Crane, Walter — An Artist's Reminiscences

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1907. Hardcover. Burnt orange cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, gilt top edges, 520 pp. 123 BW illus. Autobiography of prolific English artist and book illustrator Walter Crane (1845-1915). If the preface is any indication of the quality of his writing throughout the book, the reader is in for a real treat. "Life is a strange masquerade," he admits in the Preface. "As the procession passes in the glare of the full noontide one hardly grasps its full significance, but perchance partly lost in the mist of the past, one becomes aware of larger meanings, and in perspective both persons and events assume different proportions." Yes! Note that this is an original copy of Mr. Crane's memoirs, and not an e-book or paperback reprint. G- (Binding is moderately soiled or aged; hinges are loose; occasional instances of foxing on edges and parts of surfaces; overall text and plates are clean.) .