Housman (Clemence) & (Laurence, illustrator), The Were-Wolf, first edition, London: John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1896, title-page printed in orange, pp: [iv], 123, [1] (colophon leaf); 16 (publisher's catalogue), illustrated with 6 wood engravings, each of which are monogrammed within the platemark and prefixed with their own captioned paper guard, contemporary cloth gilt (faded, bleached), edges untrimmed, 8vo, [1] The Were-Wolf features Laurence Housman's last illustrations, by 1898 he had "stopped producing book illustration since the strain of his intricate drawings affected his poor eyesight" (Zipes). Provenance: Halsey Ricardo (1854-1928), Aesthetic Movement architect and designer, some time partner of William de Morgan (1839-1917); his ink MS ownership inscription to front flyleaf.
Housman (Clemence) & (Laurence, illustrator), The Were-Wolf, first edition, London: John Lane at The Bodley Head, 1896, title-page printed in orange, pp: [iv], 123, [1] (colophon leaf); 16 (publisher's catalogue), illustrated with 6 wood engravings, each of which are monogrammed within the platemark and prefixed with their own captioned paper guard, contemporary cloth gilt (faded, bleached), edges untrimmed, 8vo, [1] The Were-Wolf features Laurence Housman's last illustrations, by 1898 he had "stopped producing book illustration since the strain of his intricate drawings affected his poor eyesight" (Zipes). Provenance: Halsey Ricardo (1854-1928), Aesthetic Movement architect and designer, some time partner of William de Morgan (1839-1917); his ink MS ownership inscription to front flyleaf.
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