Buy this book on-line MARSHALL, ARCHIBALD: : SIMPLE STORIES FROM "PUNCH". [Illus by George Morrow.]LONDON. J.M.DENT & SONS LTD.,1930 ISBN No ISBN.
UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG-.No owner inscrptn and no price removal to dw/dj.Bright,fairly clean,4-colour (b/w, red and yellow) artwork illustration by George Morrow,illustration to front panel and to the slightly darkened spine/ backstrip; yellow+red lettering to front, black+yellow lettered spine/backstrip,rear panel with lightly grubbed white background with black lettered publisher's advert+critics' reviews.With shelf-wear to edges and corners - some minimal creasing, all corner tips rubbed with some minimal chipping and losses to same and a small, missing portion of letters ('Simple' of the title),a partial closed tear with some minimal loss at front,top edge near gutter's fold/crease,miniscule chipping at foot of spine/backstrip but letters unaffected,still but approx. 99% present. Top edge coloured dark green,fore-edges bright,clean and without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound,near pristine - text body virtually foxing-free,no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean - virtually unmarked,sharp-cornered publisher's original pale green cloth boards/covers with bright,crisp blocked gilt letters and a black line illustration to front,bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,rear board/cover,plain and undecorated and without any blemishes, bright,white eps with differing green line illustrations to endpapers; each set with verso+recto of both front+rear free endpapers with light off-set shadowing from respective opposing dw/dj inner flaps,both hinges solid and sound without any splits,tears or cracking.UK,12mo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,ixpp+1-144pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,XXIV (24) short humorous stories accompanied with b/w line illustrations - individual story head+tail piece b/w line illustrations with 16 full-page b/w line illustrations (includes frntis) interspersed throughout the text and the book,and a further 8 part-page b/w line illustrations within the text body - all by George Morrow,plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title,b/w line illustrated frntis,b/w vignetted itle page,a dedication with thanks to Proprietors of Punch to reverse,verso of last page with a blank reverse,and 2pp blank at the rear.
Twenty-four of the most recent (then 1930) of the stories,showing Mr Marshall's whimsical art at its highest level of accomplishment,are here collected in book form with their natural corollary of drawings by George Morrow.
An uncommon title by this author,from the popular magazine 'PUNCH'. This example has survived exceptionally well,particularly with dw/dj protection and unusually, without the usual discolouration and other imperfections usually encountered or expected in a book of this age.
George Morrow (c. 1869-1955) Born Belfast,brother of artists Albert and Edwin Morrow.Studied in Paris.Illustrated many boys' books for the Seeley Service (1890-1908) publisher.He was a contributor to satirical magazine 'PUNCH' for nearly 50 years (1906-1954),joining the staff in 1924,and was Art Editor (1932-37).Morrow was best known for his humorous drawings, but his children' illustrations were descriptive and lively.He had an unpretentious and lucid graphic style, which was easily recognisable.He concentrated on depicting people rather than their settings,and gave particular emphasis to gesture and facial expressions,often,for this purpose, enlarging the heads of his figures in his humorous illustrations.
R.G.G. Price,who described him as a "cheerful Bohemian Irishman" observed that "Morrow in his prime,which lasted much longer than with most humorous artists, could draw a simple little figure with a face that was funny per se.Much of his work was straightforward anachronism." He also considered that "his versatility and his variety make some of the later draughtsmen look tired and repetitive." He lived in Richmond,London and later in Thaxted,Essex.
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