H D Lowry — Make- Believe

London, John Lane, 1896. First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound and illustrated first edition of this work by H D Lowry. Henry Dawson Lowry was an English journalist, short story writer, novelist and poet. Bound by Riviere and Son for Sotheran. First edition, illustrated throughout by Charles Robinson. Charles Robinson was a prolific British book illustrator. This is an example of some of his earlier illustration work. The first full work he illustrated was Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses in 1895. He was especially popular for his illustrations of fairy tales and children's books. In a full crushed morocco binding by Riviere for Sotheran. Original cloth boards and spine bound in. Externally, in excellent condition with just some rubbing to joints and slightly darkened spine. Attractive marbled endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. Fine . Ill.: Charles Robinson. Fine .