COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE (1789-1851) ; DARLEY, FELIX OCTAVIUS CARR (1822-1888 ; ILLUS.).

The Prairie, a Tale,: by J. Fenimore Cooper

New York, Hurd & Houghton, 1865, Later (but still early) edition. Octavo in stamped and gilted brown-green thick boards; ix, 9-479 p. front. 21 cm two frontis engravings. . Hardcover. . Edge wear and fraying to spine foot and head; front hinge (inner) starting ; frontis tissue partly missing (1/3) ; overal a tight and Very Good copy with some very sparse and superfical soiling to a few pages within. Bookplate of Meditation Groups, Inc of Ojai, Califronia to front paste-down ; neat contemporary owner signature to frotn free endpaper., A handsome, decent (if a bit forlorn) older copy.

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Book number: 8401

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature

DARLEY,FELIX OCTAVIUS CARR

Compositions in Outline,By Felix O.C. Darley,from Judd's Margaret.

, Redfield 1856, Hardcover. Ill.: Konrad Huber. Oblong,18" x 13".Full leather.Very good. See details regarding condition and contents.
¶ Brown leather with gilt title on front,and stamped decorations on front and rear.All edges gilt.Raised bands on spine.30 illustrations ( lithographs),with descriptive text for each plate.Some scattered foxing, heaviest on first and last few pages.Insect damage to top two inches of paper of inside rear hinge,with two tiny holes in outside hinge,otherwise hinges are tight and sound.Cover edges rubbed,corner tips worn,with some small peels along edges of spine.Top and bottom of spine worn.Dried flowers pressed inside several pages.

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Book number: 025862

Keywords: Sylvestor Judd Illustrators United States Felix O.C.Darley Collectibles American Artists

DARLEY, FELIX OCTAVIUS CARR (1822-1888),

FINE ORIGINAL BLACK AND WHITE WASH DRAWING for the frontispiece of Houghton Mifflin's edition of Dickens, Vol. XI, Martin Chuzzlewit, signed "F.O.C. Darley fecit" lower left.

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1894. Standard Library Edition. The oval image measures approximately 13 x 11 inches; matted and framed. There is some minor soiling to the margins (covered by the mat); the drawing itself is in fine condition. Early American Book Illustrators, p. 101 et seq.
¶ A finely executed wash drawing, from which the steel engraved frontispiece (by C.H. Smith) was made. On the left sits an agitated Jonas Chuzzlewit, on the right, Mr. Chuffey, in the middle, Mrs. Gamp, with a solicitous hand on the latter's forehead. Beneath the drawing, Darley has written the caption (reproduced in the book): "'The creetur's head's so hot', said Mrs. Gamp, 'that you might 'eat a flat-iron at it'". F.O.C. Darley (1822-1888), a highly prolific artist, is the best known of all early American illustrators. Although his designs were carefully copied in wood and steel engravings, his original work has a vigor and dash impossible to reproduce. This dramatic and poignant scene shows this talented artist at his best. A SUPERB ILLUSTRATION BY AN AMERICAN MASTER

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Book number: 12491