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JERROLD,DOUGLAS [WILLIAM] - ed by grandson WALTER JERROLD: : THE ESSAYS OF DOUGLAS JERROLD

LONDON.J.M.DENT & CO,1903.

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UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,as issued,1st edn.VG+.Neat,ink, owner's name to H[enry] M[atthew] Brock illustrated /decorated ffe.Publisher's original salmon-pink cloth bds with gilt lettered+decorated brown cloth blind spine and publisher's gilt colophon to bottom,right corner of upper bd.Cloth bds lightly grubbed but generally clean,head of spine/backstrip lightly bumped with minimal,reciprocal creases and miniscule rubbing,contents bright,tight and clean. Top edge gilt and trimmed,fore-edge+bottom edges untrimmed (deckled) and slightly aged/darkened as usual/normal.UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn (approx 7.5" tall x 4.5" wide),v-xviiipp+1-263pp [paginated] includes pictorial decorated eps, half-title page,decorated title-page,slightly foxed tissue-guarded b/w illustrated photogravure frntis by H.M. Brock,b/w head+tail-piece illustrated contents list,b/w head-piece illustrated illustrations list,editor intro,24 essays/sketches, 59 b/w illustrations,all by H.M. Brock and an attached,pale blue silk bookmarker. Henry Matthew Brock (1875-1960).Born in Cambridge, younger brother of Charles Edmund Brock.Studied at Cambridge School of Art,living and working in Cambridge in close contact with his brother.By the mid-1890's he was a popular and prolific illustrator,and continued working until his eyesight began to fail in 1950.Unlike like his brother,he worked almost entirely in pen and ink so that even his coloured illustrations were basically tinted line drawings. His early work resembled his brother's,but he was a more rapid worker and soon developed an individual graphic style marked by a fluent and vigorous line and smoothly applied hatching used for glossy surface effects.His flair for drama and action helped him achieve considerable popularity as an illustrator of boys' stories.A Gilbert and Sullivan devotee,he designed a number of posters for the D'Oyly Carte during the 1920's.He was a friend of Harry Rountree and an admirer of (amongst others) Arthur Rackham,Edmund Dulac,Russell Flint and H.M. Bateman. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj(as issued),1st edn.

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