Egan illus beresford (7 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Paperback Edition. 4to. pp 16. Paperback. Original publisher's dusky pink covers, lettered black. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. No date, [1928]. Some tanning at spine and front edges with slight foxing to endpapers, otherwise sound, close very good with very clean text and plates.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "Aphrodite: A Novel of Ancient Morals", Pierre Louÿs, with and introduction by Shane Leslie, drawings by Beresford Egan, The Fortune Press, London, 1928, 1st edition thus. Number 885 of a hand-numbered edition of 1075 copies, printed on English un-bleached hand made paper. Octavo (245mm x 165mm), 262 pages. Features 6 full-page plates by the renowned writer and artist, Beresford Egan. A wonderful copy of Louÿs' first novel, here published in English on uncut hand-made paper. "Aphrodite" followed Louÿs infamous collection of erotic verse, "Songs of Bilitis", celebrated for its portrayal of lesbian sexuality. Quarter-cloth and marbled paper covered boards with a hint of rubbing at extremities.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST US EDITION [PIRATED EDITION]. First published in France in 1901; this is the first American edition of Charles Hope Lumley's translation, with colour illustrations by Beresford Egan. The Fortune Press had issued the same translation in London in 1929. A comic erotic fantasy set in the imaginary kingdom of Tryphemia, where King Pausole rules by two laws: do no harm to your neighbour, and otherwise do as you please. He keeps 365 wives; the order of his libertine state slips when his daughter Aline runs off with a young dancer. William Godwin was a short-lived house that put out a "Famous Classics of Love" series in this period, in showy jackets and with work by known illustrators, though they were for the most part pirated from The Fortune Press. BOOK: Publisher's purple cloth boards, lettering in silver to spine with design in silver to front cover; faded to extremities, book square, a little toned internally but unmarked. DUST JACKET: Unclipped though unpriced dust jacket worn to extremities, toned verso, nicked to corners and spine ends; spot of loss to head of spine.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Large Paper Edition, designed by Lewis F. White, privately printed in a Limited Edition of 1499 copies, this being no.681, and apparently signed by Egan on the Limitation page. Liberally illustrated by Egan's in his Art Deco, erotic manner, much in the vein of Aubrey Beardsley. The book was translated by his wife Catherine Bower Alcock, for whom, he also illustrated a number of other works. Measures 11 x 9 ins. Original patterned green faux leather with circular device to upper board, lettering at spine rather faded, light bumping to corner tips, a few spots of soiling to lower board. Preserved in clear, plastic protective sleeve. Orig. yellow endpapers. No old inscriptions. Included are two letters from Bereford EGAN to Adrian Woodhouse refuting the authenticity of the signature in the limitation page. The first letter, dated 21st July 1978, states "The signature to the SYLVAN PRESS copy of Beaudelaire's FLEURS DU MAL, which you showed me last evening, is not mine. It looks to me as though some-body has attempted, not very successfully, to imitate my manner of signing drawings in the 30's and 40's. I should like it on record, here and now, that I have never signed a single copy of the Sylvan Press edition and that at no time have I used the style of signature in question on any BOOK, DOCUMENT, or LETTER", signed by Egan in black ink in his bold, flamboyant hand. The second letter, from his address in Elm Park Mansions, Park Walk, Chelsea, London SW10, gives his unequivocal view of the Sylvan Press edition, "What a lamentable production it is! I would rather sign my death warrant than that infernal thing". Book.…

Greeting Card. Condizione: Very Good. Beresford Egan, London 1968. Folded card 6ins x 4ins, a rather saucy design by the artist which he notes, in his stunningly elegant handwriting, is the "Angel of the Permissive State". A brief and humorous inscription is signed by him to the author John Symonds, the biographer of Aleister Crowley. Egan designed the dustwrapper for the 1st edition of Crowley's novel Moonchild. The original handwritten envelope is retained, signed & inscribed greeting card, vg. Inscribed by Illustrator(s). …

Greeting Card. Condizione: Very Good. Beresford Egan, London 1966. Printed card 6ins x 4ins Untitled humorous card 'Daddy wouldn't but me a bow-wow!' designed by artist and sent to John Symonds, biographer of Aleister Crowley. Shows a boy peeing up a tree alongside a phallic sculpture. Signed by Egan in his stunningly elegant handwriting. Egan's handwriting is a fine example of decorative calligraphy. Egan designed the dustwrapper for the 1st edition of Crowley's novel Moonchild. The original handwritten envelope is retained, signed & inscribed greeting card, vg. Signed by Illustrator(s).…

First edition, first impression, in the scarce dust jacket, number 80 of 1,275 copies; the first 75 copies were printed on heavy unbleached handmade paper, with the rest printed on Kelmscott handmade paper. Pierre Louÿs, known for his erotic, lesbian, and classical themes, wrote these decadent sketches under the guise of translating the works of Lucian; Louÿs foreword, in which he outlines the circumstances surrounding his "translation" and Lucian's historical contexts, lends credence to this premise. The Deco artist Beresford Egan was a prolific illustrator of erotic works, and Louÿs's "highly conflicted and ambivalent sexual politics clearly serve[d] as a highly useful framework for understanding Egan's brand of post-Victorian Decadent eroticism" (Mahoney, p. 182). The Fortune Press specialized in gay erotica, and was founded by Reginald Caton in 1924; a decade later, Caton was prosecuted and found guilty for publishing obscene works. Kristin Mahoney, Literature and the Politics of Post-Victorian Decadence, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2015. Octavo. With 6 full-page black and white illustrations by Beresford Egan. Original blue quarter cloth, marbled sides, spine lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed. With illustrated dust jacket. A near-fine, sharp copy, very light offsetting to rear pastedown, contents clean, in a well-preserved example of the scarce dust jacket, spine panel toned, ends chipped, couple of nicks to extremities, short closed tear to foot of rear panel, some light marks and soiling, front panel illustration bright.…