James a W Hefferman (2 results)

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). xvi, 320 pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.5cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed with minor bumping. Dark purple cloth with vibrant gilt stamping to spine; a few small patches of discoloration at rear board's bottom edge. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. With List of Illustrations, Notes on Contributors, Preface, Introduction by editor Catherine J. Golden, and Index. Features eight essays: "Pictorial Shakespeare: Text, Stage, Illustration" by Jonathan Bate; "Taglioni's Double Meanings: Illustration and the Romantic Ballerina" by Sarah Webster Goodwin; "Politics of Humor in George Cruikshank's Graphic Satire" by Robert L. Patten; "Cruikshank's Illustrative Wrinkle in Oliver Twist's Misrepresentation of Class" by Catherine J. Golden; "Rossetti and the Art of the Book" by Elizabeth K. Helsinger; "Love, Death, and the Grotesquerie: Beardsley's Illustrations of Wilde and Pope" by James A. W. Hefferman; "Dream Blocks: American Women Illustrators of the Golden Age, 1890-1920" by Ruth Copans; "'We All Sit on the Edge of Stools and Crack Jokes': Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press" by David H. Porter. ISBN 1584560231. …

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.