Where possible I will combine shipping on multiple purchases.Names Cruikshank, George (1792-1878) (Artist) Collectionīook illustrations - Jack and the beanstalk Dates / Origin Date Issued: 1894 Library locations The Miriam and Ira D. PLEASE NOTE that taxes and duties may be payable on receipt. Boards with soiling, scratching, discoloration and marks as shown, a few tiny surface chips, bumping, rubbing and wear to extremities (with paper worn through slightly to corners) cloth spine well preserved. Edges of page block with a little foxing. Endpapers with light foxing/offsetting front endpapers with prize bookplate (dated 1907) plus tear to lower gutter. Some light creasing and soiling, occasional foxing, numerous short closed tears to lower gutters, one long tear, two or three nicks, one or two hinges stretched, title spread with a little stuck paper plus old glue staining along gutter (over-glued by publisher). (Note that Blackie appear to have published different selections of stories under the same title, with illustrations by different artists.)Ĭontents clean overall. Hard to find in any condition I can see only one other copy currently for sale online. ‘A Story-Book for Me’ includes the fairy tales ‘Aladdin’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Jack the Giant-Killer’ – all three stories represented on the armorial shield in Hassall’s supremely vivid cover design. Making use of flat colours enclosed by thick black lines, his poster style was also very suitable for children’s books, and he produced many volumes of nursery rhymes and fairy stories. John Hassall (1868-1948) was a prolific illustrator, renowned for his poster and advertising work, including the iconic ‘Jolly Fisherman’ of 1908 – one of the most famous British holiday advertisements of all time. Published by Blackie and Son Limited, London. Publisher’s cloth-backed pictorial boards, 30 chromolithographic illustrations (including 8 full-page and 2 double-spread), 2 line drawings, pages, 28.4 x 21.7 cm. Rare first edition of John Hassall’s ‘A Story-Book for Me’, including three classic fairy tales, with vibrant cover and 30 colour illustrations – all chromolithographically printed.
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