HUTCHINSON, W.M.L.: The Sunset of The Heroes. (Illustrated by Herbert Cole). , London: J.M.Dent & Sons, nd.(c.1920's).Last Adventures of the Takers of Troy. Top edge gilt. Pp.281, colour frontispiece+ 7 further colour illustrations and black & white illustrated chapter headings by Herbert Cole, green illustrated endpapers have some spotting. Brown cloth, gilt decorated title to front and spine, rubbing to edges. G+. **Born in England in 1867, Herbert Cole is one of the many journeyman artists who worked for the illustrated magazines of the late 19th century. He was a prolific artist about whom little is known. He died in 1930.Cole has something of the style of Walter Crane - a generation earlier as well as Rackham, Dulac and Pogany. (Book ref. 38019) £50.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Beckham Books Ltd , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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