Description: JESSIE M. KING ILLUSTRATES "L'HABITATION FORCEE" JESSIE M. KING'S MOST SOUGHT AFTER BOOK IN MARVELOUS CONDITION!!! 1ST EDITION 1921 LIMITED TO 550 COPIES!! This is a beautiful original 1st Edition of the classic JESSIE M. KING illustrated Arts and Crafts / Art Nouveau / Art Deco / Glasgow School of Art Pochoir masterpiece "L'Habitation Forcee by Rudyard Kipling ALL HAND COLORED POCHOIR COLOR PLATES PERFECT!! NO CREASES!! ORIGINAL FINE BINDING BY RENE KIEFFER! BEAUTIFUL! This beautifully illustrated book is one of the scarcest and most sought after of the Art Nouveau/Arts and Crafts books ever printed! It is just full in Art Nouveau / Pre-Raphaelite /Art Deco style artwork!! REGARDED BY MOST AS JESSIE KING'S BEST BOOK!! Beautiful and Classic Pochoir Color Plates by Jessie King - Just look at the Photo's - Closest Most will get to original water-colors by Jessie King! Original 1st Ltd Edition form - Not a Modern Reprint!!! Exceedingly Rare!!! Absolutely fantastic!! THIS IS JESSIE KING AT HER BEST!! Drawing from her Pre-Raphaelite/Glasgow School inimitable style, and of course together with the Fairy Tale topic, makes this a book that is a real classic. Jessie King's Glasgow School of Art illustrations - which take you back to medieval times - are the classic illustrations to this classic Kipling Tale! Typical Glasgow School of Art - Highly influenced by her friend Charles Rennie Mackintosh's artwork. I have photographed some of the images just to give you a feel for the amazing quality of these illustrations - the quality is fantastic - Some moving towards Art Deco!! So many of these books are split up for their illustrations - this one is complete and extremely clean! Jessie King was of course contemporary with Burne-Jones, Alphonse Mucha, Walter Crane and William Morris, Arpad Basch, Paul Berthon, Jules Cheret, Georges de Feure, Eugene Grasset, Toulouse Lautrec, Privat Livemont, Henri Matisse, Georges Meunier, William Nicholson, Aubrey Beardsley, Kay Nielsen, Edmund Dulac, Maxfield Parrish, Granville Fell, Holman Hunt, Arthur Rackham, Will Bradley, Lawrence Housman, John Ruskin, Ashbee, Dante Gabriel and Christina Rossetti, William de Morgan, Mission and Liberty & Co. style, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Louis Rhead, and of course many other styles and artists of the period - and is regarded by many as the master of book illustration! This complete 1st Edition is dated 1921 and is in absolutely fine condition - Pages are white and clean, the top edge is gilt, the covers and spine are original fine binding by Rene Kieffer - Beautiful Throughout!! A great addition to the quality illustrated book collection. Check out my other auctions for other wonderful illustrated books! The successful bidder to pay $15.95 Priority shipping - International extra. Sales Tax might be collected by Ebay for your State
Price: 995.95 USD
Location: Mona, Utah
End Time: 2024-12-06T22:49:12.000Z
Shipping Cost: 15.95 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Fine Binding
Language: French
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: Rene Kieffer
Topic: Fairy Tales & Fantasy
Subject: Illustrated
Year Printed: 1921
