Search Results: The Golden Age of Illustration from AJ Scruffles

London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1902. Hardcover. Good. W. Heath Robinson. Impressive edition of Cervantes' epochal nove. With 44 b/w illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, including tissue guarded frontispiece. Pictorial cloth covers. Top edge gilt, fore edge rough cut. 8vo. [xxi] 531pp. Small closed tear to top of spine. Mild marking to covers. Rubbing to edges. Previous owner's bookplate lightly attached to ffep. Closed tear to one page, occasional other tears to edges from pages being opened, not affecting text. Contents clean and tight. Good.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. James Thorpe. Splendid edition of Walton's classic text on angling and fishing and its more spiritual side. With 25 tissue guarded tipped in colour plates by James Thorpe. Each plate is mounted on green card with the relevant quote and fish illustration to the tissue. 4to. 167pp. Unobtrusive repairs to hinges and joints. Offsetting to end-papers. Occasional light foxing to edges and margins. Contents other bright and clean and binding tight. Very good.

London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1896. Hardcover. Very Good. Splendid illustrated Dent edition of Walton's 1653 guide and meditation on fishing, Bound in green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration in the 'cranford series' style. Featuring numerous b/w illustrations by E. J. Sullivan, including a tissue guarded frontispiece, With a introduction by Andrew Lang. Top edge gilt, fore edge uncut. [lviii] 315pp. Some light rubbing and bumping to edges. previous owner's name to front-pastedown. Toning and foxing to end-papers. Tanning to page edges, otherwise clean and tight. Very good.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1910. Hardcover. Very Good. Warwick Goble. Charming selection of Japanese folk tales, retold by Grace James. Includes 38 stories featuring Green Willow, The Singing Bird of Heaven. The Flute, The Tea kettle amongst others. With 40 marvellous colour illustrations by Warwick Goble, each tissue guarded and tipped in on brown card. 4to. Unobtrusive repairs to hinges and joints. Some rubbing and bumping to edges. Mild occasional foxing within. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Very good.

London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1909. Hardcover. Good. Arthur Rackham. First printing thus in the fetching red variant cloth covers. A new edition after the 1899 version, featuring 12 revised illustrations by Rackham now done in colour. Tissue guarded frontispiece. Elaborate gilt decoration to cover. Top edge gilt. royal octavo. [xv] 291pp. Sunning to spine and edges of cover. Mild foxing to ffep, mild tanning to page edges. Otherwise contents clean and tight. Good+

London: Kegan, Paul, Trench & Co., 1911. Hardcover. Fair. J. R. Monsell. Illustrated edition of Thackeray's satirical fantasy novel. With 12 colour tipped in colour plates by J. R. Monsell and b/w illustrations within the text. Blue cloth boards with gilt titling to spine. Rubbing and fraying to spine. Cracking to inner hinge. But binding holding soundly, contents clean. Fair+ A decent copy with some terrific illustrations.

London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford, 1920. Hardcover. Fair. A. E. Jackson. First or early edition of Kinglsey's great children's novel with 16 terrific colour illustrations by A. E. Jackson. With Milford instead of Oxford to spine. With further b/w illustrations and devices within, illustrated endpapers. 8vo. 252pp. Toning to spine with small closed tears and fraying to edges. Marking to covers. Tanning to end-papers. Occasional spotting within. Foxing to page edges. Binding sound. Fair/Good.