cranwill (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Small hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. Dark brown cloth hardcover with a black border and gilt title on front cover. First edition thus. Corners are sharp and binding is tight, no handwriting or bookplates noted in book. Some foxing noted with the worst being an area of about two inches on the rear end page and pastedown - which may have also been caused by a leaf being pressed in the book. Book would normally be graded as fine but board edges that have some light spots. See photos.

120/200 COPIES (from an edition of 225 copies), title and initial letters printed in red, title-page design, 5 headpieces and 2 full-page illustrations by Mia Cranwill (see below), one leaf at rear a little creased at corner, pp. 32, [1], 8vo, original quarter white boards, the sides with buff paper patterned with a Cranwill design, gentle knock at foot of backstrip, some very faint white marks to lower board and a little wear at extremities, textblock edges a little toned, very good. Signed by the illustrator on the initial blank: 'from Mia Cranwill, Xmas 1955'. Laid in are two autograph letters from Cranwill to the dancer and artist Claire Faraci: the first, 1p., from the time of the inscription, thanks Faraci and her mother for the cards and sends this book; the second, 2pp., from ten years later, explains that she no longer writes much 'since my right hand is crippled' and remembers a childhood gift as well as mentioning that Faraci's aunt often visits. Though explaining in some detail her poor health, Cranwill insists that she is 'always serene & happy'. Cranwill and Faraci had both been born in Ireland and moved to England in their youth (Cranwill returned to Dublin, whereas Faraci ended up in New York); the majority of her career was spent in metalwork, and her Celtic designs in this book have elements of that medium. Accompanied by an issue of 'The Irish Housewife Annual' from 1958, with an article on Cranwill's career. (Miller 16).