1932 · London
by BLACKMORE, R. D.
London: George G. Harrap & Company Ltd, 1932. 220 x 140 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2"). [5] p.l., 646 pp.
Pleasing green calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (signed on the verso of the front free endpaper), covers with a gilt-ruled border with quatrefoil cornerpieces, front cover titled in gilt, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt, in a later green slipcase. With 16 total color plates, including the frontispiece, by Roland Wheelwright and William Sewell. â—†Spine uniformly a little sunned; otherwise a virtually perfect copy.
This is an attractively printed, attractively illustrated, and attractively bound copy of a classic melodramatic narrative set in 17th century Devon and Somerset. Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825-1900) is remembered today primarily for the present work, overlooked when first published (anonymously) in 1869, but soon embraced by a wide range of readers because of its compelling story of frustrated but ultimately fulfilled young love set against social fractionalism. It is narrated by the hero, John Ridd, an unlettered boy who falls in love with Lorna, a young girl subsequently kidnapped and shot before she is finally avenged and wins Ridd in marriage. The work is loosely based on events taking place on the moors of Devon and Somerset during the late 17th century Monmouth rebellion. DNB says that, with its "combination of romance, adventure, and idyll," the novel has "been continuously in print since its publication." The illustrations here are by the well-known Australian-born Rowland Wheelwright (1870-1955), a painter of classical and historical subjects and a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, and by the lesser-known William Sewell. Though Sewell's brushstrokes blend and Wheelwright's remain distinct, the work of both men is characterized by a fine brushwork yielding complex colors diffused with light.. (Inventory #: ST19567-166)
Pleasing green calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (signed on the verso of the front free endpaper), covers with a gilt-ruled border with quatrefoil cornerpieces, front cover titled in gilt, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt, in a later green slipcase. With 16 total color plates, including the frontispiece, by Roland Wheelwright and William Sewell. â—†Spine uniformly a little sunned; otherwise a virtually perfect copy.
This is an attractively printed, attractively illustrated, and attractively bound copy of a classic melodramatic narrative set in 17th century Devon and Somerset. Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825-1900) is remembered today primarily for the present work, overlooked when first published (anonymously) in 1869, but soon embraced by a wide range of readers because of its compelling story of frustrated but ultimately fulfilled young love set against social fractionalism. It is narrated by the hero, John Ridd, an unlettered boy who falls in love with Lorna, a young girl subsequently kidnapped and shot before she is finally avenged and wins Ridd in marriage. The work is loosely based on events taking place on the moors of Devon and Somerset during the late 17th century Monmouth rebellion. DNB says that, with its "combination of romance, adventure, and idyll," the novel has "been continuously in print since its publication." The illustrations here are by the well-known Australian-born Rowland Wheelwright (1870-1955), a painter of classical and historical subjects and a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, and by the lesser-known William Sewell. Though Sewell's brushstrokes blend and Wheelwright's remain distinct, the work of both men is characterized by a fine brushwork yielding complex colors diffused with light.. (Inventory #: ST19567-166)
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