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Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Arthur Rackham: The Hesperides

John Milton
Comus, 1634

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/19819/19819-h/19819-h.htm

Arthur Rackham's original book illustration of the Hesperides, mythical nymphs of the evening, shows the trio encircling the tree with the golden apples and singing. Parts of the dragon Ladon, who guards the golden apples, may be seen just outside the fence. The superb image appeared in Heinemann's 1921 edition of John Milton's 1634 masque Comus. The artwork is available from Lucius Books in York, but it may cost you a golden apple.

Arthur Rackham
AbeBooks listing accessed May 12, 2026

https://www.abebooks.com/signed/AMIDST-GARDENS-FAIR-HESPERUS-DAUGHTERS-THREE/32438922383/bd?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=trg&cm_pla=want_CM&ref_=pe_aep_AEP_wants_buyer-wants&cm_ite=viewbook

Arthur Rackham
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Arthur Rackham
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Thursday, February 26, 2026

First Editions: Redrawn—The BFG Illustrated by Quentin Blake

Roald Dahl's The BFG—it stands for Big Friendly Giant—was published in 1982 with illustrations by Quentin Blake. For a charity auction in 2014 entitled First Editions: Redrawn, Blake has added five pages of original drawings to a first edition of the book. That copy of the book is available on the market again from Lucius Books in London.

Quentin Blake
AbeBooks listing accessed February 21, 2026

https://www.abebooks.com/signed-first-edition/BFG-DAHL-Roald-illustrated-BLAKE-Quentin/32395896500/bd?cm_ven=nl&cm_cat=trg&cm_pla=want_CM&ref_=pe_aep_AEP_wants_buyer-wants&cm_ite=img_high

Quentin Blake
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Sunday, April 20, 2025

Audrey Adams's Copy of No Room to Swing a Cat by Ralph Steadman

Ralph Steadman, the ever-inventive illustrator, personalized a copy of No Room to Swing a Cat (1989) to his editor Audrey Adams. He turned her first name into a drawing of what is, very likely, a cat. The signature is dated the 15th of May, in the year, again very likely, 1989, when the hardback edition was first released.