[Crane, Walter] Molesworth, Mrs. [Mary Louisa].

The Cuckoo Clock – Illustrated by Walter Crane [with seven full-page illustrations and one Vignette].

London, Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1919. Octavo. Frontispiece, Title-Page with Vignette by Walter Crane, 242 pages plus 2 pages of advertising. [The Illustration mentioned to be bound at page 221 was used here as Frontispiece]. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth. Delightful binding with gilt letettering on spine and front board. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear and some occasional staining. Bookblock slightly broken inside.

Mary Louisa Molesworth, née Stewart (29 May 1839 – 20 January 1921) was an English writer of children’s stories who wrote for children under the name of Mrs Molesworth. Her first novels, for adult readers, Lover and Husband (1869) to Cicely (1874), appeared under the pseudonym of Ennis Graham. Her name occasionally appears in print as M. L. S. Molesworth. (Wikipedia)

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The Cuckoo Clock is a British children’s fantasy novel by Mary Louisa Molesworth, published in 1877 by Macmillan. It was originally published under the pen name Ennis Graham and reissued in 1882 as by Mrs. Molesworth, the name by which she is widely known. Both of those editions and many later ones were illustrated by Walter Crane; an 1893 uniform edition is available online at the University of Pennsylvania. An edition illustrated by Maria L. Kirk was published in 1914; it is available online at HathiTrust Digital Library. (Wikipedia)

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Walter Crane (15 August 1845 – 14 March 1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children’s book creators of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child’s nursery motif that the genre of English children’s illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the later 19th century.

Crane’s work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children’s stories for decades to come. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children’s books, ceramic tiles, wallpapers and other decorative arts. Crane is also remembered for his creation of a number of iconic images associated with the international socialist movement. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Catalogue Two – Children’s Books · Children’s Books · Children’s Books Rare · Crane, Walter [Illustrator]
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 31944AB

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