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WOTTON, MABEL E: : THE LITTLE BROWNS

LONDON.BLACKIE & SON LTD.,1900.

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UK,8vo HB,no dw/dj - as issued,1st edn.VG. No owner inscrptn,no dw/dj as issued.Green background with 3 block colour (brown,olive green and green) illustration decorated cloth front board,with bright,crisp,blocked gilt letters in cartouche,decorated spine/ backstrip,and publisher's colophon decoration to centre of rear board, monochrome line illustrated endpapers; with some inevitable shelf-wear to boards' edges and corners,head+foot of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creasing and rubbing too.Aeg (all edges gilt).Both front+rear hinges are cracked and shaken along their entire length,but boards are still attached and in situ - as are both of the free endpapers and the half-title page.Colour pictorial artwork by H.M Brock, illustrated frntis - with some spotting/ foxing to verso of same,is loose and detached.Contents generally bright and clean - one dog-ear reading crease to pp77/8.UK,8vo HB,1st edn,x-xiiipp+16-216pp [paginated] includes 5 chapters - each with a b/w line illus headpiece,profuse other b/w line illustrations by H.M. Brock - 8 full-page and 78 smaller ones - throughout the text and the book.An amateurish, childish attempt at colouring a very minimal part of a full-page,b/w illustration (pp137) with white Tippex(?) - no other colouring attempts noted elsewhere.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page,a colour pictorial frntis and b/w line illustrated title-page both by H.M Brock,a dedication,and separate contents+ illustrations lists/tables - each with b/w line illustrated head+tail pieces. Described hard but fairly and honestly,sympathetic tightening and light restoration would bring book back to nearly it's former glory.An illustrated children's adventure tale which has six middle-class Victorian children having adventures whilst their parents are away in London. Henry Matthew Brock (1875-1960).Born in Cambridge,younger brother of Charles Edmund Brock.Studied at Cambridge School of Art, living and working in Cambridge in close contact with his brother.By the mid-1890's he was a popular and prolific illustrator, and continued working until his eyesight began to fail in 1950.Unlike like his brother,he worked almost entirely in pen and ink so that even his coloured illustrations were basically tinted line drawings.His early work resembled his brother's,but he was a more rapid worker and soon developed an individual graphic style marked by a fluent and vigorous line and smoothly applied hatching used for glossy surface effects.His flair for drama and action helped him achieve considerable popularity as an illustrator of boys' stories.A Gilbert and Sullivan devotee,he designed a number of posters for the D'Oyly Carte during the 1920's. He was a friend of Harry Rountree and an admirer of (amongst others) Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac,Russell Flint and H.M. Bateman. Please contact seller,because of the weight ( - just over 1Kg packaged) of this item,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB,1st edn.

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