FLINT,RUSSELL KINGSLEY,CHARLES (3 Ergebnisse)

London, [Riccardi Press] Philip Lee Warner Publisher to The Medici Society Ltd., 1912. 113 pp. 12 col. plates after designs by R. Flint. Orig. 1/4 canvas backed boards, covers sl. foxed & stained. - Owner's name on free endpaper & title-page. Lim. edition of 500 copies (no. 40).

Zustand: Gut. XVIII; 166 Seiten; zahlr. Tafelseiten mit farb. Illustrationen; 23,5 cm; fadengeh. Orig.-Leinenband. Gutes, stabiles Exemplar; leichte Gebrauchs- u. Lagerspuren; Einband berieben; Besitzerstempel; farbiges Exlibris auf Vorsatz; Seiten geringfügig nachgedunkelt. - Englisch. - " To My children, Rose, Maurice, and Mary a little present of old Greek Fairy Tales " (Seite V). // INHALT : Author's Preface ----- I. How Perseus and his Mother came to Seriphos ----- II. How Perseus vowed a rash Vow ----- III. How Perseus slew the Gorgon I ----- IV. How Perseus came to the Aethiops ----- V. How Perseus came home again ----- I. How the Centaur trained the Heroes on Pelion ----- II. How Jason lost his Sandal in Anauros ----- III. How they built the ship 'Argo' in Iolcos ----- IV. How the Argonauts sailed to Colchis ----- V. How the Argonauts were driven into the Unknown Sea ----- VI. What was the End of the Heroes ----- I. How Theseus lifted the Stone ----- II. How Theseus slew the Devourers of Men ----- III. How Theseus slew the Minotaur ----- IV. How Theseus fell by his Pride // ILLUSTRATIONEN : 'He took Danae and her babe down to the seashore, and put them into a great chest and thrust them out to sea' -- She stood and looked at him with her clear grey eyes' -- 'All night long the sea-nymphs sang sweetly, and the Tritons blew upon their conchs, as they played round Galatea their queen' -- ' " Do not fear me, fair one; I am a Hellen, and no barbarian"' -- ' Cheiron stood by him and watched him, for he knew that the time was come' -- ' They took the bough and came to lolcos, and nailed it to the beak-head of the ship' -- ' He went up to a cliff, and prayed for them, that they might come home safe and well' -- ' But Medeia called gently to him, and he stretched out his long spotted neck, and licked her hand' -- ' Slowly they sung and sleepily, with silver voices, mild and clear, which stole over the golden waters, and into the hearts of all the heroes' -- ' Then they leapt across the pool, and came to him' -- 'And Theseus looked up in her fair face and into her deep dark eyes' -- ' [Theseus] caught him by the horns, and forced his head back, and drove the keen sword through his throat'. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 650.

First Flint edition, number 463 of 500 copies printed on handmade paper There were also 12 copies printed on vellum. Lancelyn Green stated that "no one has caught the magic and the music and the wonder of the old Greek legends as Kingsley did" (p. 132), and Kingsley's collection is perfectly complemented in this edition by Flint's illustrations. Gardner notes that reprints of this title in the 1920s only included nine of Russell Flint's original 12 colour plates. The 15 stories feature Perseus, Theseus, and the Argonauts. Keith S. Gardner, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Unsigned Limited Edition Works of Sir William Russell Flint, 1994, p. 116; Roger Lancelyn Green, Tellers of Tales, 1946; Ransom, p. 395. Quarto. Original full limp vellum, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, original green cotton ties, top edge gilt, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, cream silk bookmarker. Later slipcase. Colour frontispiece and 11 coloured plates, with captioned tissue guards, all by Russell Flint. Minor colour variance to vellum, as usual; a fine copy.