introduction john kendrick bangs (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. B/W Illustrated Plates Throughout (illustrator). 1st Edition. Tan Cloth With Color Paste-On Illustration, Red Lettering. 4 Pp Introduction By Bangs. 52 Illustrations (On 50 Plates), Printed On One Side Of Pages Only. First Printing, 1899 Date On Title Page. First Page After Copyright Is Headed "Peter Newell" And Continues With Bang's Introduction. Wear To Covers, Small Frays At Corners, Lettering Intact, Thin 2" Abrasion To Lower Part Of Paste-On Illustration, Previous Owner's Name And 1900 Date On Second Front Free Endpaper. Hinge Lightly Cracked Between Two Pages Of Ads At Rear.

First edition. First edition. Illustrated by the author, on rectos only. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. Peter Newell (1862-1924) whose formal art instruction consisted of three months at the Art Students League, became celebrated as a humorous artist: his work appeared in a number of magazines, and he produced illustrations for John Kendricks Bangs and other authors, among them Lewis Carroll. He wrote and illustrated several books of his own, including The Hole Book, The Slant Book, The Rocket Book, and his Pictures and Rhymes, all of which were popular successes. BAL 746 Original tan cloth with multicolored printed pictorial label on upper cover, slight soiling, else fine Illustrated by the author, on rectos only. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo.