King Jessie Illustrator (11 results)

Softcover. Reprint. Small octavo, 41 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in brown faux-leather with gilt ornamentation and lettering to the front cover. Covers have mild shelving wear. Textblock uncut, and has mild shelving wear. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #2 - New Ephemera Box #3. 1401564. FP New Rockville Stock. …

Early undated reprint in cheaper binding, circa 1906, 8vo, 210 x 145 mm, 8¼ x 5¾ inches, 1/4 navy cloth, lettered and decorated gilt on spine, marbled boards, pages: 82, (2). Frontispiece and 7 beautiful photogravure plates printed sepia, plus 3 half-tone illustrations, the main title page printed red and black. Head and tail of spine just very slightly rubbed, small neat old ink inscription on front endpaper, half-title lightly browned, margins of plates very slightly foxed. Excellent near Fine copy. The ten titles listed on the reverse of the half-title were all published before 1907. Colin White, page 149, B64. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Golden Poets Series. Undated, ca. 1906. xlvii, 290 pp, with 8 plates by King (b/w line drawings with colored accents), as well as vingette title page and frontis portrait of Spenser by A.S. Hartrick. Original blue cloth with celtic-style decoration in gilt. Light rubbing to extremities; spine is sunned and has a small stain. Very light foxing to deckled edges, bookplate of Andrew Leicester Irvine on front pastedown, else clean and sound.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Hardbound, with 11 illustrations by Jessie King, 9 full-page and 2 being an addition illustrated title-page and contents page, VERY GOOD+.

4to. The complete issue of The Studio, containing within the Jessie King supplement pp.193-208. With 7 splendid colour plates, highlighted in gold and silver, and 7 b/w plates by Jessie King. The whole bound in quarter buckram with cloth sides. A very good copy. Particularly scarce.

FIRST EDITION 1903, EDITION DE LUXE LIMITED TO 225 LARGE PAPER COPIES FOR ENGLAND AND AMERICA, THIS BEING No. 34 OF THE ENGLISH COPIES, 4to, 260 x 180 mm, 10¼ x 7 inches, bevelled boards, vellum binding illustrated pale blue and gilt on upper cover and spine, lettered pale blue on upper cover and spine, top edges gilt, pages: xvii, 379. Mounted frontispiece and extra illustrated title page printed red and black on India paper with tissue guard, 22 very beautiful mounted plates, all with tissue guards, 17 printed red and black, 5 black only, exquisite decorative head- and tailpieces also. Spine slightly darkened and colour on spine slightly faded, spine lettering very faint, slightly rubbed at head and tail, a few faint marks to covers, neat modern bookplate on front pastedown and an early one on front endpaper, endpapers lightly browned, frontispiece and extra title page foxed due to the foxed tissue guard, last plate foxed very slightly in margin, a few faint fox spots on letterpress title page. Contents otherwise very nice. A very good plus copy of the rare de luxe edition. See Colin White page 44 for an excellent description of the artistry employed in these wonderful illustrations. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The sixth edition, first with plates by Jessie M King. Publishers decorated blue cloth binding with cover & spine titles in orange, covers and spine decorations in orange. Top edge gilt. Endpapers, title page, chapter heads and sixteen mounted color plates by Miss Jessie M. King. Cloth with worn spots at rear spine fold, free endpapers are tanned, scattered foxing, a VERY GOOD copy of this most handsome book. Note an Oscar Wilde quote to the half-title page "Life is not a speculation. It is a sacrament. Its' ideal is love. It's purification is sacrifice. Oscar Wilde" Beneath in the same florid hand is a gift inscription dated 30 July 1928, very quaint indeed. Photos of any of our books sent on request.…

FIRST EDITION, (1929). 4to, 285 x 230 mm, 11¼ x 8¾ inches, bright colour illustrated boards by King (different upper and lower), blue and yellow pictorial endpapers, 56 pages. Coloured frontispiece, orange and grey title illustration and 11 enchanting full page coloured illustrations plus very pretty smaller monochrome and 2 colour illustrations all around the text in wide borders. No inscriptions, a Fine unmarked unread copy with very bright boards and spine in original near Fine glassine wrapper, 5/- price printed on inner flap (glassine dw: 5 mm chip at tail of spine, tiny chip at head of spine and at foot of folds). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. KING, Jessie M. (illustrator) KIPLING, Rubyard. (Translated into French by Louis Fabulet and Robert D'Humieres.) L'habitation forcée. Paris: René Kieffer 1921. Illustrated with twenty nine pochoir colour plates by Jessie M. King. One of a Limited edition of 550 copies, of which 500 were printed on velin paper, and 50 copies printed on japon paper. This copy is number 320 of the 500 on velin paper. Bound in Light brown original snakeskin leather, with mounted embossed gold cover vignettes and gilt lettering on spine, at the workshop of the publisher René Kieffer. Small publisher's label on inside of front board. Fine copy. Note: The delicate drawings for this book were prepared during Jessie M. King's time in Paris. They are reproduced using the stencilling technique known as pochoir, which gives the colours a great clarity. The illustrations for this book are considered to be some of King's finest. - Taylor, Art Nouveau Book in Britain, p. 136. L'habitation Forcee was printed by Rene Kieffer who was well known in Paris in the early 20th century for his innovative book designs and techniques and as one of the most important book binders in the Art Deco style. Illustrated by Jessie M. King (illustrator).…

Condition: Fine. First edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap (soft back) covers designed by Jessie M. King. 8vo. 9'' x 5¾''. Contains illustrated title, contents, foreword, followed by 17 full-page monochrome drawings throughout by Jessie M. King, who also provides the text which is presented in Arts & Crafts style opposite each drawing. Fine condition book in Fine condition glassine dust wrapper. Superb. Member of the P.B.F.A. SCOTLAND (Gaelic: Alba).…

[Illustrated Christmas Carol] FINE COLOUR PLATES, the second issue with tipped-in plates. Small quarto (25 x 19cm), pp.[32]. With 13 colour-illustrated plates by King, including the title page. Publisher's grey paper covers, with a repeat of the title page to upper, and a small vignette to back cover. Printed by Edmund Evans, Rose Place, Globe Road London E.1. Internally clean, with moderate wear to covers, including a little rubbing and chipping to spine, and a small water stain to the upper joint. Very good. King offers an illustration for each couplet of the famous Victorian Carol.…