Draper christopher squire j c (5 resultados)

Condición: Good. - Small quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/2 inches wide], decorative red & black limp boards. The boards are rubbed & bumped with the edges slightly darkened. There is staining to the rear board & a small stain to the front board. The spine is perished & the top 2 inches of each board is detached. Title & [9] pages. Illustrated with black-and-white vignettes by Christopher Draper. The pastedowns & endpapers are soiled with some blue staining to the rear endpaper & 2 tears to the rear pastedown. The page edges are slightly darkened. Good only. First edition, signed by J. C. Squire.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Card covers published by Manning Pike 1st edition 1924 Very Good+. Limited Edition. 12 pages, An unusual work of poetry. by the leading Georgian School of poets and editor of the Statesman & London Mercury. Signed opposite title page. line drawings and cover art by Christopher Draper. CHRISTOPHER DRAPER (ilustrador).…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. A satirical poem attacking proposals associated with the Bishop of London. In the publishers quarter black cloth (no title) over red illustrated boards, black ink titles & tooling, edges rubbed. Internally, signed by the author to verso ffep, title within decorative borders, not paginated but 8 leaves, 9 B&W illustrations by Draper, some faint edge browning & odd light spot to eps gutter. (283*217 mm). The 1924 review explicitly praised the illustrations as being as amusing as the verse. One particularly memorable image, described as the tailpiece, imagines St Paul's Cathedral being towed across the Atlantic to the United States, where it would join a landscape of skyscrapers and American popular culture. DRAPER Christopher (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s).…

Cloth. Condición: Very Good Indeed. A smart copy of this illustrated verse from English writer Sir John Collings Squire, signed by the author. Signed by the author to the front endpaper. Illustrated throughout. A charming poem on the churches of the city of London which references Sir Christopher Wren, an English architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist who was one of the most highly acclaimed architects in the history of England. Wren was accorded responsibility for rebuilding fifty-two churches in the City of London after the Great Fire in 1666, including his masterpiece, St Paul's Cathedral. Written by Sir John Collings Squire, an English writer, most notable as editor of the London Mercury literary magazine, a poet and historian, who captained a famous literary cricket-team called the Invalids. Illustrated by Christopher Draper, an English artist and illustrator. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, smart with light wear and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and board edges with the odd small mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Very Good Indeed. Christopher Draper (ilustrador). signed by author. book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Limited Edition. 12 pages, Signed Copy of this unusual work of poetry by the leading Georgian School of poets and editor of the Statesman & London Mercury. Signed opposite title page. line drawings and cover art by Christopher Draper. Printed illustrated boards and black strip for spine, minor wear on the covers and tiny nick at spine, some foxing to page edges at title and last leaf. Slim quarto. 1924. *Also wrote under the name Solomon Eagle with satirical overtones on the Great War, His portrait hangs in the NPG, had a least one successful London Play based on a work by Henry James, Knighted in 1933. Christopher Draper. (ilustrador). Signed by Author(s).…