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Oliver Goldsmith
Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now extremely…
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Derek Hudson
The first major biography of Arthur Rackham, this 1960 profile contains hard-to-find concept sketches and developmental work, early line illustrations, and over 30 color plates that span his entire career.
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Arthur Rackham,Jeff A Menges
Images from a broad span of Rackham’s career include Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and some rarely seen magazine work.
Charles Dickens
Through the intervention of four ghosts, Ebenezer Scrooge is shown the spirit of Christmas.
Kenneth Grahame
This book forms part of our ‘Pook Press’ imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children’s literature. ‘The Wind in the Willows’ is a true classic of Children’s literature…
Arthur Rackham
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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This stunning collection of illustrations by one of the greatest artists of the Golden Age of Illustration captures the magic and mystery of the American Southwest. Featuring vivid depictions of…
Arthur Rackham was a prolific and beloved illustrator whose work is celebrated for its charm, wit, and whimsy. This collection of nursery rhymes features some of Rackham's most memorable and…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
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Follow the fantastical adventures of a young boy named Nick as he travels through different lands and meets magical creatures on his journey. The charming illustrations and whimsical writing style…
A beautifully illustrated book featuring a selection of traditional British ballads, including 'Tam Lin' and 'The Three Ravens', accompanied by Arthur Rackham's stunning illustrations.
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This is a new release of the original 1923 edition.
This new translation is the first to represent all the main fable collections in ancient Latin and Greek derived from the legendary Aesop, arranged according to the fables’ contents and…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
This book is a collection of the best known nursery rhymes illustrated by Rackhams obscure, humourous and imaginative colour plates and black and white line drawings. Many of the earliest…
By the time England’s leading illustrator, Arthur Rackham, began his work on Wagner’s Ring cycle, he was already famous throughout the world for his interpretations of fairy tales and myths…
Fifty-five lovely plates, reproduced from rare, early editions, include scenes from Irish Fairy Tales, English Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel, Snowdrop and Other Tales, Little Brother & Little Sister, and…
The master from the Golden Age of Illustration lends his distinct humour and romanticism to these enchanting and enduring morality tales with 13 full-colour and 53 black-and-white illustrations.
Traditional rhymes and stories have been collected under the wing of Mother Goose for centuries. This collection contains the old favourites from Jack and Jill to comic alphabets and the…
The timeless tale of the spellbound princess takes on a delightful dimension in this hardcover keepsake edition. Rackham envisions a fantasy world in the form of crisp black-and-white silhouettes.
Brothers Grimm
Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales collects more than two hundred tales set down by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in the early decades of the nineteenth century, among them some of the…
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Rackham Arthur
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Anon.
Originally published in 1919, this books contains a collection of traditional tales from the British Isles beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration…
Dickens
This beautiful hardback brings together two masters of their fields: Charles Dickens, a grandmaster of Victorian literature and a household name from his time until ours, and Arthur Rackham, one…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed…
Spanish translations of twenty-eight Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales.
C S Evans
Celebrating 100 years since their original publication in 1919 and 1920, Pook Press presents a new, deluxe edition of Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty.
Two of the most adored fairy…
Lewis Carroll (Christ Church College, Oxford)
During a boat trip up the Isis River with Reverend Robinson Duckworth and the three young daughters of Henry Liddell, one of whom is named Alice, Lewis Carroll, the pen…
Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm
Once upon a time, two brothers wished to preserve their German folklore in a collection of tales that they believed had been handed down for generations. When they began in…
