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The Arthur Rackham Treasury | 
 enlarge | Author: Arthur Rackham
Creator: Jeff A. Menges
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: £12.99
Buy New: £4.79
You Save: £8.20 (63%)
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 18467
Media: Paperback
Edition: Dover Ed
Pages: 96
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.3
ISBN: 0486446859
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.64092
EAN: 9780486446851
ASIN: 0486446859
Publication Date: January 27, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Brand New. Shipped from UK Mainland. Delivery is usually 4 - 5 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail.
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 The Meanings of Enchantment! November 19, 2007
F. S. L'hoir (Irvine, CA)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I was introduced to Arthur Rackham's magical illustrations as a child via the old St. Nicholas children's magazines, and his pictures have lost none of their magic in the ensuing years. His pen-and-ink drawings are complemented by a muted palette of colors that transform the pages into insubstantial doors into an enchanted world populated by slender butterfly-winged fairies, multitudes of elves and gnomes, and twisted anthropomorphic trees that capture a child's imagination, without being threatening. And yet the sharp angular faces of the children in his drawings suggest a subtle mischievous humor that prevents Rackham's illustrations from ever sinking into sentimentality.
Rackham's pen covered a wide range of subjects, from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream" and "The Tempest" by way of Kenneth Grahame's "Wind in the Willows", Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," and classical fairy tales, to Wagner's "Ring of the Niebelungen."
We are so lucky to have these beautifully reproduced Dover illustrations in a single book. They should be introduced to one's grandchildren so that their imaginations may also take flight with the enchanting creatures of Arthur Rackham's world.
 Well worth the money March 13, 2007
Casper (Sussex, UK)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is a very nice little book. It contains some of the not quite so well known illustrations too which I liked. It's so cheap that it's good to buy 2 copies. One to keep and browse, and the prints are of a reasonable size so that you could cut out your favourites to frame up. Well worth the money.
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