Julia Ellsworth Ford — Imagina

New York, Duffield & Company, 1914. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this charming children's work by New York socialite Julia Ellsworth Ford, illustrated with vibrant colour plates by Arthur Rackham. The first edition of this work. Authored by Julia Ellsworth Ford, a prominent socialite, art collector and patron of the arts. She was married to financier and co-owner of the Grand Union Hotel in New York, Simeon Ford. Illustrated with two colour plates by Arthur Rackham, and charming vignette illustrations by the author's daughter, Lauren Ford. Collated, complete. A melancholy tale of a child's imagined world. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with gilt detailing. Minor fraying to cloth at back strip head and tail, with back strip a touch age toned, and board bright. Rear hinge tail strained but firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: Arthur Rackham; Lauren Ford. Very Good .