Buy this book on-line PHILLPOTTS**, EDEN: : THE FLINT HEART - A FAIRY STORYLONDON.CHAPMAN & DODD,1922. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,8vo HB,1st edn thus.[Original,true UK 8vo HB,illustrated 1st edn published in 1910 by Smith,Elder & Co.,London.Also issued simultaneously in the US.This UK,8vo HB+b/w illus is the (then) new and revised edn by Chapman & Dodd of 1922,so a 1st edn thus.] VG.No owner inscrptn,minus (issued?) dw/dj.Generally bright and clean - apart from an incomplete partial cup- ring to upper board,and basically the major detracting fault - publisher's original brick-red cloth boards with black ink printed caricature illustration (reproduced from an internal b/w illustration plate) and black ink lettering to front board,black ink printed lettering to spine/backstrip also,rear board plain: with negligible shelf-wear to edges and sharp corners.Plain grey endpapers with some off-set page edge browning/toning.Top edges slightly aged/ toned,fore-edges cleaner and brighter but are lightly and sporadically foxed/ spotted; contents generally bright,tight, clean solid and sound,with very little foxing throughout the text's body - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread.UK,8vo HB,1st edn thus (new+revised),9-256pp [paginated] includes 25 chapters,16 (frntis unpaginated) b/w illustrations by Charles Folkard - all attached,all called for and present throughout the text and the book; plus [unpaginated] foxed/spotted half- title page,b/w illustrated frntis,a lightly and faintly foxed/spotted title page and separate contents+illustrations lists/tables.
Charles James Folkard (1878-1963).Worked as Charles Folkard.Born Lewisham,London, son of a printer.
Became an expert conjurer,and,while designing his own programmes,discovered his preference for drawing.Studied at various schools of art including the St John's Wood School of Art. He illustrated nursery literature and children's classics in black and white and full colour with professionalism,often combining naturalistic detail with a strong element of caricature.He was the creator of the Daily Mail's children's strip cartoon Teddy Tail (1915) which continued until 1960,and the author of a number of children's plays and pantomimes.He lived in London,Kent and Sussex.
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