Harriett m bennett illustrator (3 Ergebnisse)

Circa 1890, small 4to, 190 x 160 mm, 7½ x 6¼ inches, cream card covers, with silk thread binding, repeat coloured illustration to upper cover, all edges gilt, 16 pages. 4 enchanting chromolitho plates of young children in period costume, 1 sepia plate and a few text vignettes. Illustrated by Harriet M. Bennett. Cream covers very slightly discoloured, title page and inner margins of centrefold slightly foxed. A very good plus clean copy. None listed in Copac and 1 only on WorldCat in USA. The four chromolitho plates appear also in "Over the Hills, Away" from the same publisher. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

FIRST EDITION (1892), small 4to, 190 x 170 mm, 7½ x 6½ inches, cloth backed colour illustrated covers, (2 small children dancing), gilt title to upper cover, all edges gilt, (54) pages. 12 very attractive chromolithograph plates all of young children in period dress by Harriet M. Bennett. Frontispiece shows a girl and boy riding the same pony. Numerous other very pretty illustrations printed sepia, some full page. Head and tail of spine and corners slightly rubbed, light rubbing to glaze on edges of covers, prize bookplate on front pastedown dated 1895, occasional very slight fingermarks, one 10 mm (½") closed margin tear. A very good plus copy. Other chromolithograph plates: country dancing; a sweep and milkmaid; the postman; a pedlar showing ribbons to the maidens; 2 nice girls and a sailor; 2 huntsmen in the pink outside The Fox and Grapes with a young serving wench (all portrayed by young children). Dated from British Library accession date. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. 1st edition, presumed. Chromolithographs and lithographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Presumed 1st edition. Soundly bound in original chromolithograph illustrated, glazed paper covered boards with unlettered green cloth backed spine. Color plate Victorian era children's book features 16 full-page chromolithographs, 8 in-text chromolithographs and about 20 in-text sepia toned chromos. Verse text by Mack and designs by Bennett. An exquisite example of late 19th century chromolithography in children's trade books. Trace rubbing to board edges but with a light shelf bump to the lower front corners and mild break to the paper at the lower tips. A few superficial gaps between signatures. Tissue guards presumably removed by original owner to enable easier reading. Handsome copy missing tissue guards but generally VG+.…