A Rude Book By Tell [In a design bookbinding by Jarmilla Sobota].

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Printed in Great Britain. Of this edition of A Rude Book one thousand copies have been printed, of which 500 copies are for sale in the British Empire and 500 copies in the United States of America. Size of the binding: 8 ¼ in. x 10 ½ in. x ¾ in. (thick); 61 pp. + colophon page; black & white reproductions of 26 pen & ink drawings by Tell, with printed titles & verses facing each drawing. Size of drop-back clamshell box: 9 x 11 ¼ x 1 ¼ (thick). Contents: [1] A Caricaturist: Max Beerbohm; [2] The Last Quixote: G. K. Chesterton; [3] A Carver: Jacob Epstein; [4] A Visionary: Augustus John, A. R. A.; [5] A Premier [Stanley Baldwin] and John Bull; [6] A Turncoat: Sir Alfred Mond; [7] A Puritan: The Rt. Hon. Sir William Joynson-Hicks; [8] A Poet: John Drinkwater; [9] An Idealist: Lady Astor; [10] A Romancist: Hilaire Belloc; [11] Design For A National Memorial In The Modern Manner To The Glory Of The Sitwell Trinity [Sacheverell, Edith + Osbert]; [12] A Secretary For India: The Right Hon. Lord Birkenhead; [13] The Rt. Hon. Winston Colleoni Churchill; [14] Ultimus Romanorum: The Rt. Hon. Lord Oxford and Asquith; [15] A Realist: Caradoc Evans; [16] Any Highbrow Critic; [17] A Painter: Sir William Orpen; [18] Two Extremists: The Duke of Northumberland and Mr. Cook; [19] An Ecclesiastic: Dean Inge; [20] An Actor: Sir Gerald Du Maurier; [21] A Philosopher: George Bernard Shaw; [22] Design For A Crest For Messrs. Gilbert Frankau and Michael Arlen; [23] The London Laureate: Thomas Burke; [24] A Novelist: Arnold Bennett; [25] A Tennis Queen: Mlle. Suzanne Lenglen; [26] Mr. Tell, The Only Begetter Of This Book Of Satires. Hand-bound by Jarmilla Sobota with her gilt binder s-stamped label on the lower right-hand edge of the inner back cover: Jarmilla J. Sobotova. The binding features boards covered on the front with a design in black & inlaid maroon morocco leathers, with a raised onlay of an ink pen, covered in red leather, gilt & with a gold-painted steel pen nib; this pen "sculpture" is mounted over a swirled checkerboard ribbon design, which also continues to the back cover; the spine features three, open windows which expose the red cords that the leaves have been sewn on. Gold-washed, deep rose & gray marbled paper paste-downs & extra, high-quality paper flyleaves. All edges stained black & polished. The sturdy, handcrafted box features a black leather spine with an applied red leather label at the base, with gilt title; with matching gold-washed marbled paper sides with black leather edge; all edges of box are also in black leather. The inside of box is lined with brushed, rose-colored suede padding. Book and box are in fine condition. Produced by Jarmilla Sobota in the 1990 s. This is an original 1926 copy of A Rude Book, neither a facsimile nor a reprint. Scan shows a portion of the front cover & the spine of the box. Seller Inventory # ABE-210970254

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