Gustave Dore Robinson (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of largely purple and black jacket and spine, some very faint spotting to page fore edges, not price clipped (£2.25), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and almost square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 103pp. Ant1 racism campaigner, author, teacher and socialist Chris Searle (b. 1941), moves through history and across time and continents to explore the problems of race, class and human contact. A scarce book. Jacket and illustrations by Mel Robinson, jacket after an illustration by Gustave Dore (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. From the library of Joseph Harrison Brazier, with his bookplate pasted to inner front cover. 4to. pp.(iV) 17 leaves of prints (iii). Clean, unmarked pages. Scattered foxing throughout, though prints not noticeably affected. Some toning and tears to blank leaves at front and end. Blank leaves at front detached. Page edges gilt. Tissue guards between print leaves. Newspaper clippings pasted in to back of leaves provide context to prints. Hand bound in chocolate brown leather. Good binding and cover. Front hinge cracked. Some scuffs to cover, moderate rubbing to extremities. Corners bumped and chipped. Gilt frame on front and back covers, with edges gilt. Spine banded with floral gilt flourishes. Gilt title on spine partially rubbed off with "-ENGR- OF ART JOURN-" still visible. Spine chipped at top and bottom. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Ships daily. The journal is a collection of prints from the late 19th century, by various artists. Contains: Art Critics in Brittany --- A. Solomon pinxt, H. Bourne sculpt;Elaine --- Drawn by Gustave Dore, Engraved by H. RobinsonThe Fair Correspondent ---J. Sant, A.R.A pinxt, H. Bourne sculpt;Scottish Lassies --- J. Phillip, R.A. pinxt, Professor Knolle sculpt;The Sisters --- G. Smith pinxt, C. Cousen sculpt;Les Femmes Savantes --- C.R. Leslie, R.A. pinxt, P. Lightfoot sculpt;The Novice --- J.C. Horsley, R.A. pinxt, H. Bourne sculpt;L'INAMORATA --- H. O'Neil, A.R.A. pinxt, H. Bourne sculpt;God's Acre --- Miss E. Osborn pinxt; H. Bourne sculpt;The Signal --- J. Phillip, R.A. pinxt, J. Franck sculpt;The Eft --- H. Le Juene, A.R.A. pinxt, J. Stancliffe and L. Stocks, A.R.A. sculpt;The Rejected Poet --- W.P. Frith, R.A. pinxt, C.W. Sharpe sculpt;Lady Jane Grey and Roger Ascham --- J.C. Horsley, R.A. pinxt, L. Stocks, A.R.A. Sculpt;The Way-Side in Andalusia --- R. Ansdell, A.R.A. and J. Phillip, R.A. pinxt;A King's Daughter --- E.M. Ward, R.A. pinxt, C.W. Sharpe sculpt;Sancho Panza --- C.R. Leslie, R.A. pinxt, Robt C. Bell sculpt;Waiting an Audience --- J.L.E. Meissonier pinxt, C. Carey sculpt.…