This has drawings from the Sphinx by Oscar Wilde, so it's worth keeping just for that. At some point I will photocopy the drawings and compile them with my copy of the Sphinx, which only has a drawing on the cover. ( )

This review is to offset the one and half star gloss that fails to do either the book or anyone who might be interested in it any service. Charles Ricketts:Subtle and Fantastic Decorator has 24 pages of biographical material that is quite informative, particularly if the reader comes to it knowing nothing more of the artist that a few of his book illustrations. Ricketts is primarily known as an illustrator, and of the illustrations here, pulled from the books he illustrated (there are more than 70 pages of them), are in black and white. The book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in Ricketts or the art of book illustration and the literature of the late 19th century. It is also quite cheap. If you want more depth, there is Charles Ricketts: Everything for Art: Selected Writings, published by Rivendale Press. ( )

A short text with pictures (6 in colour) ( )