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to the intellectual emotions of art lovers.” Contemporary reviews made comment on the influence of Beardsley upon Clarke’s illustration and it is true that the black and whites drawings are very reminiscent of the intricacy of Beardsley’s work. Clarke, however, has a very distinctive style of his own which is most marked in his colour illustrations, some of which have a delicate colour palette and a distinctly Art Nouveau feel, while others use the deep, bold colours seen in the artist’s stained glass designs. 13. COLLINS, Wilkie THE QUEEN OF HEARTS Hurst & Black- ett, 1859 [44164] First edition. Three volumes in publisher’s olive, wavy grained, cloth with gilt titles to the spine and decoration to covers stamped in blind. A fine copy with clean cloth and bright gilt. All hinges perfect and internally fresh. An exceptional copy. $35,000 A collection of ten connected stories, mainly of a supernatural nature, but including the celebrated early detective story, The Biter Bit, and in Anne Rodway, Collins creates possibly the first female detective in fiction. Exceptionally scarce in the original cloth, Michael Sadleir notes even in
Harry; AN- DERSEN, Hans Christian FAIRY TALES BY HANS CHRISTIAN AN- DERSEN London, Harrap, [1916] [46491] First edition. Large 4to. Num- ber 21 of 125 cop- ies, signed by the artist. Publisher’s white vellum with gilt letter- ing on the spine and upper cover. The upper cov- er has a Clarke design stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Six- teen colour plates mounted onto Japanese vellum
1951, “that to- day copies are rarely seen”, and places it second in his list of com- parative scarci- ties. This certain- ly remains true today, but those copies that are seen are general- ly from circulat- ing libraries and are badly dam- aged or repaired. Copies in such fine condition are almost un- heard of. Sadleir 603; Queen’s Quo- rum 3.
and protected by printed tissue guards. Twenty four black and white plates printed on thick glossy paper, plus numerous vi- gnettes. A near fine copy, the vellum remains exceptionally clean
with just a tiny scratch to the upper cover, bright gilt and all plates perfect. Seemingly unread as some pages remain unopened. Spine is slightly uneven and as usual there is some light spotting throughout. Previous owner’s neat blind-stamp on the half title page. Rare, but especially so in such lovely condition. $10,000 Clarke’s first Gift Book and one of the rarest and most sought after books of this Golden Age period. “A new Irish artist” announced Harrap’s large advertisement in the 1919 Bookman, “whose work will certainly com- mand extreme admiration. Mr Clarke brings to Hans Andersen an entirely fresh interpretation and he appeals
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