Tales of Magic and Meaning. With an Original Pen and Ink Illustration
London: Grant and Griffith, 1856. Hardcover. Good. Item #43491
Small Octavo, pp. x, 175, 32 - publisher's [Griffith and Farran] adverts., 4 plates. Bookplate of collector, Aubrey Heywood Jones, (1892), designed and etched, and with original verse by Herbert Jones, for a collection of folk-lore books. Half dark brown calf over pebbled cloth boards. Covers scuffed, rubbed, and slightly soiled, bit of chipping at spine ends, corners rounded and the front board re-attached. Prelims and endpages browned, occasional thumbing, otherwise a good and clean copy. Includes an original pen and ink drawing signed by Alfred Crowquill. [180 x 220mm]. Watermarked, cream laid paper, with pen & ink illustration to one panel with the caption: "My dear Miss Pardoe / I should be proud to possess your / hand . . . writing. Your Admirerer / Alfred Crowquill". "No. 40" is written in ink at the top right, and a very, very tiny embossed circular stamp is at the top left. "Miss Pardoe" is likely the English poet, novelist, historian and traveller, Julia Pardoe (1806-1862), a contemporary of Crowquill, who often had articles in the same monthly magazines with him. Two faint horizontal fold lines, else near fine, clean original drawing.
Price (CAD): $575.00