Search Results: Biography: Illustrators & Artists from The Owl at the Bridge

London, Heinemann [1976; c1960]. Hard Cover. 181 pages, illustrations (part mounted, part color), portraits; 28.5 cm. Bibliography: pages 159-160. "The printed work of Arthur Rackham, a check-list compiled by Bertram Rota": pages 164-181. Very Good in green cloth, no dust jacket. Stock#39110.

"There was nothing in the least egotistical about Arthur Rackham's modest entry in Who's Who, but the long list of books that he had illustrated served to remind me [DH] of my own childhood and of the great pleasure his work had given to me and to so many others, and it led me to wonder whether anything in the nature of a memorial volume existed. I found that it did not; and this book, which will be published twenty-one years after Rackham's death, is an attempt to fill the gap." "Copyright (C) 1960 Derek Hudson / Reprinted 1973, 1975." Includes Bibliography (159-160), Drawings and Paintings in Collections (161-163); The Printed Work of Arthur Rackham (164-181; "A Check-List compiled by Bertram Rota, revised by Anthony Rota, 1973"). 181 pages, black & white vignettes & drawings, 34 color (including portrait frontispiece) and 8 black & white plates tipped-in; 28.5 cm. Green boards stamped in gold; color pictorial dust jacket in mylar has a few small chips; the whole handsome and Very Good.… Read More

Alphabetical dictionary of over 800 illustrators "whose work was first published in Britain." Entries include biographical and bibliographical information. 336 pages, illustrated; folio, 27.5 cm.; Very Good+, gift quality. Stock#ofc0512.