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JACOBS**, W[illiam] W[ymark]: : ODD CRAFT

LONDON.GEORGE NEWNES LTD.,[n.d. - cIrca 1903.]

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UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.Ink gift presentation inscrptn to ffe.Lightly grubbed,publisher's original pictorial decorated terracotta cloth board+spine, illustrated by Will Owen,with black ink printed letters to front and stamped gilt letters to spine,rear board plain and undecorated,and plain white pastedowns and endpapers - front pastedown with original bookseller's pasted strip label at bottom edge: A. LIVINGSTON,229 & 231 FINCHLEY ROAD,LONDON.N.W. Negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - all corners though,with miniscule rubbing and reciprocal fraying - no other nicks, tears or splits present.Front board's black ink printed illustration,features the self-portrait of Will Owen that he used in so many of his illustrations - i.e a very fat man with a goatee beard - this fat man with a peg leg,smoking a clay pipe and holding a floor mop.Spine/backstrip with a black ink blocked illustrated panel with same man side on,looking at a gas lamp,both head+foot of spine with minimal bumping and reciprocal creasing.Binding tight and solid - no hinges cracked.Top+ fore-edges toned/aged but clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean with minimal random foxing/spotting, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation. UK, 8vo HB,minus dw/dj,1st edn not dated,1- 255pp [paginated] includes 14 short stories also includes 'The Money Box', which was later adapted for a Laurel and Hardy feature film with a 'suggested by' credit to it,16 b/w illus - frntis included,by Will Owen and all called for and present,plus [unpaginated] b/w illustrated frntis,title page,a dedication (to Jerome K. Jerome),separate contents+ illustrations lists/tables and to the rear,publisher's 5pp catalogue.Author's 10th sequentially published work.During his lifetime he wrote in excess of 150 short stories,but the writing declined around the outbreak of WW1,when he concentrated on adapting the stories for stage production. Will Owen (b. 1869 - d. 1957) Born Malta, son of a naval officer.Studied at Lambeth School of Art.Owen's work remained well within the stylistic parameters of Edwardian humorous illustration,and his drawings often contained echoes of his better known contemporaries Phil May,Tom Browne and John Hassall.He tended to use heavy outlines and often experimented with spatter and other techniques to achieve tone.His full-page illustrations for magazines were very popular in their day and he enjoyed a long collaboration with the humorous writer W. W. Jacobs,but in many ways his style was best suited to the commercial and poster work that formed a large part of his output. An early and collectable item in Jacobs's and it's contemporary style and will be an important and welcome addition to his canon. Since April 2013 and in March 2015,again in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct and insured (where necessary) shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB minus dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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