Detmold E J Illustrates (3 results)

First edition with these illustrations. Publisher's illustrated white cloth, with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. 20 beautiful tipped in colour plates and an illustrated title page by E. J. Detmold. A superb near fine clean, square and tight copy, the binding very fresh and bright with only light toning to the extremities. The contents are entirely complete, without inscriptions or stamps and in fine condition throughout. Complete with the rare printed dustwrapper which has a few minor nicks and creases to the extremities. An exceptional example. 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.…

Large 4to, 120 pp. + 19 full-page, mounted colour plates by Detmold. Bound in original beige cloth with a pictorial onlay of one of the plates, (which is a little faded) and decorative lettering on the upper board. Some slight abrasions and one or two very faint water stains, which are very hard to see. A fine bright copy. Mrs. Hardy was Thomas Hardy's second wife, Florence Dugdale, who first met Hardy in 1905, aged 26. She became his passionate friend and helper, and eventually stopped teaching in 1908 - both to assist Hardy and begin her writing career. In 1912 she published her first book - The Book of Baby Birds - with Hardy's contribution. Illustrated with Detmold's characteristic beauty and charm, this unashamedly sentimental book is a very fine production, and even succeeds in making the utterly charmless Skua's chick look appealing. A dust wrapper was issued but this is a book that most collectors will accept without, as the wrapper is boring and commands such a price that only the perfectionist can be bothered. ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS BIRDS ILLUSTRATED/CHILDRENS.…

Condition: Very Good. FIRST DETMOLD EDITION. 4to. Title page illustrated with line drawings and 20 full colour plates, mounted onto the page and with a coloured border edge. Some foxing to the page edges, but just in the margins and not affecting the text or illustrations. Overall a near to very good copy in a fine leather binding executed for Henry Sotheran of London. Half dark blue crushed morocco, spine with five raised bands, compartments lettered and decorated in gilt. Blue cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A very attractively bound copy of this beautiful book.…