[Children's & Illustrated] [Rackham, Arthur] Group of 8 Early Titles Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1894-1905

Group Includes First Book Wholly Illustrated by Rackham and Book With His First Color Plate

Hope, Anthony
The Dolly Dialogues
London: Westminster Gazette, 1894. First edition, second issue. 8vo. (iv), 110, (1) pp. Illustrated with 4 black and white illustrations. Bound in three-quarter blue calf over linen-covered boards, worn, with the signature of "Francis Farquhar" in gilt to front board; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; marbled endpapers; by Bumpus. Tear in fore-edge of pp. 49/50; some very light scattered foxing and soiling to text block. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 1-2; Riall, pp. 2-3.

The first book wholly illustrated by Rackham.

Henly, W.E. (editor)
A London Garland...
London and New York: Macmillan and Company, 1895. First and deluxe edition. 4to. xxii, 203 pp. Numerous illustrations by members of the Society of Illustrators, including one in black and white Rackham, on page 104. Publisher's full deluxe vellum, decorated in gilt and in pink, soiled, scratched, worn, bowed, head-cap torn and repaired; all edges gilt; printed endpapers; scattered foxing; publisher's dust-jacket and slip case wanting; Latimore & Haskell, p. 6; Riall, p. 10

Lever, Charles
Charles O’Malley, The Irish Dragoon
London: James Nisbit & Co., Limited, 1899. Reprint of 1897 first edition, published by Service & Paton. 8vo. viii, 628 pp. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and 15 black and white illustrations, frontispiece tissue guard loose but present. Publisher's maroon cloth, stamped in gilt, "Nisbet" on spine; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; previous owner's signature on front free endpaper; endpapers browned. Without 16 pp. of ads as [confusingly] called for in Riall but not mentioned in L&H. Latimore & Haskell, p. 10; Riall, p. 22

Little Folks: A Magazine for Young People
London, etc.: Cassell and Company Limited, 1899. 4to. (iii), 476, (1) pp. Profusely illustrated by numerous artists and including one by Rackham, in color. Bound in three-quarter red morocco over red pebble cloth-covered boards, worn; edges speckled; scattered light foxing, tears, sello tape repairs, coloring. Riall, p. 212; not in Latimore & Haskell

Features "Rackham's 1st printed colour plate" (Riall, p. 212), Up a Tree, used as the frontispiece.

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine
London: Harmsworth Bros., Limited, 1899. Volume II (February-July, 1899). 4to. (x), 576 pp. Profusely illustrated by numerous artists, including six by Rackham for the story The Manoeuvres of Jerry, pp. 71-77. Publisher's light green cloth, stamped in gilt and in black; speckled edges. A near-fine copy. Latimore and Haskell, p. 77; Riall, p. 224

Kenyon, C.R.
The Argonauts of the Amazon
London and Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, 1901. First edition. 8vo. (viii), 305, (4), 32 pp. Illustrated with black and white frontispiece and 6 black and white plates. Publisher's illustrated orange cloth, stamped in gilt, yellow, black, and white, lightly soiled and rubbed; school-prize book-plate on front paste-down; prelims foxed; very scattered very light foxing to text; Latimore & Haskell, p. 16; Riall, p. 42

Dana, R(ichard). H(enry).
Two Years Before the Mast
London and Glasgow: Collins' Clear-Type Press, (ca. 1904). Reprint, edition unclear. 8vo. (iv), 304 pp. Illustrated with color frontispiece and 7 color plates, all by Rackham. Blue cloth, stamped in black and in gray; all edge; prelims foxed; Latimore & Haskell, pp. 23-24; Riall, p. 57

Punch
London, 1905. Volume 129, issues July-December, 1905. 4to. (iv), 468 pp. Profusely illustrated by numerous artists, including ten by Rackham (issues of July 5, August 30, September 6, September 27, October 11, October 25, November 15, November 29). Maroon cloth, stamped in black and in gilt, spine faded; all edges speckled; prelims foxed; previous owner's book-plate and rubber stamp on front paste-down; Latimore & Haskell, p. 89; Riall, p. 228

Provenance

From the Children’s and Illustrated Books Library of Nicholas Wedge, Ossining, New York