BELL, pseud. Acton

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. [Illustrated by Jack Hewer]. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE LARGE PAPER EDITION

Shakespeare Head Press,, 1931. 2 vols, roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, LARGE PAPER, pn laid paper, with frontispieces (original captioned tissue guards present), titles in red and black; original green buckram backstrips with printed paper labels, uncut, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 NUMBERED COPIES (THIS COPY NO. 303).

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36527

Catalogue: Literature0

Keywords: literature, acton bell, bronte, anne bronte, jack hewer, shakespeare head press,

Hewer, Jack. (b. circa 1889). Etcher and illustrator from Halifax, England.

Autograph Letter to Paul Windels Signed by Halifax Etcher and Illustrator Jack Hewer About the Availability of His Etchings.

Halifax, U.K.: August 27th, 1929. 1929. - Letter penned in black ink & filling 1-1/2 sides of a sheet of gray notepaper folded to form 4 sides, each 7 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Signed "Jack Hewer". There is a light paperclip impression & a tiny brown mark to the top edge of the first side. Near fine.

Hewer writes to Paul Windels that Messrs. Kennedy & Co. are his sole agents in New York and will be happy to supply him with proofs. "The price is 18 dollars per proof and 100 dollars for the set of six etchings. "Your esteemed order through Messrs. Kennedy & Co. I shall greatly appreciate".

Etcher and illustrator Jack Hewer [b. circa 1889] lived in Halifax, England. He exhibited in the 1920s at the Royal Cambrian Academy, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1931 the Shakespeare Head Press at Oxford published a collection of the novels of the Bronte sisters with 32 illustrations by Hewer. Very good .

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 36517

Catalogue: Illustrated

Keywords: ILLUSTRATED; BRITISH ILLUSTRATOR; BRITISH ETCHER; AUTOGRAPH LETTER TO PAUL WINDELS SIGNED BY HALIFAX ETCHER AND ILLUSTRATOR JACK HEWER ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF HIS ETCHINGS; ALS; A.L.S.; SIGNATURE; BRONTE NOVELS.

No. 057.

BRITISH SEALS. By H.R. Hewer.

Collins, 1974. 1st Ed. 256pp. 59 b/w. photos., 52 text figures. Some very light sporadic marginal spotting, tail of spine sl. faded, good in Clifford and Rosemary Ellis d/w. with protective cover affixed along edges to verso.
¶ Bernhard & Loe NN57A. Print run c.4,000.

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Book number: 281025

Catalogue: NATURAL HISTORY: NEW NATURALISTS

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; NEW NATURALISTS

No. 057.

BRITISH SEALS. By H.R. Hewer.

Collins, 1974. 1st Ed. 256pp. 59 b/w. photos. and 52 text figures. E.ps. very lightly browned, tail of spine very sl. faded, good in sl. chipped price clipped Clifford and Rosemary Ellis d/w. very lightly faded to spine and with faint selotape marks along edges to verso.
¶ Bernhard & Loe NN57A. Print run: c. 4,000?

Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 290128

Catalogue: NATURAL HISTORY: NEW NATURALISTS

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY; NEW NATURALISTS