Arthur Rackham
(1867 - 1939)
Arthur Rackham was an English book illustrator.
Bibliography
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1895)
A two-volume collection of stories and essays, including Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Read for free online at Internet Archive: Volume 1, and Volume 2.
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The Sleeping Beauty (1920)
The princess who slept for a hundred years and how she awakened. Read for free online at Internet Archive: this edition, and the limited edition with extra plate in color.
Some British Ballads (1919)
A collection of ballads, many taken from Child’s The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Tales from Shakespeare (1899)
Brief prose versions of the most famous Shakespeare plays. Mary did the comedies, Charles did the tragedies. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
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Tales from Shakespeare (1909)
This edition of prose versions of Shakespeare’s best known plays has colored illustrations. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
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The Tempest (1926)
“Full fathom five, thy father lies,
His bones are coral made …”
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.
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.
The Vicar of Wakefield (1929)
The sufferings of Job are rehearsed in the person of Dr. Charles Primrose, Vicar of Wakefield.
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, he was already mortally ill and it was his last commission. This is the only edition with all sixteen of Rackham’s plates.
Read online at archive.org. This is the Heritage edition.
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.
The Windmill (1923)
Selections from books published by Heinemann including an essay by Masefield.
Various
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A Wonder Book (1922)
A collection of stories based on the Greek myths. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
A World in a Garden (1899)
Reminiscences of gardening. Head and tail pieces by Rackham. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
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