Author: Helen Beauclerk
Title: The Love of the Foolish Angel
Description: London, W. Collins Sons and Co. 1929. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work of fiction from the early twentieth century by Helen Beauclerk. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac this particular copy is bound in the publisher's original patterned cloth binding. First edition which is illustrated with a lovely frontispiece and decorations by the well known French illustrator Edmund Dulac. Helen Beauclerk was a novelist and translator. She was the daughter of Major Sydney Edwin Bellingham and Helen Mary Dunlop, but was adopted by Captain Ferdinand Beauclerk. Her name was legally changed to Helen Beauclerk by Deed Poll. Edmund Dulac (1882-1953), was a book illustrator prominent during the so called "Golden Age of Illustration". He was picked up in London at the age of 22 by J.M. Dent, and given a commission to illustrate the collected works of the Brontë sisters. He then began an association with the Leceister Gallery and Hodder & Stoughton; the gallery would commission paintings from Dulac and then sell the rights to Hodder & Stoughton, who would publish the books (one book a year over many years) while the gallery would sell the paintings. Books produced under this arrangement by Dulac include The Arabian Nights (1907), an edition of Shakespeare's The Tempest (1908), of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1909), The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales (1910), Stories from Hans Christian Andersen (1911), The Bells and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe (1912) and Princess Badoura (1913). During World War I he contributed to relief books, including King Albert's Book, Princess Mary's Gift Book, and, unusually, his own Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross (1915). After the war, the deluxe edition illustrated book became a rarity and Dulac's career in this field was over. His last two such books are Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book (1916) and the Tanglewood Tales (1918). His career continued in other areas however, including newspaper caricatures, portraiture, theatre costume and set design, bookplates, chocolate boxes, and medals. In the the publisher's original grey patterned cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. Externally generally smart, with some wear to the extremities including light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. The odd marks to the boards and light sunning to the spine. The front and rear hinges are very lightly strained, with offsetting to the front and rear endpapers and pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean aside from some isolated spots. Very Good . Ill.: Edmund Dulac. Very Good .
Keywords: Edmund Dulac Helen Beauclerk The Love of the Foolish Angel Helen Beauclerk Edmund Dulac
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Title: The Love of the Foolish Angel
Description: London, W. Collins Sons and Co. 1929. Cloth. A first edition copy of this work of fiction from the early twentieth century by Helen Beauclerk. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac this particular copy is bound in the publisher's original patterned cloth binding. First edition which is illustrated with a lovely frontispiece and decorations by the well known French illustrator Edmund Dulac. Helen Beauclerk was a novelist and translator. She was the daughter of Major Sydney Edwin Bellingham and Helen Mary Dunlop, but was adopted by Captain Ferdinand Beauclerk. Her name was legally changed to Helen Beauclerk by Deed Poll. Edmund Dulac (1882-1953), was a book illustrator prominent during the so called "Golden Age of Illustration". He was picked up in London at the age of 22 by J.M. Dent, and given a commission to illustrate the collected works of the Brontë sisters. He then began an association with the Leceister Gallery and Hodder & Stoughton; the gallery would commission paintings from Dulac and then sell the rights to Hodder & Stoughton, who would publish the books (one book a year over many years) while the gallery would sell the paintings. Books produced under this arrangement by Dulac include The Arabian Nights (1907), an edition of Shakespeare's The Tempest (1908), of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1909), The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales (1910), Stories from Hans Christian Andersen (1911), The Bells and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe (1912) and Princess Badoura (1913). During World War I he contributed to relief books, including King Albert's Book, Princess Mary's Gift Book, and, unusually, his own Edmund Dulac's Picture Book for the French Red Cross (1915). After the war, the deluxe edition illustrated book became a rarity and Dulac's career in this field was over. His last two such books are Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book (1916) and the Tanglewood Tales (1918). His career continued in other areas however, including newspaper caricatures, portraiture, theatre costume and set design, bookplates, chocolate boxes, and medals. In the the publisher's original grey patterned cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine. Externally generally smart, with some wear to the extremities including light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. The odd marks to the boards and light sunning to the spine. The front and rear hinges are very lightly strained, with offsetting to the front and rear endpapers and pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean aside from some isolated spots. Very Good . Ill.: Edmund Dulac. Very Good .
Keywords: Edmund Dulac Helen Beauclerk The Love of the Foolish Angel Helen Beauclerk Edmund Dulac
Price: GBP 70.00 = appr. US$ 99.96 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: GEN3-B-7
- Book number: GEN3-B-7
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