1914 King Albert’s Book WWI 1st Edition Rackham Dulac Nielsen Illustrated
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1914 King Albert’s Book WWI 1st Edition Rackham Dulac Nielsen Illustrated
A British first edition of King Albert’s Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World, published in 1914.
Produced by The Daily Telegraph in conjunction with The Daily Sketch, Glasgow Herald and Hodder & Stoughton, the book was created as a fundraising tribute to King Albert I and the Belgian people during the opening months of the First World War.
This substantial illustrated volume brings together work by many important writers, artists, politicians and public figures, including Winston Churchill, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, Jack London, Edith Wharton, G. K. Chesterton, Emmeline Pankhurst, Millicent Fawcett, Claude Debussy and Edward Elgar.
Illustrators represented include Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Maxfield Parrish, Harrison Fisher and A. D. McCormick. It contains colour and monochrome illustrations, a photographic portrait of King Albert and reproductions of contributors’ signatures.
Bound in the original cream cloth with crowned royal monogram, laurel decoration and dark green lettering.
An evocative piece of First World War, Belgian and royal history, as well as a collectible illustrated gift book.
Measurements 28 × 23 cm.
Condition
Good antique condition with age-related wear. The pale cloth binding has general discolouration, surface marks, rubbing and small stains. There is wear around the corners and spine ends, including a short split and fraying near the lower front joint.
The pages have scattered foxing and age-related marks. A handwritten personal gift inscription appears on an early blank page. One illustrated plate shown has diagonal creasing and a small tear or loss at its lower-left edge. Other minor page creases and edge wear may be present.
The book has not been fully collated, so the presence of every originally issued plate cannot be guaranteed. Please examine all photographs carefully.
1914 King Albert’s Book WWI 1st Edition Rackham Dulac Nielsen Illustrated
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A British first edition of King Albert’s Book: A Tribute to the Belgian King and People from Representative Men and Women Throughout the World, published in 1914.
Produced by The Daily Telegraph in conjunction with The Daily Sketch, Glasgow Herald and Hodder & Stoughton, the book was created as a fundraising tribute to King Albert I and the Belgian people during the opening months of the First World War.
This substantial illustrated volume brings together work by many important writers, artists, politicians and public figures, including Winston Churchill, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, Jack London, Edith Wharton, G. K. Chesterton, Emmeline Pankhurst, Millicent Fawcett, Claude Debussy and Edward Elgar.
Illustrators represented include Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Maxfield Parrish, Harrison Fisher and A. D. McCormick. It contains colour and monochrome illustrations, a photographic portrait of King Albert and reproductions of contributors’ signatures.
Bound in the original cream cloth with crowned royal monogram, laurel decoration and dark green lettering.
An evocative piece of First World War, Belgian and royal history, as well as a collectible illustrated gift book.
Measurements 28 × 23 cm.
Condition
Good antique condition with age-related wear. The pale cloth binding has general discolouration, surface marks, rubbing and small stains. There is wear around the corners and spine ends, including a short split and fraying near the lower front joint.
The pages have scattered foxing and age-related marks. A handwritten personal gift inscription appears on an early blank page. One illustrated plate shown has diagonal creasing and a small tear or loss at its lower-left edge. Other minor page creases and edge wear may be present.
The book has not been fully collated, so the presence of every originally issued plate cannot be guaranteed. Please examine all photographs carefully.