The Sleeping Beauty and Dick Whittington and his Cat - Illustrated by R. Anning Bell (The Banbury Cross Series)

The Sleeping Beauty and Dick Whittington and his Cat - Illustrated by R. Anning Bell (The Banbury Cross Series)

Author: Grace Rhys

Publisher: Read Books Ltd

Published: 2018-01-31

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 1528782275

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The Banbury Cross Series was a collection of 12 volumes of books edited by Grace Rhys and published in London by Dent in the 1890s. Each book is attractively illustrated with full page and partial page pen and ink drawings in a classic Art Nouveau style by leading artists of the era. Sleeping Beauty and Dick Whittington are united in this volume, which is superbly accompanied by Bell's black and white pen and ink drawings. Full of movement and grace, his delicately depicted characters veritably dance through the stories they illustrate. About the Illustrator: Robert Anning Bell (1863 - 1933) was an English artist and painter. He and a group of fellow artist-craftsmen brought about the last bloom of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. As well as painting in oil and watercolour, he also worked in stained glass and mosaic. Bell's illustrations are close in style to his contemporary Charles Ricketts. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are working to republish these classic works in affordable, high quality editions, using the original text and artwork so these works can delight another generation of children.


English Book-Illustration of To-day

English Book-Illustration of To-day

Author: R. E. D. Sketchley

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2023-09-18

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13:

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"English Book-Illustration of To-day" by R. E. D. Sketchley. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.


Fairy Tales for Young Readers

Fairy Tales for Young Readers

Author: E. Nesbit

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2015-01-14

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 0486789403

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A collection of nine fairy tales retold, including such favorites as Cinderella and Puss in Boots, as well as the less familiar stories of Dick Whittington and His Cat and Hop-o'-my-Thumb.


The Festival of Christmas

The Festival of Christmas

Author: Laurence Whistler

Publisher: Dean Street Press

Published: 2015-10-05

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 1910570281

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For children the day begins with a weight on the toes, long, angular, and many-faceted as a leg by Picasso. The stocking should be opened by candlelight: no other light is resonant at that high frequency of excitement. Christmas is one of the oldest of our traditions, more ancient than any present-day beliefs, and strong enough to have survived even the attacks of Puritans in the seventeenth century. Shortly after the end of World War II, Laurence Whistler set out to write "a guide to the festivals of England as they are and as they might be": Christmas and its associated holidays formed one of the principal parts of his captivating narrative. Here, for example, is the radiant Kissing Bough, whose candles we lit before we had ever heard of a Christmas Tree. Here is the history of carols, Christmas Cards, and the tradition of 'first footing' on New Year's Day. The chapters, written with the imaginative delight of a poet, explore the traditions of Christmas in England since its earliest times, ranging from Christmas Eve to Twelfth Night. This short work, which also contains beautiful illustrations by Robin Jaques and Joan Hassall, is a charming companion to anyone interested in the magic and tradition inherent in the Christmas Season. "A lovely benevolence; the author's knowledge, his sense of values, his breadth of outlook are in evidence on every page." John O'London's Weekly "Possessing enchantment of matter, it has also enchantment of manner." Time and Tide