It's been really hard to pick images to post on this blog. Indeed, this gorgeous volume of Hans Christian Andersen's famous Fairy Tales is packed-full with fabulous Black and White and colour images by the very famous British illustrator William Heath Robinson.
My copy is not a perfect one, far from it - a lot of the pages show foxing, one or two pages have a ripped corner, and it is missing four colour plates. If this were a pristine copy, it would be worth £70+! This was published in 1930 by Hodder and Stoughton for Boots the Chemist - I like the Boots logo on the spine where the publisher's should be!
My fourth novel Hell Lane: A Barton Stacey Mystery will have a more or less pronounced whiff of the supernatural and will be set in Dorset - I envisage something like an homage to Agatha Christie and Sherlock Holmes.
I will most certainly be using the section dedicated to the South West of England... As I cannot acquire any new stock for my Arcane Publishing shop/stall - and I am not able to sell online at the moment, I have decided to post about the beautiful volumes I have collected over the years...
I am the very proud owner of this book, a copy of Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market and other poems beautifully illustrated by Florence Harrison, circa 1920 - first edition of this version (Goblin Market was originally published in 1862). It is not in pristine condition and no longer have its dust jacket, but nevertheless, it is a very precious item of my collection... 3/4/2020 Among the beach huts...2/4/2020 In lockdown...
Scandal and beauty - Mark Gatiss on Aubrey Beardsley was a rare treat for me, who has been an Aubrey Beardsley fan for many, many years (I have had a tattoo of his art on my arm for almost 20 years!).
Like many people, I was so looking forward to the Beardsley exhibition at the Tate, which I had planned to visit in May... I guess they cannot extend it or reschedule it, and therefore I will not enjoy the original art of one of my favourite artists... I am genuinely heartbroken. I am the lucky owner of a copy of the first volume of Beardsley's controversial quarterly literary periodical Yellow Book. It is an incredibly fragile item and my copy is not in the best of conditions, but I do cherish it immensely... I do have quite a few rare and beautiful books on my shelves, and might share them with you in the next few weeks.. |
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