Hill Vernon Illustrator (5 results)

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 126 pages. 7.48x4.72x0.30 inches. In Stock. Hill, Vernon (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Published In 1985 : 1st. Edition : Hamlyn Books : Large Format : Just A Tiny Amount Of Face Rubbing To The Back Of The Dust Wrapper : Otherwise, As New Throughout : Overall, A Very Nice Book . Elaine Hill (illustrator).

Hardcover. Limited Edition, 1/500 Copies. Quarto, xii, 103 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in publisher's tan cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Chipping and fraying to cloth at head and tail of spine and at corners of boards. General shelf wear to edges of boards. Staining and foxing to boards Top edge of textblock gilt. Foxing scattered throughout textblock, primarily to plates and plate tissues. All 25 black-and-white plates present. Shelved in Case 11. 1391724. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

Hard Cover. LIMITED EDITION of only 320 copies and the first and only edition illustrated by Vernon Hill. Large Quarto, pp., [8], 143, [1]. Illustrated with 16 full page monochrome plates by Hill. Bound in quarter cream cloth and sage green cloth with printed paper label to spine and printed illustrated label to upper board. Cloth and cover label lightly soiled, mainly to lower board. Light foxing mainly to tissue guards with some sporadic light foxing to plate beneath. Tissue guards all present and intact save one small closed tear on guard at p.120. Binding tight, square and contents bright, clean and free from ownership marks or inscriptions. A very good copy. Boldly illustrated by the elusive and criminally neglected esoteric artist Vernon Hill. Although clearly inspired by the Art Nouveau movement as well as other mystic visionary artists such as William Blake (1757-1827) and Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956), Hill has his own distinctive and arresting numinous style. Indeed the impact of Hill's work's haunting otherworldliness is emphasised in contemporary reviews asserting that Hill "can see visions - whose inner life is not of our life but of a strange occult devising, is impelled irresistibly towards the supernatural." Hill illustrated three works published by John Lane before turning to sculpture, all of which were published in extremely low numbers meaning all works illustrated by him are necessarily scarce. Rare book room glass cabinet.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Ballads Weird and Wonderful. With 25 Drawings by Vernon Hill. John Lane London. The Bodley Head. John Lane Company, New York. 1912. This Edition is limited to Five Hundred copies for sale in England and the United States. Twenty-five plates (Complete), First Edition, 103 pp, 11.25 x 8.75 , 4to. In fair condition. Grey cloth boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine collapsed; cloth chipped. Front hinge split at tail with exposed binding mesh. Gilt lettering and deco on spine & front board normally soiled & dulled, but still attractive. Top edge gilt (Dulled); fore-edge deckled. Light toning throughout text-block; mostly at edges of leaves. Tissue-guards exhibit the most wear with some exhibit tears/chips & others age-stains and off-setting. Some chipping along fore-edges of leaves. Binding intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Born in Yorkshire, Vernon Hill (1887 - 1972) was apprenticed to a trade lithographer at the age of thirteen and by the age of twenty-one he was working under the illustrator and poster designer John Hassall. He became a sculptor in wood, ivory and bronze, a draughtsman, lithographer, etcher and engraver. In 1911 Vernon Hill produced his own remarkable series of illustrations for the New Inferno by S. Phillips and these were soon followed by an equally extraordinary group of works for Ballads Weird and Wonderful by R. Chope (1912). All of this early work revealed a sculptor s understanding of form, combined with a strong feeling for art nouveau design. His most notable work as a sculptor is to be seen on various buildings by Sir Edward Maufe, who regularly commissioned Hill. Some of Hill's finest work can be seen at Guildford Cathedral in Guildford, Surrey. Apart from the reliefs on the south door entrance he carved the angels on the sedilia inside the cathedral, as well as the tongues of flame on the pulpit and lectern. He also carved the arms of Bishop Greig over the inside of the sacristy door and the figure of Saint Ursula over the inside of St Ursula's Porch. First Edition, with all Plates. Gift quality. RAREB1912ENOW 07/24 - HK1872 ***COLI1912ENOW 10/24 - HKREV125.…