The Complete Works of Henry Van Dyke.
ILLUSTRATED by: N.C. Wyeth!
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This is the AVALON EDITION.
A SIGNED/LIMITED Edition!
Limited to Only 504 copies of which this is #115
Signed by the Author!
A guaranteed authentic autograph of the author is found below the frontisplate.
The signature is guaranteed authentic as this is standard for this edition.
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Also signed by the publisher: Charles Scribners.
COMPLETE, in 18-volumes, as issued.
N.C. Wyeth was the star pupil of artist Howard Pyle and became one of America's greatest illustrators.
A bucking bronco for the cover of The Saturday Evening Post on February 21, 1903 was Wyeth's first commission as an illustrator. That year he described his work as "true, solid American subjects–nothing foreign about them."
By 1911, N.C. Wyeth began to move away from Western subjects and on to illustrating classic literature. He painted a series for an edition of Treasure Island (1911), by Robert Louis Stevenson, thought by many to be his finest group of illustrations. The proceeds from this great success paid for his house and studio. He also illustrated editions of Kidnapped (1913), Robin Hood (1917), The Last of the Mohicans (1919), Robinson Crusoe (1920), Rip Van Winkle (1921), The White Company (1922), and The Yearling (1939). He did work for prominent periodicals, including Century, Harper's Monthly, Ladies' Home Journal, McClure's, Outing, The Popular Magazine, and Scribner's. His early works were sold outright at a handsome price, but only much later did he receive royalties. Wyeth would read a book thoroughly before doing the contracted illustrations, and he specifically created scenes that were thinly described in the book, adding details and mood of his own, as in Old Pew (1911).
In FINE/MINT+ condition, very fresh, no foxing, uncut (and therefore UNREAD) pages, the original extra labels are still found in the rear of volume one. These are exceptionally tightly bound. The only wear is some fading to the spine on volumes 2-18, as shown. Bound in red 3/4 buckram, library style cloth binding with paper labels. These are the original Publisher's Bindings. With a sewn in bookmark. Top edges are gilded.
Van Dyke's Works include the best critical appraisal of Tennyson at the time (according to Tennyson himself), Poetry and much of his writing on Angling, Fishing, and Nature.
This is a gorgeous set; and an important part of any antiquarian library!
Each book will be individually padded for shipping.
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