Ainger alfred preface (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. 1st thus. Red calf, VG. xxxii+236pp+2pp publishers adverts, b/w frontis & 129 b/w illustrations by Charle E Brock, top edge gilt, leather a little worn at the head & tail of the spine with loss as the base, ownership inscription. Macmillan's Pocket Classics series. Hood's Comic verse in an attractive binding. 275 grams.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Illustrated Pocket Classics. Illustrated Pocket Classics. Hardcover. 7" X 4 1/2". xxxi, 236pp, plus two pages of publisher's ads. Bound in scarlet cloth over boards, lettered and decorated in gilt to upper board and spine. Moderate wear to binding, with rubbing and bumping to extremities and slight lean to sunned spine. Prize bookplate dated 1906 to front free endpaper. Occasional foxing to pages throughout, else unmarked. Hint of spine to pages throughout; binding remains quite firm and sound. An overall quite presentable and still charming 1903 edition of these humorous poems by Thomas Hood, generously illustrated throughout in 130 vignettes, headpieces, and more by Charles E. Brock.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition Thus. Original publisher's dark green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorations on front cover and spine. All edges gilt. 5" x 7 1/2." Pages [i]-xxxi. [1]-236, complete. 130 black-and-white illustrations, complete. Former owner's bookplate tipped in on front pastedown: "Edith E. King-Fisher." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Corners slightly bumped; lower-left corner of back cover has a minuscule portion of cloth that is chipped. Faint marks on a few pages. A Fine copy. A collection of humorous poems by acclaimed English poet and humorist Thomas Hood (1799-1845). Alfred Ainger (1837-1904) was an English biographer and literary critic. Charles Edmund Brock (1870-1938) of Cambridge was an English painter and book illustrator. He signed most of his work as "C. E. Brock." Not to be confused with Charles Edmund Brock (1881?-1964) of London, an English portrait painter who painted members of English Royalty and the aristocracy. Brock, Charles E. (illustrator).…

Full Calf. Zustand: Very Good. First Trade Edition. Bound in full red calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. 12mo. 18 by 12.5 cm. xxx, [2], 236 pp. 130 Brock illustrations. The Sangorski & Sutcliffe binding is fairly plain, with gilt ruled borders on the boards, but ornate gilt decoration in the spine compartments between the raised bands. All edges gilt. Endpapers unusual, we think -- not a marbled paper, more like a country kitchen wallpaper. The leather is healthy, in the sense it is supple and bright generally, but there is rubbing along the joints and spine extremities, some minor gilt loss, and corners have ever so slightly show wear. Border of FEP has band of heavy browning which tracks perfectly the turn-ins opposite. Trivial soiling of leaves; overall, the book does read as a clean, and tight, copy. Charles E. Brock (illustrator).…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. Hard cover, 8 vo. (5" x 7 1/2") in unusually pretty duck egg blue full calf, 236 pp. First illustrated trade edition in a alternative binding (not signed.) Four gilt rose sprigs decorate the corners of the front and rear boards. The spine has intertwining gilt rose branches climbing through the author and title. All edges are gilt, including board edges and spine edges, as well as the elaborately tooled turn-ins. Endpapers are in a cream and purple "spatter" pattern, with a modern bookplate. Preface by Alfred Ainger, and One Hundred and Thirty Illustrations by Charles E. Brock. Printed by R. and R. Clark, Edinburgh. CONDITION: Near Fine. Very slight wear to boards and a couple of corners. Spine is lightly sunned. Overall, however, the book makes an excellent, and elegant, impression. The interior is fresh and bright with only a couple of small spots of foxing on the end papers. Hinges are in order, and the gilt remains bright. **Author English poet and humorist Thomas Hood (1799-1845), born above a bookshop in London, would later begin his poetry career in Dundee whilst recovering from an illness. Despite his humble beginnings, Hood's early verse gained the attention of Coleridge and Charles Lamb, the tale of which is told in Ainger's Preface to this volume.*This was book illustrator Charles E. Brock's debut in lavishly illustrated "gift books", published during this period. The expressiveness of his pen and ink illustrations have been favorably compared to the work of fellow book artist Hugh Thomson. Brock and Hood would work together at the Magazine Punch during this time. Charles E. Brock (illustrator). Book.…