Charles Keene

Pleiades Books, London, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Charles Keene. author's note, introduction and a bibliography. Coloured illustrated, tipped-in, frontispiece, a self-portrait by Charles Keene. There are another two coloured tipped-in plates, along with black-and-white line drawings and cartoons in the text portion of the book, along with the aforementioned 54 pages of lack and white reproductions of artwork. Gray coloured cloth covered boards with coloured insert to the top edge of the front panel, and, within that coloured insert gray coloured titles and at the coloured titles to the backstrip. A small biography and history of the 19th century artist and cartoonist, Charles Keene. Softening with fraying to the backstrip edges and there is bumping to the top book corners with underlying board visible. Browning and some scattered foxing to the board, predominantly to the top book edge. Browning and scattered foxing to the textblock edges with browning of the pages. Light browning to the endpapers along with foxing, and previous owner's name to the top edge of the free front endpaper. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [10], 11-56, [55 – of which 54 are reproductions of artwork] pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Charles Keene. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Britain/UK; 19th century; Biography & Autobiography. Inventory No: 0118659. .