Goethe's Faust with Illustrations by Harry Clarke [Limited Edition Signed by Harry Clarke]

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang; Anster, John (English Translation)

Verlag: Dingwall Rock Limited, New York, 1925

Beschreibung

Signed and limited first edition. From signed limitation page: "Edition limited to one thousand copies for England and one thousand copies for the United States, of which this is No. '641' of the English issue. 'Harry Clarke'". Rare edition from George G. Harrap. Large 8 1/4" x 10 5/8" design. Grey boards, cream vellum (leather) spine wrap, gilt spine titles, moderate shelf wear. Includes eight brilliantly miasmic color plates by Harry Clarke and intriguing nouveau illustration throughout in full and partial-page designs. Highly influential renderings from the golden age of gift-book illustration in first quarter of twentieth century. Many rarities not seen elsewhere. Powerfully vivid, chiaroscuro illustrations by Harry Clarke throughout. Beautifully haunting and nighmarish renderings. Vintage rough-cut, deckled leaves, near fine; no writing. Limitation page and adjacent stuck somewhat up from gutter. Bright gilded top-edge. Haunting monochromatic pictorial endpapers in striking blue and white over black. Bind fine, some stiffness; hinges intact. Clarke (March 17, 1889-1931) was a famed Irish book illustrator and stained glass artist. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. Translated into English, in the original metres, by John Anster. Printed in Great Britain for George G. Harrap and Dingwall Rock, by Walter Lewis, at the University Press, Cambridge. 255 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 021648

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Goethe's Faust with Illustrations by Harry ...

Verlag: Dingwall Rock Limited, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1925

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: Clarke, Harry

Zustand: Very Good

Signiert: Signed by Artist

Auflage: First Limited Edition.

Art des Buches: Book