Arthur Rackham : a life with illustration / James Hamilton

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 199 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. Contents: Introduction: a question of nervous output -- An unforgettable and epoch marking event in my life -- The necessity that sent me first to business: 1879-1898 -- It is no good sitting lazily: 1898-1906 -- A tender, flickering light of imagination: 1906-1914 -- Everyone in the world is suffering: 1914-1919 -- The Americans have done great things for me: 1919-1927 -- All is vanity: 1928-1939 -- Rackham and Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream. Appendices: chronology of Arthur Rackham's life; Arthur Rackham's family tree -- Books illustrated by Arthur Rackham -- Rackham in public collections -- The business of illustration and how Rackham made it pay -- Arthur Rackham's pattern of earnings. Subjects: Rackham, Arthur 1867-1939. Illustrators Great Britain ; Biography. Illustrated children's books Great Britain. Illustration of books 20th century Great Britain. 1 Kg. …