Charles Ricketts R.A. Sixty-five Illustrations Introduced by T. Sturge Moore

Charles Ricketts; T. Sturge Moore

Verlag: Cassell & Co Ltd, London, 1933

Beschreibung

A lovely first edition of this collection of the illustrations of Charles Ricketts, who had a great reputation as an art connoisseur, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Colour frontispiece of Montezuma, a costume design by Charles Ricketts for a play by Cecil Lewis. 60 further plates of his illustrations. Collated complete. Charles de Sousy Ricketts (1866-1931) was a British artist, illustrator, author and printer, known for his work as a book designer and typographer and for his costume and scenery designs for plays and operas. His most enduring theatre designs, which remained in use for more than 50 years, were for Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. This album of his illustrations is introduced by Thomas Sturge Moore (1870-1944) who was himself a playwright, poet, author and artist. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in lovely condition, with minimal wear to the lower extremities and head and tail of the spine. Colour is good and gilt is bright. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, just a little tanned to the paste downs and free end papers. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine and extremities, with a couple of marks to the front of the wrap, and some chipping to the upper extremities and tail of the spine. Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 833M23

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Charles Ricketts R.A. Sixty-five ...

Verlag: Cassell & Co Ltd, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1933

Einband: Cloth

Illustrator: Charles Ricketts

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good

Auflage: First edition.

Art des Buches: book