Arthur Rackham
(1867 - 1939)
Arthur Rackham was an English book illustrator.
Bibliography
Brains and Bravery (1903)
A collection of fourteen tales of young men exhibiting brains and bravery. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
G. A. Henty
L. T. Meade
Various
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
British Book Illustration Yesterday and Today (1923)
Author(s):
Malcolm C. Salaman
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
Captain Castle: A Tale of the China Seas (1897)
Dick Quenton gets more than he bargained for when he ships as second mate on a tramp steamer from Singapore to Batavia, what with mutiny, typhoons, pirates and plague. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Carlton Dawe
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
The Castle Inn (1898)
A “Regency Romance” albeit set in the eighteenth century. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Stanley J. Weyman
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Cats at Play (1903)
A collection of stories and pictures, with one picture by Rackham.
Author(s):
May Gladwin
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Louis Wain
Charles O’Malley The Irish Dragoon (1897)
A story of the Peninsular War replete with humorous characters, boisterous fun and martial adventure. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Charles Lever
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
The Children and the Pictures (1907)
The pictures in the family gallery are explained for children. Has a sketch by Rackham on the title page. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Pamela Tennant
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Various
The Children’s Christmas Treasury of Things Old and New (1905)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
The Children’s Hour (1906)
Author(s):
Ralph Hall Caine, Jun.
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
Children’s Treasury of Great Stories (1910)
A collection of selections from Alice in Wonderland, Gulliver’s Travels, Tales from Shakespeare, etc.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
The Chimes (1931)
The goblins ringing the chimes show Trotty Veck a dystopian future -- he wakes determined to make things better. This Christmas book followed the successful A Christmas Carol.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
A Christmas Carol (1915)
The classic story of the redemption of Ebenezer Scrooge. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Cinderella (1919)
The familiar story of the despised stepdaughter the fairy godmother, the prince and the glass slipper. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
C. S. Evans
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
The Compleat Angler (1931)
Walton spent most of his energy on his lives of the poets, but is best known for this work on the joys of fishing. The image above is of an early edition. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Izaak Walton
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Comus (1921)
A masque based on the story of a sorcerer’s attempt to traduce a chaste and beautiful maiden. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
John Milton
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
A Dish of Apples (1921)
A collection of poems on the themes of nature and harvest. The author was a novelist best known for his fourteen novel cycle set on Dartmoor. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Eden Phillpotts
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
The Dolly Dialogues (1894)
Short stories of fin de siecle London society. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anthony Hope
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Don Gypsy (1936)
The travels and adventures of a folk singer in Spain and the adjacent Barbary states. Frontis and title page by Rackham.
Author(s):
Walter Starkie
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Arthur Rackham
Drawings in Pen and Pencil from Durer’s Day to Ours (1922)
A collection of drawings spanning several centuries taken from a special spring number of The Studio magazine. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
George Sheringham
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
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