“A FINE SURVEY”: ARTHUR RACKHAM’S BOOK OF PICTURES, SIGNED BY HIM
RACKHAM, Arthur. Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures. With an Introduction by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. London: William Heinemann, (1913). Quarto, modern full burgundy morocco gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, uncut. $3600.
Signed limited first edition, number 511 of 1030 copies signed by Rackham, with 44 lovely mounted color plates by him. Very handsomely bound in full morocco-gilt by Zaehnsdorf.
"One of the most famous and influential artists of fantasy material of the early 20th century… Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures is a fine survey" (Clute & Grant, 799). The subjects in these beautiful plates, most of which had never before been published, range from elves and goblins to menacing sea monsters and Mother Nature, with appearances by such fairy tale figures as Jack the Giant Killer and Santa Claus. Latimore & Haskell, 41-42. Riall, 118.
A fine copy.