Irving, Bracebridge Hall, London 1895 Caldecott ill.
"Bracebridge Hall", by Washington Irving, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, published by Macmillan & Co., London in 1895; stated third edition.
"Note: First Edition 1876 [dated 1877]; Reprinted 1877; Second Edition 1882. Third Edition 1887; Reprinted 1892, 1895".
"Bracebridge Hall" was written by Irving 1821, while he lived in England, and published in 1822. This episodic novel was originally published under his pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon.As this is a location-based series of character sketches, there are a number of individual plots. The tales center on the occupants of an English manor (based on Aston Hall, near Birmingham, England, which was occupied by members of the Bracebridge family and which Irving visited).
Randolph Caldecott (March 22, 1846 - Feb. 12, 1886) was a British artist and illustrator, born in Chester. The Caldecott Medal was named in his honor. He exercised his art chiefly in book illustrations. His abilities as an artist were promptly and generously recognized by the Royal Academy. Caldecott greatly influenced illustration of children's books during the nineteenth century. Two books illustrated by him, priced at a shilling each, were published every Christmas for eight years.
Caldecott's output, however, ranged wider than this: he illustrated novels and accounts of foreign travel, made humorous drawings depicting hunting and fashionable life, drew cartoons and he made sketches of the Houses of Parliament inside and out, and exhibited sculptures and paintings in oil and watercolour in the Royal Academy and galleries.
"Caldecott was a fine literary artist, who was able to express himself with rare facility in pictures in place of words, so that his comments upon a simple text reveal endless subtleties of thought ... You have but to turn to any of his toy-books to see that at times each word, almost each syllable, inspired its own picture ... He studied his subject as no one else ever studied it ... Then he portrayed it simply and with inimitable vigor, with a fine economy of line and colour; when colour is added, it is mainly as a gay convention, and not closely imitative of nature."[Gleeson White]
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) ------- $12.50
Canada: Priority (c. 2-6 weeks) - $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) --- $37.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original publisher's cloth decorated in black and gold; 5" x 7.1/2"; two ex-libris [nice vintage private book plates] inside cover and on the front endpaper [see picture]; 284 pages + 4-page publisher's catalog at the end of the book; 119 illustrations designed by Randolph Caldecott, engraved and arranged by J.D. Cooper; gilt page edges. A little foxing, a few corner folds, very good condition.
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"Bracebridge Hall", by Washington Irving, illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, published by Macmillan & Co., London in 1895; stated third edition.
"Note: First Edition 1876 [dated 1877]; Reprinted 1877; Second Edition 1882. Third Edition 1887; Reprinted 1892, 1895".
"Bracebridge Hall" was written by Irving 1821, while he lived in England, and published in 1822. This episodic novel was originally published under his pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon.As this is a location-based series of character sketches, there are a number of individual plots. The tales center on the occupants of an English manor (based on Aston Hall, near Birmingham, England, which was occupied by members of the Bracebridge family and which Irving visited).
Randolph Caldecott (March 22, 1846 - Feb. 12, 1886) was a British artist and illustrator, born in Chester. The Caldecott Medal was named in his honor. He exercised his art chiefly in book illustrations. His abilities as an artist were promptly and generously recognized by the Royal Academy. Caldecott greatly influenced illustration of children's books during the nineteenth century. Two books illustrated by him, priced at a shilling each, were published every Christmas for eight years.
Caldecott's output, however, ranged wider than this: he illustrated novels and accounts of foreign travel, made humorous drawings depicting hunting and fashionable life, drew cartoons and he made sketches of the Houses of Parliament inside and out, and exhibited sculptures and paintings in oil and watercolour in the Royal Academy and galleries.
"Caldecott was a fine literary artist, who was able to express himself with rare facility in pictures in place of words, so that his comments upon a simple text reveal endless subtleties of thought ... You have but to turn to any of his toy-books to see that at times each word, almost each syllable, inspired its own picture ... He studied his subject as no one else ever studied it ... Then he portrayed it simply and with inimitable vigor, with a fine economy of line and colour; when colour is added, it is mainly as a gay convention, and not closely imitative of nature."[Gleeson White]
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) ------- $12.50
Canada: Priority (c. 2-6 weeks) - $27.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) --- $37.50
Condition Report: Hard boards, original publisher's cloth decorated in black and gold; 5" x 7.1/2"; two ex-libris [nice vintage private book plates] inside cover and on the front endpaper [see picture]; 284 pages + 4-page publisher's catalog at the end of the book; 119 illustrations designed by Randolph Caldecott, engraved and arranged by J.D. Cooper; gilt page edges. A little foxing, a few corner folds, very good condition.
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