Lot 162
Rackham, Arthur & Heath Robinson
A collection of illustrated books
£1,125
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 22 September 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
Including 12 8vo volumes illustrated by Arthur Rackham: Kipling, Rudyard Puck of Pook’s Hill. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. 8vo, 4 colour plates, original green cloth gilt; “Carroll, Lewis” [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. London: William Heinemann, [n.d. but 1907] 8vo, 13 colour plates, original green cloth gilt; Swift, Jonathan Gulliver’s Travels. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1909. 8vo, 12 colour plates, original light blue cloth gilt, ownership inscription to paste-down endpaper; Lamb, Charles and Mary Tales from Shakespeare. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1909. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, 12 colour plates, original red cloth gilt; Dickens, Charles A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. 8vo, 12 colour plates, original purple cloth gilt; Swinburne, Algernon Charles The Springtide of Life. London: William Heinemann, 1918. 8vo, 7 colour plates, original green cloth gilt; Some British Ballads. London: Constable & Co. Ltd., [1919]. 8vo, 16 tipped-in colour plates, original blue cloth gilt; Der Märchenwald. Zurich: Rascher & Cie., 1919. 8vo, 12 tipped-in colour plates, original red cloth gilt, dust-jacket, a little light foxing; Irving, Washington The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1928. 8vo, 8 colour plates, original green cloth gilt; The Allies’ Fairy Book. London: William Heinemann, [n.d.] 8vo, 12 colour plates, original blue cloth gilt, school prize label to paste-down endpaper; Mother Goose, the Old Nursery Rhymes. London: William Heinemann, [n.d.] 8vo, 14 plates, original blue cloth; Phillpotts, Eden A Dish of Apples. London & New York: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d.] 8vo, 3 colour plates, original cloth; Shakespeare, William - W. Heath-Robinson, illustrator A Midsummer Night's Dream. London: Constable & Co. Ltd., 1914. 4to, 12 tipped-in colour plates, modern red calf gilt, slipcase; [Idem] Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night, or What You Will. New York & London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d.] 8vo, 40 tipped-in colour plates, original green cloth gilt; Perrault, Charles - W. Heath-Robinson, illustrator Old-Time Stories. London: Constable & Co. Ltd., 1921. 8vo, 6 tipped-in colour plates, original red cloth gilt, a little foxing (15)
