Sketches in Verse (Signed copy)

H R Dickinson (Henry Richard Dickinson), illustrated by A S Boyd, Gordon Browne, Frank Dadd, F C Dickinson, Charles Dixon, W Hatherell, H M Paget, Balliol Salmon, and the author.

Published by Printed for the Author, London, 1906

About this Item

Undated, c1906. First (and only) edition. Believed to be a small limited edition published for private circulation. Hardback, bound in the original red cloth with gilt titling to spine. Beveled edges. Fore-edge untrimmed, top edge gilt. 23 × 14.5cm, 121pp [1]. This copy dedicated and initialled by the author to the ffep, "Ernest Weber, with H.R.D's kind regards. Jan 29 / 06". A collection of poems of ghosts (The Ghost at Shinglesea, The Rime of the Phantom Head), romances, comic verse etc, written by Liverpool born engraver Henry Richard Dickinson (1839-1917). All illustrations have been tipped in and many drawn specifically for this book. The impressive list of artists includes notable illustrators of the age: Alexander Stuart Boyd, Gordon Browne, Frank Dadd, Frederick Charles Dickinson (1876-1967, the author's son who became a successful commercial artist), Charles Dixon, William Hatherell, Henry Marriott Paget, A J Balliol Salmon, as well as the author's own contributions. Condition: This copy is in good plus condition for age. There is a little bleeding from the binding to the top of the fore-edge, some sunning to the top edge of the front board and light rubbing. However, a rare book with no recorded copies in the British Library, COPAC etc.

Seller Inventory # 016054

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sketches in Verse (Signed copy)
• Publisher: Printed for the Author, London
• Publication Date: 1906
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)