A JOURNAL KEPT BY RICHARD DOYLE IN THE YEAR 1840, illustrated with several hundred sketches by the author.

Published by London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1886

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Seller: Sky Duthie Rare Books (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United KingdomSky Duthie Rare Books (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)

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Edward Bawden's copy, with his bookplate to the front pastedown and his son Richard Bawden's ink signature above. Second edition. Quarto. Publisher's original pictorial yellow cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Illustrated with a tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Doyle and profusely throughout with black and white drawings by Doyle. pp. xii, [2], 152. A very good copy, the binding firm with a little marking and dust-soling to the boards and spine. The contents with scattered foxing to the preliminary pages and a little creasing to the tissue-guard are otherwise in good order. The entertaining, extensively illustrated teenage journal of the nineteenth-century illustrator Richard Doyle (1824-1883), best known for his fairy illustrations and humorous drawings, this copy owned by the painter, illustrator and printmaker Edward Bawden (1903-1989), one of the principal members of the influential Great Bardfield community of artists. Bawden had a keen interest in the history of illustration throughout his life, studying from childhood onwards the work of the great Victorian and Edwardian artist-illustrators, including Richard Doyle, in whom he took a particular interest during his time at the Cambridge School of Art (1919-21). Bawden formed a voluminous library concerning the illustrators he admired, from which he drew inspiration in the creation of his own work. A pleasing association copy. Provenance: By family decent from the library of Edward Bawden, with his bookplate.…

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Title
A JOURNAL KEPT BY RICHARD DOYLE IN THE YEAR 1840, illustrated with several hundred sketches by the author.
Author
[BAWDEN, Edward]; DOYLE, Richard; introduction by POLLEN, J. Hungerford:
Publisher
London: Smith, Elder, & Co.
Publication year
1886
Binding
Soft cover

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Based in the historic city of York, we carry a wide-ranging stock of fine and rare books, unique manuscripts, original artwork, photographs and ephemera. Placing a strong emphasis on the unusual and the visually stimulating, our areas of focus include art and design; travel and exploration; natural history; science and medicine; history; politics, philosophy and economics; literature; poetry; children's and illustrated books. Following a period in academia focusing on the history of ideas and after several years working for a prominent rare bookseller, the business was established in 2022 by Dr Sky Duthie. We are members of the ABA, ILAB, and the PBFA.…

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