william lee hankey (6 Ergebnisse)

Pictorial card cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition without dustwrapper as issued. 240mm x 230mm (9" x 9"). [22pp.]. Colour plates from the exhibition.

1st edition. Previous owner's signature. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Boards dust-toned. Spine bands and panel edges slightly bumped and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 32 p.; 8vo. Subjects: Fiction 20th century. Great Britain. 20th century. 3 Kg.

Cloth. Zustand: Good. William Lee Hankey (illustrator). The first W. Lee Hankey's illustrated edition of Oliver Goldsmith's celebrated poem, The Deserted Village. First Hankey illustrated edition. Illustrated with forty tipped in colour plates. Collated complete, with plate four (facing page 24) detached but present. A poem and work of social commentary denouncing the depopulation of rural areas in the country and the pursuit of excessive wealth. Written in heroic couplets, acting as a narration of the decline of one village as more and more people move to America. Written by Oliver Goldsmith, an Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, and hack writer who produced literary works in a variety of genres, and is regarded among the most versatile writers of the Georgian era. Illustrated by William Lee Hankey, a British painter and book illustrator. He specialised in landscapes, character studies and portraits of pastoral life. In the original cloth binding with pictorial front board. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound, with plate four (facing page 24) detached but present. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting, predominantly to the extremities. Good. book.

Both letters in very good condition, neatly written out on lightly-aged paper. ONE: 2pp., 4to. He begins: 'I am just sending you a line to let you know that I have now taken the plunge & have enlisted in the "Artists Rifles." So far, the change of life & exercise, I am finding quite enjoyable and beneficial, although everything seems such a contrast to previous habits of living, no doubt I shall become accustomed to things as time passes.' He has 'worried Mr Oakley Williams with reference to Red Cross work', but was told that there was 'not much chance of my services being made use of in that direction so I abandoned the idea'. He has since 'applied at the R.A.M.C. but found they were up to full strength so I have now forsaken my intention of taking Ambulance work'. He knows several of the men in the Artists' Rifles 'quite well. in fact I find that one of the Officers is Mr Lee Hankey the Etcher. [I]t seems very curious now having to stand & salute him after knowing so well in private life. He is our instructor for panoramic drawing & map drawing & makes it very interesting.' He ends in the hope that Manning has found 'a suitable place to spend the Summer'. TWO: 2pp., 12mo. On bifolium. He begins by acknowledging a cheque, 'for the proof of "Admiralty Archway" sold in Japan', and thanks him for his efforts in what has 'certainly turned out to be quite a successful venture'. He sends his sympathies to Manning for being unable to leave London, it being 'a very anxious time for Mrs Manning', and concludes with his own plans to 'spend a few days by the sea'.

1 S. Qu.-12mo. An den Maler, Kunstautor und Sekretär der Society of Graphic Arts Frank L. Emmanuel (18651948): I am sorry but I cannot get excited about any scheme for a new Society. Surely there are more than are needed now [.]". Auf Briefpapier mit gepr. Adresse; mit einigen, wohl von fremder Hand stammenden Notizen in Bleistift verso.

Image Size : 315x270 (mm), 12.375x10.625 (Inches), Platemark Size : 315x273 (mm), 12.375x10.75 (Inches), Paper Size : 430x360 (mm), 16.875x14.125 (Inches), Black & White, Etching Very Good, a strong dark impression. A short tear on the right margin extending 1 inch into the paper but still 3/4 of an inch away from the plate mark.