EPHEMERA
A drawing of an old bookshop, originally printed in the Pall Mall Budget for 28th January 1892, was reproduced as a private greetings card in 1958 for Mr and Mrs R. A. Brimmell.
DUST-WRAPPERS.
Several books illustrated by Arthur Rackham were issued in coloured dust-wrappers specially designed or incorporating extra decoration not used in the book. The following are known examples:
- A Christmas Carol. 1915
- Comus. 1921
- A Dish of Apples. 1921
- Poor Cecco. 1925
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 1928
- The Compleat Angler. 1931
- Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. 1932
- The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. 1933
- Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination. 1935
- Peer Gynt. 1936
INVITATION CARDS.
For the Private View of an Exhibition of Water Colour Drawings illustrating Rip Van Winkle, and other Fantasies, on 11th March 1905, at the Leicester Galleries, Leicester Square.
For a Conversazione of the Artists’ Society and the Langham Sketching Club. 23rd February 1906.
MENU.
For the Seventh Dinner of the Titmarsh Club. 14th November 1909.
NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENT.
Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser. Supplement. 25th May 1895.
(A single sheet, 22 by 17 inches, with 14 illustrations for an article on the new Baltic and North Sea Canal.)
PROGRAMME.
For a concert at the St John’s Wood Art Club. 5th April 1909.
SELF-PORTRAIT.
A pen-and-ink sketch of the artist at work, drawn for E. A. Osborne. 1938. (Never published. A block was made and two proofs were pulled in 1938. One is in the possession of Mr Osborne and the other in the G. L. Lazarus collection.)
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS.
A folio sheet reproduced in facsimile, being an illustrated jocular testimonial accompanying a wedding gift (to Maggie Browne). 1896.
A card announcing the marriage and new address of Philip Soper and Barbara Rackham. 1935.181
