Arthur Rackham Reprises Ingoldsby Legend in The Odd Volume Anthology

As his publishing stature made back catalog artwork highly usable across new volumes tapping proven crowd allure, Arthur Rackham permitted publishers to recycle select vintage visions for fresh contexts. Case in point, this 1908 literary anthology entitled The Odd Volume curated by B.W. Matz to raise relief funds featured a full page Rackham printing reprinted from his career-defining 1907 collection of humorous English folk verses, The Ingoldsby Legends.

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Buy The Odd Volume

1908 charity literary anthology graced by rare Arthur Rackham reprinted illustration.

Features Rackham’s piece from career masterwork The Ingoldsby Legends
Eclectic compilation of writing and art raising funds for book trade workers
A fascinating curio for devotees of Rackham, fantasy art, Victorian literature, or publishing history

Format: Red paper wrappers with mounted C.E. Brock illustration (95 pages)

Size: 7 1⁄4 x 9 1⁄2 inches

Text: The Odd Volume: Literary and Artistic
Edited by B. W. Matz
Published in Aid of the Fund of the National Book Trade Provident Society
[Drawing]
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. Ltd.
1908

Rackham Contribution: 1 full page halftone reprint illustration from The Ingoldsby Legends

Other Illustrators: Various unnamed artists

Authors: Various unnamed writers

Publisher: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co. Ltd. (London)

Publication Date: 1908

Surrounded by short stories, poems, and pictures by sundry figures, Rackham’s piece indicates blanket clamor for his compositions serving as mascots embodying atmospheric fantasy mystery through any bespoke packaging. While the Odd Volume itself holds little lasting importance, completist collectors should acquire such unusual published extras featuring recycled greatest hits keeping Rackham’s visions circulating amidst admiring creative circles.