Dearmer mabel illustrator (3 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good. 8 pages, with UK list of books. This is an original article separated from an issue of The Book & Magazine Collector publication. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 21 cms. Category: Book & Magazine Collector; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition First Printing. Collection of 8 fairy tales by this prolific British author & suffragist (1869-1955), her 4th book in a career that continued through the 1930s, when she penned her autobiography. In 190 pages + 8 pages of advertisements for other illustrated children's book by this publisher, illustrated throughout (& to front cover) by Mabel Dearmer (1872-1915). Includes the story, "The Boy Who Looked like a Girl,'' a story of fairies & giants & gender identity. A FIRST EDITION, First Printing, from 1897, this hardcover has red cloth-covered boards with a colorful front pastedown in green/yellow/black/red showing 2 girls holding hands. gilt lettering to spine along with a design that has largely chipped off. Condition is Fair-Good: stitched binding is fragile, both hinges have cracked, & many pages are loosening, exposing the underlying webbing. Pages show age appropriate tanning & toning, with random soil & foxed spots; unmarked save for former owner's name & 1903 date in lovely script to front free endpaper (which is nearly detached). The color plates are in Good-VG condition, with bright colors & white margins showing only mild tanning around edges. Exterior shows rubbing to extremities, heavier at corners & both ends of spine, which are frayed, with some loss. No DJ, as issued.Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Sam e day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. CHILD SCARCE. Dearmer, Mabel (Mrs. Percy) (illustratore).…

2pp., 4to. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. A warm and characteristically solicitous letter. She has heard 'such a sad account' of the recipient, and hopes she is 'quite well & fit again now'. The Dearmers 'couldn't manage Paris but we should have loved it - There has been so much - boys' holidays & my book & now another new play! I am sending you "Gervase" - I always think of correcting the proofs at Alnmouth and the sunshine there - & your little red cap with the tassel!' She asks if 'Mrs. Erskine' is 'still in Paris', and reports that she 'went down to Wimbledon' the previous Monday, 'and had a heavenly day in the sunshine at Elmley house' (home of Earl Beauchamp). She concludes: 'Goodbye beloved lady - get well | Your very affectionate | Mabel Dearmer'. See Dearmer's entry in the Oxford DNB. …