Ainger Alfred Preface (5 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1st thus. Red calf, VG. xxxii+236pp+2pp publishers adverts, b/w frontis & 129 b/w illustrations by Charle E Brock, top edge gilt, leather a little worn at the head & tail of the spine with loss as the base, ownership inscription. Macmillan's Pocket Classics series. Hood's Comic verse in an attractive binding. 275 grams.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Brock, Charles E. (illustrator). 1st Edition Thus. Original publisher's dark green cloth binding with gilt lettering and decorations on front cover and spine. All edges gilt. 5" x 7 1/2." Pages [i]-xxxi. [1]-236, complete. 130 black-and-white illustrations, complete. Former owner's bookplate tipped in on front pastedown: "Edith E. King-Fisher." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Corners slightly bumped; lower-left corner of back cover has a minuscule portion of cloth that is chipped. Faint marks on a few pages. A Fine copy. A collection of humorous poems by acclaimed English poet and humorist Thomas Hood (1799-1845). Alfred Ainger (1837-1904) was an English biographer and literary critic. Charles Edmund Brock (1870-1938) of Cambridge was an English painter and book illustrator. He signed most of his work as "C. E. Brock." Not to be confused with Charles Edmund Brock (1881?-1964) of London, an English portrait painter who painted members of English Royalty and the aristocracy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Brock, Charles E. (illustrator). Hard cover in very good condition, no jacket intended. Decorated green cloth boards, with gilt title details to front board, book details to spine. Pageblock is fully gilded. General shelf and handling wear, including light discolouration and wear to boards, tanning and light foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Pages are firmly bound, and other very occasional spots of foxing within, content is unmarked. Beautifully illustrated throughout with one hundred and thirty b/w drawings by Charles Brock. CN.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1893. Half leather binding with olive satin-like cloth, hubbed spine, gilt type, decoration and top edge, brown marbled end papers. Ex libris sticker on front endpaper, and dated 1931, signed by Murray M. Sprung on fly leaf, see photos. Tissue frontispiece intact, engravings and interior pages excellent condition, light toning. See photos. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Charles E. Brock (illustrator). First Edition. Hard cover, 8 vo. (5" x 7 1/2") in unusually pretty duck egg blue full calf, 236 pp. First illustrated trade edition in a alternative binding (not signed.) Four gilt rose sprigs decorate the corners of the front and rear boards. The spine has intertwining gilt rose branches climbing through the author and title. All edges are gilt, including board edges and spine edges, as well as the elaborately tooled turn-ins. Endpapers are in a cream and purple "spatter" pattern, with a modern bookplate. Preface by Alfred Ainger, and One Hundred and Thirty Illustrations by Charles E. Brock. Printed by R. and R. Clark, Edinburgh. CONDITION: Near Fine. Very slight wear to boards and a couple of corners. Spine is lightly sunned. Overall, however, the book makes an excellent, and elegant, impression. The interior is fresh and bright with only a couple of small spots of foxing on the end papers. Hinges are in order, and the gilt remains bright. **Author English poet and humorist Thomas Hood (1799-1845), born above a bookshop in London, would later begin his poetry career in Dundee whilst recovering from an illness. Despite his humble beginnings, Hood's early verse gained the attention of Coleridge and Charles Lamb, the tale of which is told in Ainger's Preface to this volume.*This was book illustrator Charles E. Brock's debut in lavishly illustrated "gift books", published during this period. The expressiveness of his pen and ink illustrations have been favorably compared to the work of fellow book artist Hugh Thomson. Brock and Hood would work together at the Magazine Punch during this time. Book.