Glasgow School - The Wings of Courage by George Sand, Cover by Ethel Larcombe for Blackie, 1904-1912

Age:
1904-1912
Material:
Book
Dimensions:
13.5cm x 18.5cm
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Standard Parcel
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The Wings of Courage and The Cloud-Spinner by George Sand and translated by Mrs Corkran. The illustrations (one colour, three black and white) are by William Parkinson (1890-1907). The cover is designed by Ethel Larcombe - her EL monogram is on the front cover – and features an example of the Glasgow Style flower motif in white orange and green against a blue boards. A gilt band highlights the title.
The cover is in good condition and the binding is tight. Foxing to the pages.
Ethel Larcombe (1876-1940) was an early twentieth-century British children‘s book illustrator and designer. Her art nouveau styling was influenced by Edward Burne Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti and contains elements of Japonisme. She was a prolific winner of art and design competitions run by the influential The Studio magazine that was also instrumental in introducing the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. This brought her to attention of the Art Director at Blackie & Son, Talwin Morris, who commissioned her to design around twenty gilt book bindings for Blackie and its subsidiary The Gresham publishing company between 1904 and 1912.