Description
No Jacket. The Very Good+ binding is green cloth over boards, pictorial past-on, gilt stamping, Orange stamping, orange lettering on the spine, few scratches by the paste down. Ink writing dated Christmas 1923 on the front free endpaper, full signature on the back of the frontispiece, slight wear to corners and spine ends. The binding is tight and pages are clean. Fabulous color illustrations by Hope Dunlap can be found throughout the book.
About the author:
Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock or Mrs. Craik) (April 20, 1826 – October 12, 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She is best remembered for her novel, John Halifax, Gentleman, which presents the mid-Victorian ideals of English middle-class life. Wikipedia
About the illustrator:
Hope Dunlap (1881 – ?) Illustrator, Painter, Art Educator, Teacher, Lecturer, Writer went to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Exhibitions; October 20-November 25, 1903: Sixteenth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: A Quiet Morning; January 30-February 25, 1906: An Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: Summer; May 3-June 10, 1906: Eighteenth Annual Exhibition of Water-Colors, pastels and Miniatures by American Artists, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois: A Little Shadow; Poppyland; Spring. Illinois Women Artists Project
