lisping goddess figurehead fantasy von flint william (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardback, quarter morocco and cloth. 113pp [4]. 2 colour and numerous monochrome illustrations. Signed by Flint on the copyright page. Number 173 of a total edition of 275 copies, numbers 26 to 240 were bound in quarter morocco and cloth by Mansell. Marbled end-papers. Spine a little age-discoloured and stained and a few small spots to rear boards. Contents clean and unmarked. Signed by Author(s).

One of 35 copies for presentation use and not for sale, signed by Russell Flint in a deluxe binding by Bayntun-Riviere, no. 244 of a total edition of 275. Collotypes of 2 watercolours and 26 drawings by Russell Flint. Large initial by Margaret Adams printed in a rich maroon. Text printed and beautifully set by Dame Hildelith Cummings in Cancelleresca Bastarda on Hodgkinson handmade paper. Folio, 21.2 x 35.6 cms, bound in bright scarlet morocco signed by Bayntun-Riviere with device by Flint blocked in gilt on the upper cover, spine in compartments with raised bands, gilt lettering on spine, gilt fillet on turn-ins, top edge gilt, others uncut, marbled endpapers designed by Flint and with his monogram. An extremely good, clean and crisp copy, housed in the remains of the original marbled paper covered slipcase (lacking bottom edge). A major piece of work by the Stanbrook Abbey Press where Russell Flint found the typographical marvel Dame Hildelith Cumming remarkably open minded about producing a book with 'watercolours of nubile young ladies' to accompany this series of extraordinary prose fantasies inspired by the collection of ship's figureheads on board the Cutty Sark.

leather_bound. Zustand: Ottimo (Fine). Splendida legatura in pelle rossa con fregi in oro, grande volume illustrato in edizione numerata (ns. esempl. n. 1/25 di 275) con dedica autografa dell\'autore, Sir William R. Flint (1880 - 1969), celebre artista e illustratore scozzese, molto noto per gli acquerelli con ritratti di donne. Con illustrazioni a colori e b/n, testi in inglese stampati in caratteri neri, bleu e rossi. Bell\'esemplare, in ottimo stato di conservazione, completo di cofanetto editoriale marmorizzato. Vol. In-Folio, mm. 356x216, pp. 113 n. Legatura editoriale in piena pelle. Un grande fregio dorato al piatto. Titoli con fregio dorati al dorso, con 5 nervi. Filetti in oro ai risguardi. Taglio superiore in oro. Risguardi marmorizzati. Illustrazioni dentro e fuori testo. In ottimo stato, con minime tracce del tempo al cofanetto. 002F. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. One of 240 (275) copies bound by Mansell in quarter blue morocco with canvas, gold-blocked 'Three Mermaids' device on the front board, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., others uncut. Handset in 20-point Van Krimpen Cancellaresca Bastarda, with a line-block reproduction of an initial by Margaret Adams, printed in black, red and blue on Hodgkinson hand-made paper, signed by the artist/author. Illustrated with collotype reproductions of 26 pencil drawings and two water colours. A few leaves slightly foxed, marbled paper-covered slipcase, a very good to fine copy. The text consists of a series of prose fantasies inspired by the old ships' figureheads on the 'Cutty Sark'. The marbled papers, in different patterns, were Russell Flint's first designs for marbling. Signed by Author(s).