most famous book, The Velveteen Rabbit. Never issued in the UK as a limited edition, Poor Cecco is a notorious rarity in the Rackham world and this is a magnificent copy of the book.

Poor Cecco (signed)

Limited edition of this collection of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=grimm&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grimm</a> tales, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> by the illustrator, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Arthur+Rackham&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arthur Rackham</a>.<ul><li>Jacob Grimm (German).</li><li>Wilhelm Grimm (German).</li><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (English).</li><li>London:&nbsp;Constable,&nbsp;(1917).</li><li>Quarto.</li><li>xii, 251, [1]&nbsp;pages.</li><li>Part of an edition of 525 numbered copies.</li><li>Signed by Rackham on the limitation page.&nbsp;</li><li>Additional color plate signed by Rackham in the original printed envelope. </li><li>Original grey cloth with pictorial gilt-stamped label, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, pictorial endpapers.</li></ul> A collection of 40 illustrated fairy tales, this is a hard-to-find limited edition with great Rackham illustrations, rarely found complete with the extra color plate.

Little Brother & Little Sister Signed Limited Edition

A first edition, Deluxe Issue copy of A Christmas Carol.<ul><li>Charles Dickens (English).</li><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.</li><li>London:&nbsp;William Heinemann,&nbsp;1915.</li><li>Quarto.</li><li>Includes 12 full-page mounted illustrations in color and 20 drawings in black and white by Arthur Rackham.</li><li>One of 525 copies signed by Rackham.&nbsp;</li><li>Bound in original full gilt-decorated vellum, housed in custom vellum backed box with chemise.</li></ul>

A Christmas Carol

An Arthur Rackham <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> and illustrated limited edition of Peer Gynt by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=henrick%20ibsen&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Henrik Ibsen</a>.<ul><li>Henrik Ibsen (Norwegian).</li><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (English).</li><li>London: Harrap, (1936).&nbsp;</li><li>256 pages.</li><li>Illustrated by Rackham with 12 color plates, plus numerous fanciful black-and-white images.</li><li>Signed by Rackham on the limitation page.</li><li>Bound in the original full gilt-stamped vellum, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, pictorial endpapers.</li></ul> Signed limited edition, one of only 460 copies signed by Rackham, of this popular play based on a Norwegian fairy tale — accompanied by the original drawing that appears on page 78 of the text. Rackham had a special talent for creating fantastical creatures like fairies and goblins, making Peer Gynt an excellent choice for his interpretations. Laid into this copy is a gorgeous original pen-and-ink drawing featuring a bevy of weird and wonderful goblins in motion. The drawing is actually larger than the printed version. Already a scarce Rackham deluxe edition, it is especially desirable with the drawing.

Peer Gynt

<a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Signed</a> limited edition of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Henrick%20Ibsen&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ibsen</a>'s fantasy play of goblins and fairies based upon a traditional Norwegian fairy tale, one of only 460 copies signed by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=arthur%20rackham&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rackham</a>.<ul><li>Henrick Ibsen (Norwegian).</li><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham (English).</li><li>London:&nbsp;George Harrap,&nbsp;(1936).</li><li>256 pages.</li><li>Illustrated by Rackham with 12 color plates, plus numerous fanciful black-and-white images.</li><li>Signed by Rackham on the limitation page.</li><li>Original full gilt-stamped vellum, in original slipcase with limitation number matching book, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, pictorial endpapers.</li></ul> Rackham had a particular talent for creating fantastical creatures like fairies and goblins, making Peer Gynt an excellent choice for his interpretations. This is one of the more scarce Rackham limited editions.

Watercolor illustration by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Arthur+Rackham&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Arthur Rackham</a> from <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=richard+Wagner&amp;pfilters.dateRange=past" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wagner</a>'s musical drama Siegfried.<ul><li>Arthur Rackham (English).</li><li>After Richard Wagner (German).</li><li>Dated 1911.</li><li>Signed by Rackham.</li><li>This work is presented matted and framed.</li></ul> The image shows the Wanderer and the Dwarf; the former has challenged the dwarf to answer a second riddle in order to save his life, a scene not coincidentally reminiscent of Gollum and Bilbo in Tolkien's book The Hobbit. Richly colored and with much detail.

Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods Artwork

A limited edition of King Arthur, which has been signed by the illustrator.<ul><li>Sir Thomas Malory (English, died 1471).</li><li>Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.</li><li>London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1917.</li><li>Illustrated with 16 tipped-in color plates (titled tissue guards after each plate) and 70 black and white illustrations.</li><li>Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Arthur Rackham, this being copy #243.</li><li>Bound in the original publisher's gilt stamped vellum, top edge gilt, others uncut, housed in a 1/2 gilt lettered &amp; decorated, blue morocco clamshell slipcase.</li></ul> Rackham received his commission for this superbly illustrated edition of Malory's masterpiece (first published by Caxton in 1485) while World War I still raged—a fact that perhaps explains his illustrations' generally dark view of the Matter of Britain. From Arthur's first unsheathing of Excalibur in the midst of fierce battle beneath overcast skies, to his tragic clash with his traitorous son on the dark fields of Camlann, Rackham confronts readers with combat, conflict and death. Despite (or perhaps even because of) this grim realism within a fantastic context, "Rackham's work became balm for wounded soldiers, as one mother wrote: ' ...When [my son] was getting better from very bad wounds... your illustrations of Books were his great joy and delight'" (Hamilton, 112).

The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table

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