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Anon: : CHRISTMAS CAROLS. [THE GRAVURE SERIES No.12.]

LONDON.SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO. LTD.,[n.d. circa 1914.]

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UK,slim 12mo French wraps - gate-fold dw/dj,1st edn.[French flaps,sometimes called a gatefold cover style,are folded flyleaves in the interior of a paperback cover,generally used to give an extra decorative elegance to a paperback publication.Though no publisher's date, illustrations are dated '14 - so circa 1914.] VG+.No owner inscrptn,no clip - absence of publisher's price.Publisher's original pale beige paper background with brown ink decoration with colour paper onlay within the decorative panel to front cover with brown lettering,a plain and unlettered spine/backstrip and plain rear cover; with negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks, tears or splits present - covers with very,very minimal grubbing.A small residual rusted staple(?) mark - but no evidence of staple use - to front cover. Top+fore-edges lightly aged/toned; contents bright,tight and clean with very minimal spotting to text body,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread,apart from my own collation.UK,slim 12mo French wraps,1st edn,8-55pp [paginated] includes 30+ Christmas carols,4 b/w line illustrations by T. MACKENZIE,who also illustrated the front cover's pictorial colour onlay and its repetition,as a tipped-in colour illustrated frntis: plus [unpaginated] card blank,half-title, tipped-in colour pictorial illustrated frntis,and b/w decorated title page. Thomas Blakeley Mackenzie (1887-1944). Born in Bradford,Yorkshire.Studied at Bradford College of Art and afterwards on a scholarship at the Slade School of Fine Art.Worked as a painter,etcher and wood engraver and,rather spasmodically,as an illustrator during the 1920s.He moved to France in 1929 in the hope of establishing himself there as a painter,but soon returned to England,and during the 1930s produced topographical etchings of Oxford and hand-made jewellery. He died in Cornwall. The British Library catalogues Mackenzie as two separate artists: T.B. and Thomas Mackenzie,and this perhaps reflects the fact that,in illustration at least,he never developed a consistent style.His published work falls into three distinct groups: smoothly executed,naturalistic drypoints; full colour plates with echoes of,among others,Edmund Dulac,the Fauves, oriental art,mediaeval manuscripts and b/w illustrations (wood engravings,and pen and ink drawings) that were the most spontaneous among his productions.Despite his lack of consistency,or perhaps because of his continuing search for a personal language,he produced some interesting illustrative work. See also my book ID rja945921 for another example of same title. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. UK,buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** This item offered P+p included worldwide.** ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,slim 12mo French wraps - gate-fold dw/dj,1st edn.
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