i) Title-page illustration featuring goblins, bells and bell-ropes [reproduced on title-page], 236 by 176mm., black and red ink drawing, unsigned, some spotting, and soiling, board separating (not affecting image); ii) The Goblin of the Great Bell [reproduced on p. 74], 295 by 180mm., pastel drawing, signed lower left "ARackham", minor tears and loss to extremities of sheet (not affecting image); iii) Imp [reproduced on p. 51], 67 by 43mm., ink drawing, unsigned, minor spotting; iv) Man asleep in chair [reproduced on p. 99], 89 by 150mm., ink drawing, unsigned, slight browning; all with artist's name and address on reverse

Exhibited: "Arthur Rackham - Illustrations Drawings and Watercolours" (Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Bristol City Art Gallery and Museum; Victoria and Albert Museum), December 1979 - April 1980, item 55 [second piece only]

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
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Rackham's illustrated edition of Dickens' Christmas book, The Chimes, was published in 1931. The title-page drawing, presented here, includes Rackham's lettering which was replaced by standard type for publication.