Detmold Edward J Illus (14 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Illus. By Edward J. Detmold (illustrator).…

152 pp. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. 8vo, publisher's gilt-decorated leather. A fine copy.

Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos. 213 pp. Illustrated with tipped-in color plates by Edward J. Detmold. Folio, publisher's pale green gilt cloth, t.e.g. Some light use at the extremities of the binding; but clean, tight and sound.

hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Full green cloth binding with extensive gilt decoration & lettering to front board & spine; top edge gilt and others untrimmed, 10-3/4" x 8", 213 pp., tipped-in plate illustrations on grey leaves. All illustrations present. Slight wear to extremities, near fine with beautiful interior. Extra postage required for international or expedited shipping. …

Condition: Very Good. 6th Printing. 6th Printing in Slipcase.

xvi, 152 pp. Illustrated with a color frontispiece and 22 tipped-in color illustrations by Edward J. Detmold. 8vo, publisher's illustrated green gilt-lettered cloth. Endsheets slightly tanned; 2" split to the paper of the rear inner hinge (still sound); spine tanned with light rubbing to extremities. The plates and text are fine.…

limited edition of 500 copies. Being a reproduction of the original of 1909, this no 127. Full red leather binding. Gilt lettering and decoration to spine and front board. Acetate dustwrapper. Contained in a plain red slipcase. AEG. 10ins x 7.25ins, xiv, 152pp plus 23 colour plates by Edward J. Detmold. Limitation certificate pasted to front pastedown. Fine in Fine slipcase. …

Quarto, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & boards, deckled page edges, printed eps, vii + 235pp, illus/plates- all present, VG- (heavy bruising & cracking to spine with 7cm loss to top spine extrem, moderate bruising to board corners, moderate staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to ffep, light cracking to some gutters). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 265 p. interspersed with plates. 26 cm. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and 12 other tipped-in colour plates by Detmold. Green cloth with gold print. Some dents to bottom edges, soiling to cloth. Hinges professionally repaired. Clean, neat pages. "It is not my intention to write a treatise on apiculture, or on practical bee-keeping" begins Maeterlinck and it might be said that this volume pertains more to life than it does to bees. The Life of the Bee is for readers curious about a brilliant thinker's meditations on nature. Not surprisingly, Maeterlinck won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1911. A beautiful volume, illustrated by the gifted Edward J. Detmold.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. 4to. 26 by 32 cms. Limited Edition. This edition limited to 750 copies, numbered and signed by the artist of which this is No. 146. Unpaginated. 25 fine tipped-in colour illustrations by Detmold, all with captioned paper guards and all in very good indeed condition. Including two extra plates not found in the trade edition. Original publisher's cream buckram binding with gilt lettering, and decoration to spine and front cover. Original end papers with tiny scarab beetle motif to the centre. Enpapers very slightly tanned, covers bright and clean slight brown stain to top corner of rear end paper, plates and text very clean; very good indeed or better. Signedes.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No.248 of a limited edition of 750 copies, with limitation signed by Edward Detmold. Large book (26 x 32cm approx.), in cream cloth with gilt; 25 tipped-in colour plates by Detmold (all present). Gift inscription on blank page; free end papers very faintly browned; slight discolouration to cloth on back board. Cloth at foot of spine slightly crushed. Overall a very nice copy of an impressive book. This is a heavy item (about 2.3kg packed); additional postage may be required Used - Very Good. SIGNED copy VG hardback in cream cloth. Signed by Illustrator(s). …

Translated by A. Teixeira de Mattos. x, 181 [2] pp. Illustrated with 20 tipped-in color plates by E. J. Detmold. Folio, publisher's white gilt-decorated cloth, in dust jacket. First edition; Large Paper edition. A beautiful copy in the scarce dust jacket with small chips at the extremities of the spine (not touching any lettering.…

Limited first edition of 750 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. Illustrated with 25 beautiful plates in color by Edward J. Detmold, including two extra plates not found in the trade edition. Thick folio, publisher's original full white polished buckram, the upper cover artfully decorated with the original gilt pictorial designs surrounded by a frame ruled in gilt and filled with intertwined vines, the spine handsomely gilt lettered and decorated with gilt device and gilt rules, t.e.g., housed and protected in the original slipcase. A fine copy with just very light age mellowing at the spine panel, the corners fine and sharp, the plates all in excellent condition, the text-block clean and white, essentially a near as pristine copy in a protective slipcase. The slipcase with some wear as would be expected. The book profiting by the presence of the slipcase, with the white cloth remaining clean and the giltwork very bright. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED, SIGNED, NUMBERED AND SPECIALLY BOUND. This title represents, in our opinion, Detmold's very best work. The grace and sensitivity of the illustrations reflect a certain Eastern sensibility. The artist's powers in the delicate communication of nature's spirit are exemplified by these wonderful paintings, rich with the wide variety of the colours in the spectrum. This is a very fine copy of the best printing of the work, numbered and signed by Detmold.…

First edition, sole impression. Macmillan issued this sumptuous portfolio at five guineas, advertising the illustrations as reproductions "in colour from the Original Drawings in the highest style of Lithography". The 16 watercolours had been exhibited at the Dutch Gallery in London and were subsequently incorporated, in reduced format, into Macmillan's 1908 edition of The Jungle Book. The illustrations rank among the Detmold brothers' most celebrated work. A modern study of British book illustration describes the series as a "masterpiece of Edwardian era", singling out Shere Khan in the Jungle for its synthesis of Japanese pictorial influence, anatomical observation, and elaborate detail. Quoting Rodney Engen's study of the golden age of illustration, it notes how the brothers' understanding of nature enabled them to create the "mythology and harshness of the natural world". Nicholas Alfrey & Richard Verdi, Charles Maurice and Edward Julius Detmold: A Centenary Exhibition, 1983; Rodney Engen, The Age of Enchantment, 2007; Iain MacPhail, "The Detmold Twins", The Book Collector, Autumn 2024, pp. 48193; Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Nature, War and the Art of the Detmold Twins, 2026; David Alan Richards, Rudyard Kipling: A Bibliography, 2010. Folio. 16 coloured chromolithograph prints on thin card (sheet sizes: 330×430mm) tipped onto white board with grey window mounts (mount sizes: 393×545mm) with cover sheet to each illustration providing the title and a short extract from the book. Original green cloth chemise, front cover lettered and with illustration in gilt, containing title page, contents leaf and 16 loose prints. Housed in a custom grey cloth folding box. Chemise worn with loss, front cover detached, bookplate removed, lacking ties, occasional chips and tears to extremities of cover sheets, light browning to sheets, fold to title page and contents leaf strengthened, prints bright and unfaded; a good set.…