Twenty Scenes from the Works of Dickens
Published by Thomas H. Fielding, Sydney, 1883
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.Great Expectations Rare Books
AbeBooks seller since February 5, 2001
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 459.55
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Small folio, (12 1/2" x 9 5/8"), bound in half red leather over marbled paper covered boards, Spine has five raised bands and is heavily decorated in gold. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Two titles, one engraved and illustrated, one letterpress. Contains all 20 etchings by Coveny on heavy stock, images appearing on rectos, with corresponding letterpress on verso of opposing page. Plate seven is in two states, one being printed on India paper and bound in before the actual plate, as issued. Coveny was born in 1846 and sent to England to be educated. Returning to Australia to practice law he soon abandoned the profession and took up teaching, before embarking on a career in art in 1878, the year of his father's death. "Twenty Scenes." is undoubtedly his most famous work and he garnered mixed reviews upon its publication: "A.E. Greenwood and H.W.H. Stephen in Catalogue (Descriptive and Critical) of the Art Gallery with Sydney Art Notes (Sydney, 1883) called him 'a caricaturist of great power and claimed that his copper etchings illustrative of Pickwick were 'almost worthy of Cruikshank himself (their only too obvious source)." His career was short lived, however, as he suffered a nervous breakdown in 1884 which effectively ended his artistic career. Leather spine shows light rubbing to tips and bands, and there is mild general wear to extremities and a touch of mild shelf-wear to front cover. Interior is very clean, with no previous ownership marks, no foxing and no marking. A superior copy of this very scarce Sydney imprint, purportedly limited to print run of 219. One copy is housed in the National Gallery of Australia. A very good+ copy. Scans sent on request. Podeschi H1042 Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Twenty Scenes from the Works of Dickens
- Author
- Designed and Etched by Christopher Coveny
- Publisher
- Thomas H. Fielding, Sydney
- Publication year
- 1883
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Binding
- Half-Leather
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Prints & Engravings Pertaining to Charles Dickens
Great Expectations Rare Books
Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since February 5, 2001
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We are a generalist bookseller who has been selling online since 2003. Our goal is to provide our customers with the best books at the best prices. As a used and antiquarian seller all of our copies are unique and our stock is limited by our ability to source new material from a variety of venues. We strive to describe our books as accurately as possible and have embarked on a policy of adding at least one photograph for each new listing added. Older entries in our database may not include a picture, if this is so please request one and we will gladly send it to you via email.…
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