THE ADVENTURES OF AN ILLUSTRATOR: MOSTLY IN FOLLOWING HIS AUTHORS IN AMERICA & EUROPE.
by Pennell Joseph
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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About This Item
Boston,: Little, Brown, and Company, 1925. First Impression of the Trade Editionl. With over 200 of Pennell's skillful illustrations including the signed etching and 13 other plates that were not supplied in the trade edition. 4to, publisher's original tan cloth, the spine and upper cover lettered in gilt, in the rare original dustwrapper. XXII, 372 pp. A very fine copy, in the rare dustjacket that has some light edge wear and chips. A HANDSOME PRODUCTION BY A LEADING ILLUSTRATOR OF THE TIME. Pennell's words and pictures lead the reader on adventures in the company of leading authors to wonderfully picturesque places like New Orleans, Florence, London, Venice and New York to name only a few. There are extensive memories of the war years in France and England. Celebrities the reader will encounter along the way include George Cable, W. D. Howells, G. B. Shaw, Aubrey Beardsley, Henry James and others.
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- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33363
- Title
- THE ADVENTURES OF AN ILLUSTRATOR: MOSTLY IN FOLLOWING HIS AUTHORS IN AMERICA & EUROPE.
- Author
- Pennell Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston,
- Date Published
- 1925
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