Beckham Books Ltd
 LANG, Andrew.: The Book of Romance.(With numerous illustrations by H.J.Ford). , London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1902.1st edition. "All the romances are written by Mrs Lanf, except the story of Grettir the Strong, done by Mr H.S.C.Everard from the saga translated by Mr William Morris." All edges gilt. Pp.384, coloured frontispiece + 7 further coloured plates by H.J.Ford + numerous black & white plates and 8 further illustrations in the text, illustrated endpapers by H.J.Ford showing George slaying the Dragon to front and "Good Night" showing a child going off to bed and waving to a cloud full of knights on horseback and a maiden. Beautiful blue cloth with gilt illustration to front of a knight on horseback with angels either side with a grail cup radiating light above, gilt title and standing knight to spine, very minor rubbing to top and tail of spine. A beautiful book. VG.** "H. J. Ford, who is perhaps best known for his collaboration with Andrew Lang on the series of twelve Coloured Fairy Books (1889-1910), had a somewhat unusual career for an illustrator. Born in London, where he spent most of his life, he attended Repton and won a scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge, from which he graduated with a first-class degree in classics. After graduation, he studied at the Slade school of Art with Alphonse Legros and the Bushey school of Art with Sir Hubert Herkomer. A friend of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, he exhibited history paintings and landscapes at the Royal Academy between 1892 and 1903. In addition creating illustrations for the Fairy Books, he also produced many historical subjects set from the middle ages to the eighteenth-century for Lang's The Red True Story Book (1895) and other works. He also illustrated The Arabian Nights Entertainments (1895) and Pilgrim's Progress (1921)." (The Victorian Web). (Book ref. 38108) £100.00 The payment methods accepted by the seller, Beckham Books Ltd , are shown in the right-hand column. |
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