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DICKENS'S CHILDREN; Ten Drawings by Jessie Willcox Smith
by Smith, Jessie Willcox
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribners Sons, 1912. First American Edition. Pictorial cloth. Very Good/None. Jessie Willcox Smith. Tall thin quarto (9 5/8 x 6 3/4"), original publisher's green ribbed cloth with circular pastedown with detail from color plate depicting Tiny Tim on Bob Cratchit's shoulders + gilt border & titling on front cover, with 10 full-page color drawings by Jessie Willcox Smith facing descriptions, 46 thick glossy pages. Jessie Willcox Smith (1863 - 1935) was an American illustrator during the Golden Age of American illustration. She was considered "one of the greatest pure illustrators." Among the more than 60 books she illustrated were many prominent authors such as Louisa May Alcott, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Robert Louis Stevenson, and--as here-- Charles Dickens.<br /> <br /> Very Good copy overall: Tight, bright, clean internally. Moderate wear to cloth apparent along its front gutter, corners, and frayed base of the spine. There is a barely visible 3/8" circular scrape on the title page that's above the word "Ten." No previous owner markings. No foxing to the bright, gorgeous, and evocative plates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8422
- Title
- DICKENS'S CHILDREN; Ten Drawings by Jessie Willcox Smith
- Author
- Smith, Jessie Willcox
- Illustrator
- Jessie Willcox Smith
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribners Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- London, Victorian, illustrated, color, children, Dickens, bathos, pathos, Tiny Tim, Nell, Copperfield
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Title Page
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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