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RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle.London : 1905
First Rackham edition. The illustrations immediately established Rackham as the leading illustrator of lavishly produced gift books in the Edwardian era. In March 1905 the original watercolours were exhibited at Leicester Galleries, attracting the attention of J. M. Barrie, who then commissioned Rackham's next book, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens... Learn More -
RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle.London : 1905
First Rackham edition. The illustrations immediately established Rackham as the leading illustrator of lavishly produced gift books in the Edwardian era. In March 1905 the original watercolours were exhibited at Leicester Galleries, attracting the attention of J. M. Barrie, who then commissioned Rackham's next book, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens... Learn More -
RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle.London : 1905
First Rackham edition, most handsomely bound. The illustrations immediately established Rackham as the leading illustrator of lavishly produced gift books in the Edwardian era. In March 1905 the original watercolours were exhibited at Leicester Galleries, attracting the attention of J. M. Barrie, who then commissioned Rackham's next book, Peter Pan... Learn More -
RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle.London : 1905
First Rackham edition, most handsomely bound. The illustrations immediately established Rackham as the leading illustrator of lavishly produced gift books in the Edwardian era. In March 1905 the original watercolours were exhibited at Leicester Galleries, attracting the attention of J. M. Barrie, who then commissioned Rackham's next book, Peter Pan... Learn More -
RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle.London : 1905
First Rackham edition. The illustrations immediately established Rackham as the leading illustrator of lavishly produced gift books in the Edwardian era. In March 1905 the original watercolours were exhibited at Leicester Galleries, attracting the attention of J. M. Barrie, who then commissioned Rackham's next book, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens... Learn More -
RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle.London : 1905
First Rackham edition, most handsomely bound. The illustrations immediately established Rackham as the leading illustrator of lavishly produced gift books in the Edwardian era. In March 1905 the original watercolours were exhibited at Leicester Galleries, attracting the attention of J. M. Barrie, who then commissioned Rackham's next book, Peter Pan... Learn More -
RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle.London : 1905
First Rackham edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the illustrator on the half-title "R. F. Starkie from Arthur Rackham 9 Oct 05." This is a family presentation: Rackham was married to Edyth Starkie, of an extended and notable Irish family.
This title immediately established Rackham as the leading illustrator of lavishly produced gift bo... Learn More -
RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle.London : 1905
Signed limited edition, number 229 of 250 copies signed by the artist. This was the first book wholly illustrated by Rackham to be issued in a limited edition format and it immediately established him as the leading illustrator of lavishly produced gift books in the Edwardian era.
In March 1905 Rackham's originals were exhibited at the Leice... Learn More -
RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); BARRIE, J. M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.New York : 1906
First Rackham edition, first US printing. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens was the most popular Christmas gift book for 1906 and was highly successful commercially.
The story of Peter Pan had its genesis in Barrie's 1902 novel The Little White Bird, in which the central chapters tell of a child "who escaped from being a human when he was seve... Learn More -
RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); BARRIE, J. M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.London : [1920 or later]
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens was first published in 1906, in both deluxe and trade editions, with the plates gathered at the end. The "New Edition" of 1912 is in larger format, with new illustrations dated 1912, the colour plates distributed throughout the text, the text entirely reset (readily identifiable by running headlines in a large italic... Learn More -
RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); BARRIE, J. M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.London : 1906
First Rackham edition, trade issue, bound by Bayntun. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens was the most popular Christmas gift book for 1906.
The story of Peter Pan had its genesis in Barrie's 1902 novel The Little White Bird, in which the central chapters tell of a child "who escaped from being a human when he was seven days old... and flew back... Learn More -
RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); BARRIE, J. M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.London : 1906
Signed limited edition, number 263 of 500 copies signed by the artist, of this acknowledged classic of the "Golden Age" of book illustration. It also represents the first ever appearance of Peter Pan in the title of a book. Following publication, Barrie wrote to Rackham stating he had "shed glory" on the text and requested they continue to collabor... Learn More -
RACKHAM, Arthur. Peter Pan Portfolio. From "Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens".London : 1912
Signed limited edition, number 3 of 20 copies signed by Arthur Rackham on each plate, with the book signed by the publisher and engraver/printer on the limitation page. Although the edition was limited to 100 copies, only about 20 were signed throughout by Rackham.
Published to capitalise on the popularity of the stage production Peter and... Learn More -
RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); BARRIE, J. M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens.London : [1912]
Best Rackham edition, originally published in 1906. This edition is enlarged with a new frontispiece and seven full-page drawings that are not in the first edition. The plates were bound in sequence with the story for the first time.
"Mr Barrie's touch of fantasy, homely but eerie too, is admirably reflected. Moreover, the pictures are simpl... Learn More -
BARRIE, J. M. Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up.London : 1928
First edition, first impression, of the play text. The production opened on 27 December 1904 to huge success, breaking all previous theatrical records. Barrie followed up with Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens (1906), the text of which was based not on the play but rather on revised extractions from his story collection The Little White Bird (1902).<... Learn More -
ROBERTS, David. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia.London : 1842-49
First edition of "one of the most important and elaborate ventures of nineteenth-century publishing, and the apotheosis of the tinted lithograph... there is pleasure to be had from many of the individual plates, where Haghe's skillful and delicate lithography, and his faithful interpretation of Robert's draughtsmanship and dramatic sense, combine i... Learn More
