Prendergast m b illus (2 risultati)

xiii, 276 pp. Illustrated by M. B. Prendergast including an illustrated title page in colors and red decorations to the head-and tailpieces at the beginning and end of the text; numerous black and white text illustrations. 8vo, publisher's pictorial green cloth stamped in gold, black, dark green and white. First US edition. Some rubbing and tiny white spotting to the spine; rear (inner) hinge cracked and short split to the front inner hinge; still, tight and sound; contents clean.…

Twelvemo. Hardcover. Top edge gilt. Illustrated maroon cloth boards with gilt stamped titles. xiii, 276 pages : illustrations (some color), frontispiece, plates ; 20 cm. Engraved half-title; colour illustrated title; copyright statement from title verso./ Prendergast provided designs for cover, half title, frontispiece, color title page, and 138 illustrations and decorations throughout the text. VG. Light rubbing/scuffing to boards, a few small nicks around the edges and bumping with a tiny amount of fraying at the head/tail of spine. Joints intact and binding is strong. Scarce copy of this book made even more unique being signed and from the library of 17 year old Frances Newman who went on to become a celebrated southern feminist author, satirist and critic. This would have been an influential volume on the style she eventually developed. She drew the attention of notable novelists and critics like H. L. Mencken, Sherwood Anderson, and James Branch Cabell, but unfortunately her career was cut short by a cerebral hemmorage at 45.…