Three original graphite and watercolor studies for illustrations in the first English edition of Kipling's The Brushwood Boy.
London, circa 1907]. Each on artist’s board. Each signed by Townsend. 1) [I’ve Got a Cut on my Thumb.] 11 1/2 x 9 inches; 290x225 mm. Appearing facing page 12. 2) [Find Her Waiting for Him.] 11 1/2 x 8 inches; 290x205 mm. Appearing facing page 15. 3) [He Could Almost Have Sworn that the Kiss Was Real.] 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches; 323x236 mm. Appearing facing page 54. [WITH:] KIPLING, Rudyard. The Brushwood Boy . New York: Doubleday and McClure Company, 1899. Publisher’s cloth, pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt. First edition. [AND WITH:] The Brushwood Boy . London: MacMillan and Co., 1907 Publisher’s cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. First English edition. Both editions housed in a brown morocco-backed case. [AND WITH:] The Day’s Work . London: MacMillan and Co., 1898. Publisher’s blue cloth, stamped in gilt. First edition, containing the first appearance of The Brushwood Boy. Housed in a blue morocco backed box. Provenance : Morris Parrish (bookplate); AHA (booklabel). Both appearing in all three volumes.
Three original graphite and watercolor studies for illustrations in the first English edition of Kipling's The Brushwood Boy.
London, circa 1907]. Each on artist’s board. Each signed by Townsend. 1) [I’ve Got a Cut on my Thumb.] 11 1/2 x 9 inches; 290x225 mm. Appearing facing page 12. 2) [Find Her Waiting for Him.] 11 1/2 x 8 inches; 290x205 mm. Appearing facing page 15. 3) [He Could Almost Have Sworn that the Kiss Was Real.] 12 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches; 323x236 mm. Appearing facing page 54. [WITH:] KIPLING, Rudyard. The Brushwood Boy . New York: Doubleday and McClure Company, 1899. Publisher’s cloth, pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt. First edition. [AND WITH:] The Brushwood Boy . London: MacMillan and Co., 1907 Publisher’s cloth, stamped and lettered in gilt. First English edition. Both editions housed in a brown morocco-backed case. [AND WITH:] The Day’s Work . London: MacMillan and Co., 1898. Publisher’s blue cloth, stamped in gilt. First edition, containing the first appearance of The Brushwood Boy. Housed in a blue morocco backed box. Provenance : Morris Parrish (bookplate); AHA (booklabel). Both appearing in all three volumes.
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