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MEADE**, L. T: : THE LADY OF THE FOREST

LONDON.S. W. PARTRIDGE AND CO. [n.d. - but 1889.]

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UK,16mo HB,1st edn.VG.Familial (sister to sister) gift presentation inscrptn+date (Xmas 1892) to floral-leaved grey illustrated front free endpaper.Bright, clean with some minor discolouration and marks - commensurate with book's age, publisher's original,bevelled boards in red cloth with blind-tooled colour+bright, crisp gilt illustration to front with bright,crisp,stamped gilt and black ink printed lettering,slightly darkened spine/ backstrip also with colour+black illustration with black ink panelled title at head and gilt author+publisher lettering to middle and foot respectively of same,rear board/cover,rear board/cover with black printed floral sprig with publisher's device within a circle at centre of sprig illustration and some grubbing and a couple of ink(?) marks,and grey floral leaved illustrated.eps,hinges solid,sound and without any cracking. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners - corner tips minimally bumped,rubbed - lower pair with minimally frayed - no other major nicks,tears or splits present.Generally clean,any grubbing,discolouration or other imperfections commensurate with book's age.All edges gilt (aeg); contents generally bright,tight and clean with minimal foxing/spotting - no intentional dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners -would appear unread,apart from my own collation.UK,8vo HB,1st edn,vipp+8- 318pp+2-16pp publisher catalogue at rear [all paginated] includes XXVIII (28) chapters each with b/w chapter-head+tail piece illustrations,10 halftone illus (includes frntis) some by Jack Butler Yeats, others by assorted artists - not all credited though - interspersed throughout the text and the book,plus [unpaginated] b/w illus frntis,title page,and a contents list/table also with head+tail b/w engraving illus. A highly collected and prolific children's books author in her typical style and format and will be an important and welcome addition to the canon. L. T. Meade [1844-1914] was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith,a prolific writer of girls' stories and not generally known,crime and sci-fi novels too.Writing from the age of 17,and in her lifetime, she produced over 300 books, being so prolific that no fewer than eleven new titles under her byline appeared in the first few years after her death. Jack Butler Yeats [1871-1957].Contributed regularly to Punch (1910-41) under the pseudonym W.Bird.Born in London,son of the Irish figure and portrait painter John Butler Yeats,and brother of the poet W.B. Yeats. Educated in County Sligo where he lived with his grandparents.Studied art at South Kensington and Chiswick Art Schools and under Frederick Brown at Westminster School of Art.He wrote and illustrated stories and plays for books and magazines, edited two monthly publications: 'A Broadsheet' (1902-03) and 'A Broadside' (1908- 1915),and produced prints,Christmas cards and calendars for the Cuala Press.He lived in Devon from 1897 to 1910 and then in Ireland; he died in Dublin. From around 1905,Yeats devoted much of his energy into oil paintings of Irish life and landscape,and it is for these that he is now best known. Nevertheless,his drawings and illustrations formed an important part of his work.They are bold and spirited, recalling in their directness and informality,the graphic work of Manet,but drawn in a wholly individual manner. Please contact seller,because of the 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,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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