The Century Edition De Luxe of Raemaekers' War Cartoons. With Descriptive Chapters. [One of 50 with an original drawing]

Raemaekers, Louis. (1869 - 1956)

Verlag: New York: The Century Co.,, 1917

Beschreibung

Foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. No. 14 of 50 special copies with a signed, original drawing by the artist and the artist's signature on the dedication page, of a total of 1050 copies. Size of binding: 13 ½ in. x 17 ¾ in. Two volumes, large folio. 125 mounted plates, some being in color, each with a printed descriptive essay. The original signed drawing, in pencil and water-color, showing a young soldier, is in the front of Volume I, which contains a specially printed leaf giving the limitation number and the subscriber's name for whom this copy was printed (William G. Mather). White textured cloth with red leather gilt title labels on the spines, and gilt titling and the artist's signature reproduced in gold on the front covers. Light grey end-papers and pages. White oil-cloth dust jackets with gilt titling on the spine and the artist's signature reproduced in gold on the front covers. The cover edges show some tan spotting and dusting. The oil-cloth dust jackets show some wear, scattered tan spotting, dusting, and a few stains. The original drawing and the mounted illustrations are generally clean. Volume I contains the bookplate of William G. Mather (1857-1951), a Cleveland, Ohio-based book collector who was associated with the Cleveland Museum of Art. This special copy contains a typed letter to W. G. Mather: "We are sending by express your set of the Century Edition deluxe of Raemaekers' War Cartoons. It was my pleasure to be with Raemaekers while he was making some of the original sketches for the low numbers of his work. I was greatly amused at seeing him draw the character which is the subject of your sketch, and when it was finished I asked him for its title; he replied, 'that is Fritz at attention,' and I trust you will fully enjoy it. As you understand these copies, numbers one to fifty, have an individual distinction, being the only ones in the world containing original sketches by the artist and signed, and only fifty will be made." The letter was signed by the publication manager of The Century Company on Nov. 1, 1917. This copy also contains the original invoice from The Century Company. Weight is 15 lbs. Packing and postage will be extra on this item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers m-485

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Century Edition De Luxe of Raemaekers' ...

Verlag: New York: The Century Co.,

Erscheinungsdatum: 1917

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good

Signiert: Signed by Illustrator(s)