Shepperson Claude a Illustrator (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First American Edition. Charmingly old-fashioned tale about a girl who tends geese on Thornycraft Farm, near Barbury Green in one of the "most idyllic & quaintest villages of England" at the turn of the 20th century, based on the author's travels to the area. In 117 pages, with delicate pen-and-ink sketches throughout by Claude A. Shepperson, a native artist of the region. A First American Edition, first printing from May 1902, this 12mo (5" x 7.25") has burgundy cloth-covered boards stamped with gilt lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG: very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure, pages creamy white & unmarked with moderate, even tanning, mild offsetting to endpapers. Moderate rubbing to extremities, with some color loss, heaviest along spine & all corners, which are also mildly bumped. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific); later orders, Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Shepperson, Claude A. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. A fine copy of the first American edition, in the original pictorial black cloth decorated in gilt, top edge gilt. 16 tipped-in color plates by Claude A. Shepperson.

Original full green cloth with green rules, decorative title on upper board, flat spine., Laurence Binyon (editor), Robert Bridges (contributor), Poet Laureate (contributor)., Size : 4to, With a profusion of color illustrations Cover slightly discolored, otherwise a very good copy with text and plates clean and crisp.…