Chris Hammond Illustrations (5 results)

Condition: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original light green cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains [xxviii] 310 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations throughout. Spine age tanned, without any ownership markings and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ENGLISH LITERATURE.…

1897. (Hardcover) Very good plus, no dust jacket. 505pp. Red cloth with green and gilt decoration. Frontispiece, plates. Some minor spotting near the top of the front cover. The embossed gilding is exceptionally bright. Illustrations by Chris Hammond. (Fiction).

First edition thus, first printing. Complete in two volumes. Original green cloth lettered and illustrated in gilt to spine and front panel. Upper edges gilt. A lovely, very near fine set, the bindings square and firm with a little softening to the lower spine tips, the cloth and gilt sharp and bright. The contents, with toning to the endpapers are otherwise clean throughout and without inscriptions or stamps. Small closed tear to the outer edge of Vol. II, p. 295/6. A lovely bright set. 'Sir Charles Grandison', Richardson's final novel is, like its predecessors, 'Pamela' and 'Clarissa', an epistolary novel; and, like Clarissa, it is very long indeed, originally appearing across seven volumes between November 1753 and March 1754. Richardson's portrait of a "Good Man" (after the female protagonists of the earlier novels) has not endured either in reputation or print compared to the earlier novels but, as John Dussinger remarks, "in 1754 Richardson reported to Lady Bradshaigh [the] novel had much more success with the public than 'Clarissa', receiving enthusiastic responses from such diverse readers as William Cowper, who wrote an ode on its behalf, Edward Gibbon, and Lord Chesterfield". Jane Austen, another fan, dramatized scenes from the novel for family performance. Samuel Johnson famously remarked that "if you were to read Richardson for the story, your impatience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself. But you must read him for the sentiment, and consider the story as only giving occasion to the sentiment", and this two-volume abridgement by the influential critic and literary historian, George Saintsbury, is an attempt to convey the sentiment without the length (to lose some of the bathwater without forfeiting the baby). The edition is also notable for its finely detailed illustrations (both within and adorning the cloth) by the English artist Christiana Mary Demain Hammond (18601900). A member of Hugh Thomson's Cranford School, Hammond's elegant pen and ink drawings are a perfect complement to Richardson's prose. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket Issued. Victorian illustrated selection from Richardson's Sir Charles Grandison, edited with commentary by George Saintsbury. Handsome two-volume set with gilt-stamped cloth and sixty plates by Chris Hammond. A finely produced Victorian scholarly selection from Samuel Richardson's epistolary novel The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753), edited with introduction, commentary, and connecting summaries by George Saintsbury. Issued as a two-volume set, the work represents Saintsbury's thoughtful mediation between eighteenth-century moral fiction and late-Victorian literary taste, presenting Grandison as both a historical text and a living literary character. Original dark green cloth with stamped spine titles and an attractive gilt depiction of swordplay on the front boards; all edges gilt. Duodecimo; 7.25 inches tall; Vol. I: ix, 303 pages; Vol. II: v, 319 pages. Printed by the Ballantyne Press. Illustrated throughout with sixty plates across both volumes by Chris Hammond. Bindings are tight and square. Text is clean with light, even toning. Minimal shelf handling wear overall. Minor, localized puckering to the cloth at the lower rear corner of Volume II. Bookplate of William Henry Bond to the front pastedown. A very well-preserved set. Saintsbury's selection preserves the epistolary structure of Richardson's original while condensing the narrative through editorial summary where needed, making the work accessible to late-nineteenth-century readers without sacrificing its moral and psychological scope. The result is both a literary distillation and a commentary on changing standards of taste, sentiment, and social conduct. The illustrations by Chris Hammond, one of the foremost book illustrators of the Victorian period, lend the volumes visual continuity and energy, reinforcing character, gesture, and social nuance in a manner consistent with contemporary illustrated classics. Contextual Significance: George Saintsbury was among the most influential English literary historians and critics of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, known for combining scholarly authority with a lively, readable style. His engagement with Richardson reflects the continued canonical status of eighteenth-century moral fiction at the end of the nineteenth century, particularly in response to earlier critiques and parodies such as Fielding's Tom Jones. This edition stands as a representative example of Victorian editorial practice, illustration, and book design applied to canonical English literature. Subjects: George Saintsbury, Samuel Richardson, Sir Charles Grandison, Epistolary Novel, Victorian Editing, Moral Fiction, Chris Hammond Illustration, English Literary Canon, Literary Criticism, Illustrated Classics, Eighteenth-Century Literature. Illustrations by Chris Hammond (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First thus. xxviii,389 pp. Bound in green cloth with elaborate gilt stamping. Good+ with lean to spine, wear and splitting to cloth along gutters, a few discreet repairs along spine edges, small wear spot to rear board. An enduringly popular illustrated version of the classic novel.…