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Arthur Rackham

Author, Illustrator

(1867 - 1939)

Arthur Rackham was an English book illustrator.



Bibliography

Two Old Ladies, Two Foolish Fairies and a Tom Cat (1897)

The Black Witch returns Puss’ boot and sends him to stir up a rebellion in fairyland. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Maggie Browne
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Two Years Before the Mast (1904)

The author shipped before the mast on a voyage to California in 1834 to collect a cargo of hides.

Author(s): Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Undine (1909)

The story of a knight who marries a water sprite, adapted from the German by W. L. Courtney. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

The Venture (1905)

A collection of essays by literary lights of the day. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Et al
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

The Vicar of Wakefield (1929)

The sufferings of Job are rehearsed in the person of Dr. Charles Primrose, Vicar of Wakefield.

Author(s): Oliver Goldsmith
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Where Flies the Flag (1904)

A collection of British adventure stories.

Author(s): Henry Harbour
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Where the Blue Begins (1925)

A satire on the author George Gissing in which all the parts are played by dogs. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Christopher Morley
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Wild Life in Hampshire Highlands (1899)

A volume in the Haddon Hall Library. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): George A. B. Dewar
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

The Wind in the Willows (1940)

While lacking four of the sixteen color illustrations in the Limited Editions Club version, this reprint includes pen and ink chapter heads not in the limited edition.

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

The Wind in the Willows (1940)

Arthur Rackham was the first artist approached to illustrate Kenneth Grahame’s masterpiece about Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger and their adventures on the riverbank, but was too busy at the time. When he was contracted by the Limited Editions Club... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

The Windmill (1923)

Selections from books published by Heinemann including an essay by Masefield.

Author(s): John Masefield
Various
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Et al

A Wonder Book (1922)

A collection of stories based on the Greek myths. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Nathaniel Hawthorne
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

The Wonderful Visit (1895)

When the Vicar shoots a visiting angel, what can he do but offer him a room at the vicarage? Only the cover is by Rackham. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): H. G. Wells
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

A World in a Garden (1899)

Reminiscences of gardening. Head and tail pieces by Rackham. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): R. Neish
Illustrator(s): Jessie Macgregor
Arthur Rackham
Et al

The Zankiwank & The Bletherwitch (1896)

An ‘Alice” fantasy. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): S. J. Adair Fitzgerald
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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