Horace J. Knowles: Beyond Fairyland

My First Book Of Prayers KNOWLES, Horace J. A beautiful and compact example of Knowles’s aesthetic ideals, with everything that appears in the book, from endpaper to endpaper, executed in Knowles’s hand. It was originally printed in 1932 and by 1948 was in its eighth edition. 40. Complete Archive Of Original Drawings 1932 . Complete archive of the original artwork. Each page with either Knowles’s initials or signature. Twenty three original pen and ink drawings used in the book, which includes full page drawings, drawings in the text, calligraphic text and one amended image. Most sheets 30cm x 25cm. All images in very good condition and most with the artist’s annotations and instructions to margins. [32954]

39. My First Book Of Prayers Athenaeum Press, 1948. Eighth edition. 16mo in eight. Original orange paper covered boards, with title label to the upper cover. Every page illustrated by Knowles, includ- ing pictorial endpapers, full page drawings, drawings in the text, and calligraphic text. A very good copy. [40604]

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