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TITLE: Olde Ffrendes wyth Newe Faces. Adorn'd with Sutable Sculptures. by CRAWHALL, JOSEPH;

PUBLISHER: London, Field & Tuer (Leadenhall Press), 1883., 1883. First edition.

PAGES;  310 pp.

ILLUSTRATIONS; Over 140 woodcuts by Joseph Crawhall; this copy among an unstated, but scarce limited number in which all cuts were hand-coloured.

BINDING/FORMAT: 12 X 9 3/8". The large paper edition. Paper over boards with hand-coloured illustrations on upper and lower covers.

CONDITION:  Paper spine has largely perished, binding otherwise sound; one corner on bottom brd. bent; pages totally uncut and in good condition. No foxing, edges slightlt toned.

DESCRIPTION:  CONTENTS;

The louing Ballad of Lorde Bateman.

A true relation of the Apparition of Mrs Veal.

The Long Pack a Northumbrian Tale.

The Sword Dancers.

John Cunningham the Pastoral Poet.

Ducks & Green Peas or the Newcastle Rider: a Tale in Rhyme.

Ducks & Green Peas: a Farce.

Andrew Robinson Stoney Bowes Esquire.

The Gloamin' Buchte.

 The typography and illustrations done up in the quaint style of early chap-books.

An miscellany with a captivating selection of illustrations which display Mr. Crawhall's artistic skill and sense of humour. He was a watercolourist of remarkable talent, who in conjunction with colleagues such as Walton and Guthrie, challenged the conventions of the art establishment in late Victorian Scotland in a manner that saw him associated with the work of The Glasgow Boys, rejecting the sentimentality and rigid form of the prevailing historical set pieces. Over 140 woodcuts by Joseph Crawhall; this copy among an unstated, but scarce limited number in which all cuts were hand-coloured.

Set in various black-letter and old-style types including Caxton Black and Caslon Old face, both using the long s and their ligatures. Each title bound in with blue wrapper with colored woodcuts. Charming collection of woodcuts in the style of the early chapbooks. A very unique book, and very rare. Published at a whopping 25 Shillings!

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