harrison florence illus (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dust jacket as issued. Inner hinges cracked. Some light scattered foxing. Abrasion to one plate. Fore-edge foxed. Teg. 260mm x 210mm (10" x 8"). xxiv; 369pp + plates. 36 tipped in colour plates awith captioned tissue guards; 34 full page b/w illustrations and b/w illustrations in the text. Includes Goblin market. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. Cream/gilt hardback decorated cloth cover.

Quarto, pp., [62]. Numerous illustrations and vignettes block-printed in black, red, green, and yellow, many full or double-page within text, one double-page illustration by Florence Harrison (with her signature printed to corner), others by E. Dorothy Rees and L. A. Govey. Publisher's original blue cloth, titled in midnight blue with clock vignette to upper board, in the original pictorial dust-jacket by W. Marks. Prize inscription to one John Styles in blue ink to front free end-paper. Loss to lower section of jacket, and to spine-tips, small closed tear to upper joint, slight soiling to upper panel. Corners slightly bumped, binding square and strong. Contents clean and quite bright. A very good copy in good jacket. A rare toy book, illustrated by Florence Harrison and E. Dorothy Rees. Florence Harrison (1877-1955) was an accomplished illustrator of children's book in both Pre-Raphaelite and Art Nouveau styles. She illustrated works by Christina Rossetti, William Morris, and Alfred Tennyson. Her illustration to this volume evokes the fin-de-siécle poster style that she was celebrated for. E. Dorothy Rees (1891-1967) was a similarly accomplished writer and illustrator of children's books, best known for her illustrations of small animals and little girls. A rather sweet rarity. Scarce. We locate one copy of this edition world-wide, at the National Library of Scotland.

First British Edition. Quarto, pp., 63, [i], an illustrated poem to a page, plus 24 full-page colour plates. Collated and complete. Original publisher's pictorial green cloth, fairy-ring design by Harrison and titles in gilt to spine and upper board; pictorial front end-papers partially hand-coloured by a former juvenile owner; all edges gilt. Contemporary ownership inscription in ink to recto of front free end-paper, and bookplate to verso. The slightest of shelf-wear to extremities, binding bright and fresh. Light scattered foxing to first and final leaves, with a few spots within, but generally clean and bright. Near-fine. Florence Harrison (1877-1955) was a prolific Australian illustrator working in both Art Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite styles. Harrison illustrated the works of the Rossettis, William Morris, and Alfred Tennyson. A very attractive example of Harrison's work.