The Good and Bad Sparrows. Charming children's book. Color plates

Crowquill, Alfred. a/k/a Alfred Henry Forrester (1804-1871)

Published by Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet Street ND (1859), 1859

About this Item

Bound in chipped and worn pale yellow boards with the colorful cameo of the two sparrows on the front boards. List of illustrated works for children on the read boards. With all 11 hand-coloured plates and the hand-colored title page featuring the two sparrows. With "Price one shilling and sixpence" printed at the top of the front boards. With numerous book advertisements on the front and rear paste-downs and the endpapers. Lovely hand-colored plates. Uncommon first separate printing of this tale by Crowquill. Alfred Henry Forrester (1804-1871), who published under the pseudonym Alfred Crowquill, was an illustrator and humorous writer largely known for his work in 'Punch' and the 'Illustrated London News'. His illustrations had a considerable influence in the development of Victorian children's books. Forrester discovered an aptitude for literary and artistic pursuits from an early age, and was soon associated with writing for periodical publications, including Colburn's New Monthly, Bentley, and Punch magazine. He often wrote short tales, songs, children's stories, and occasional burlesques. He could also draw and worked on wood, etchings and caricatures using pen and ink, specialising in anthropomorphic animals, occasi250onally illustrating stories for his brother Charles Robert Forrester (1803 1850), who wrote under the pseudonym Hal Willis.He also made several popular ceramics of curious flowers and contemporary subjects, including a "Memorial of the Great Exhibition of 1851" and a statuette of Wellington Bear. He illustrated plays for children in Dean & Son's series, Little Plays for Little People. In 1854 Julia Corner wrote a play for children based around the Beauty and the Beast fairy story which was illustrated by Forrester working under the name of Alfred Crowquill.[3]Forrester's Phantasmagoria of Fun appeared in two volumes in 1843 under his Alfred Crowquill pseudonym. It contains humorous sketches with an animal theme.[4] His Strange Surprising Adventures of the Venerable Gooroo Simple., consisting of comic tales set in India, appeared in 1861, again under the pseudonym Alfred Crowquill.[4]Alfred Henry Forrester was buried at West Norwood Cemetery, near London. (Wikipedia) Likely the first separate printing of The Two Sparrows: 1859.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Good and Bad Sparrows. Charming children's book. Color plates
• Publisher: Ward and Lock, 158, Fleet Street ND (1859)
• Publication Date: 1859
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's LIterature