Jane Trimmer (2 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A very scarce children's short-story collection, edited by Jane Trimmer and adorned with woodcuts. A very scarce work of children's fiction collected by Jane Trimmer, comprising five stories.Illustrated with woodcuts, including a frontispiece, title page vignette, and four plates, each containing two woodcuts.In a contemporary blind-stamped cloth binding, with gilt to the spine.A series of moral tales for children, including 'The Dangers of Delays', 'Perseverance', 'The Punishment of Wilfulness', 'The Agreeable Surprise', and 'Henry Fenton'.Contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1836. In a contemporary blind-stamped cloth binding, with gilt to the spine. Externally, with fading to the spine and upper edges of boards. Minor shelf wear and a couple minor spots to the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with the odd spots. Contemporary ownership inscription to the front free endpaper, dated 1836. Very Good. book.

See her entry in the Oxford DNB. The inscription, firmly-written in pencil, reads, 'With best wishes / Deborah Kerr.', and is written beneath a pencil portrait of a smiling Kerr's face and shoulders, competently-executed in typical fifties style. On recto of 10 x 12.5 cm leaf of a tracing paper bifolium, the verso of the second leaf carrying, upside-down, an outline sketch of Kerr. The paper is somewhat creased and worn. An unusual item, which - from the positioning of the signature - Kerr evidently signed after the execution of the portrait, thus providing it with a manner of endorsement. From the Kenneth Sephton papers. See Image.