‎Peinture‎

‎[Fore-edge Painting] AYTOUN, William Edmondstoune‎

‎Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers and other poems. With illustrations by Joseph Noel Paton R.S.A. and Waller H. Paton.‎

‎Edinburgh and London:: William Blackwood and sons 1865. 1865. Thick 8vo. xiv 268 pp. Profusely illustrated. Original full brown morocco gilt-tooled covers and massive raised bands accented with black and gilt-rules gilt spine title all edges gilt; some scuffing dust-soiling rubbed. With an ownership inscription pre-fore-edge of Harriet Kaye from Alex D. MacLeary 15th Dec. 1865. Generally very good. With a panoramic erotic fore-edge painting being a wild-romp in a horse stall. The top and bottom edges extend the interior scene a bit. The bottom shows a roughly painted "peeping Tom" and the top offers the "shocked" young woman viewing the two entangled lovers. The idea that the Scottish Cavaliers are getting "laid" is the pun being played by the seller & artist – for what its worth. / Sold by Harrington's with their cost-marks probably a product of either their commission or some direct involvement involving a house-artist. Ascribed to the period ca. 1990s-2000. William Blackwood and sons, 1865. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : TK0380

‎[Fore-edge Painting] SOUTHGATE, Henry‎

‎Many Thoughts of Many Minds; selections from the writings of the most celebrated authors from the earliest to the present time. Compiled and arranged by Henry Southgate. Fifteenth thousand.‎

‎London:: Charles Griffin 1867. 1867. 8vo. xxxviii 682 pp. Index to subjects. Original full brown morocco stamped in darker brown gilt corner devices four raised bands a.e.g.; light edge wear corners showing some scuffs to outer edges. Early ownership signature of Gerald Beach. With a fore-edge painting estimated date of painting: 1985 showing two trappers in the woods one holding a captured and killed ferret or similar creature. Painted by/for Harrington's London ca.1990s. Charles Griffin, 1867. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : FF2541

‎[Fore-edge Painting] WHITTIER, John Greenleaf‎

‎Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier. New revised edition. With numerous illustrations.‎

‎Boston:: James R. Osgood 1877. 1877. 8vo. xiv 2 413 1 pp. Illustrated throughout. Original full dark red morocco 4-ruled border gilt spine compartments and title all edges gilt gilt inner dentelles cream textured endsheets Ownership inscription on title of Winifred E.E. Chilton 1930. With a field game and several players presumedly rugby wearing uniforms possibly a college level match. / From Harrington's with their cost-code. Painting assigned to the period ca. 1990's-2000. Previously owned by EOS Buchantiquariat yet with Harrington's cost-code. The artist is also one frequently used by Harrington's. James R. Osgood, 1877. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : TK0417

‎[Fore-Edge Painting] TENNYSON, Alfred Lord (1809-1892).‎

‎Poems. Fifth edition.‎

‎London:: Edward Moxon 1848. 1848. Small 8vo. viii 368 6 pp. Original full dark green gilt-stamped morocco raised bands all edges gilt gilt dentelles by Hayday for Hatchard & Son; rubbed. Very good. With a fore-edge painting not signed showing a "Summer Evening at Musselburg" after Charles Lees 1800-1880 sometimes also called "The Golfers" depicting a Grand Match once Played over St. Andrew's Links hand-painted by Don Noble. / Charles Lees' painting of this scene was completed in 1847. It was later issued by Ackermann and then reprinted. Don Noble was active in painting fore-edge paintings for at least 30 years being active in the 1970s & 1980s. See: Weber Jeff Annotated Dictionary pp. 214-6 Noble fl. 1965-2000. Edward Moxon, 1848. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : TK0264

‎[Fore-Edge Painting] PERCY, [Rev] Thomas (1729–1811).‎

‎Reliques of Ancient English Poetry consisting of old heroic ballads song etc. A new edition edited by Edward Walford M.A. with a glossary and life. Portrait and original illustrations.‎

‎London:: Frederick Warne and co. 1880. 1880. At head of title: The Lansdowne Poets. Small 8vo. 438 pp. Engraved illus. Original full green blind and gilt-stamped calf spine gilt maroon leather spine label a.e.g. School prize award mounted on front pastedown To W. Eves English History upper V 1882. With a fine fore-edge painting showing The Tower of London and Mint from Tower Hill 1842 after Thomas Shotter Boys English engraver 1803-1874. Painted circa 1970s by Don Noble unsigned. With the artist's characteristic handwriting for the fore-edge painting title. See: Weber Jeff Annotated Dictionary pp. 214-6 Noble fl. 1965-2000. Frederick Warne and co., (1880). hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : FF2550

‎[Fore-edge painting] [Scott, Sir Walter] Ritchie, Leitch‎

‎Scott and Scotland‎

‎London: Longman Rees Orme Brown Green and Longman 1835. First edition. Very Good. Featuring a pretty double fore-edge painting by Samuel E. Stevens fl. 1945-1962 with two charming views: when viewed one way an isolated estate in a field foregrounded by a river and a bridge; the other way the steeple of a church rising over a riverwalk and a grove of trees. Contemporary red leather tooled and titled in gilt. Twelvemo. iv 4 256 pp. Complete with twenty-one plates including frontispiece and illustrated title by George Cattermole reproduced from Cattermole's illustrations for works by Sir Walter Scott. A bit of smudging and a couple small scratches to binding. Evidence of removed label to spine. All edges gilt. Binder's ticket to corner of upper pastedown "F. Westley Binder Friar Street". Splitting at gutter between frontis and title-page. Some foxing to first few leaves and to leaves facing plates. A Very Good copy of a gift book with an attractive double fore-edge painting.<br /> <br /> Scott and Scotland recounts the history and mythology of Scotland appropriately illustrated with scenes of castles landscapes and historical events inspired by the works of Sir Walter Scott. This gift book which was issued as the Heath's Picturesque Annual for 1835 celebrates "Scotland-the country of Scott-the country where the spirits of history summoned by his enchantments haunt visibly its mouldering temples and ruined castles" p. iv. Very Good. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 7030

‎[FORE-EDGE PAINTING] EGAN, Pierce‎

‎Sporting Anecdotes Original and Selected; Including Numerous Characteristic Portraits of Persons in Every Walk of Life.the Whole Forming a Complete Delineation of the Sporting World.‎

‎London:: Printed for Sherwood Neely and Jones 1820. First edition. old half calf and marbled sides. Armorial bookplate; slight use to cloth; tight and sound. . 12mo. With a fore-edge painting depicting "the climax of the memorable contest between Broughton on left and Slack when the champion lost the title after 18 years being blinded by a blow between the eyes by Slack." Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 80271

‎[Fore-Edge Painting; Brooksbank, Clare, artist] HOMER; CHURCH, Rev Alfred John (1829-1912).‎

‎Stories from Homer. With twenty-four illustrations from Flaxman's designs. Twenty-second thousand.‎

‎London:: Seeley and Co. 1892. 1892. Small 8vo. x 307 pp. Color illus. Full modern chocolate brown morocco five raised bands gilt spine title all edges marbled. "Fore-edge Painting" stamped on the spine. Fine. SIGNED 'C.E.L.B.' BY THE ARTIST CLARE BROOKSBANK. With a beautiful painting of two lovers in a scene called "The Cock Fight" also called "Young Greeks attending a Cock Fight" painted by Clare Brooksbank signed with her initials 'C.E.L.B.' in the bottom left-hand corner; note her use of the colorful border. The scene is painted after an 1846 "Neo-Grec" painting by Jean-Leon Gerome 1824-1904. The original is in the Musee d'Orsay. "Gerome portrays a couple of near-naked adolescents at the foot of a fountain. Their youthfulness contrasts with the battered profile of the Sphinx in the background. The same opposition is found between the luxuriant vegetation and the dead branches on the ground and in the fight between the two roosters one of which is doomed to die." - Jean Leongerome. / Church wrote a number of stories in English re-telling of classical tales and legends for young people including this one of Homer. The Greeks used the cockfight to express their relations to one another and their feelings. REFERENCE: Weber Jeff Annotated Dictionary of Fore-edge Painting Artists & Binders 2010 pp. 68-71. Seeley and Co., 1892. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : FF2533

‎[Fore-edge Painting] HALL, Mrs SC S C‎

‎Tales of Woman's Trials.‎

‎London:: Chapman & Hall 1847. 1847. 8vo. viii 464 pp. Illustrated with engravings. Original half maroon calf top edge gilt; joints worn. Bookplates of W.R. Grace motto: "En Grace Affie" = On Grace depend and John T. Beer. With Beer's handwritten note describing the fore-edge; also with Beer's miniature ink cost code on the upper left blank "-X". Very good. C330/045 With a fore-edge painting of Abbotsford. This piece was painted toward the end of the 19th century. Source: Beer Library Sale lot 389 November 12-14 1903 purchased by Lupton London bookseller. / John T. Beer distinguishes himself as probably the first person to sign his name on his fore-edge paintings. He also painted on books from his own library. I have proven when he was active painting. PROVENANCE: William Russell Grace 1832-1904 first Roman Catholic mayor of New York City serving two separate terms: 1880 1884 and the founder of W. R. Grace and Company. REFERENCES: Weber-Beer 111; Weber Jeff Annotated Dictionary of Fore-edge Painting Artists & Binders 2010 pp. 54-59. Chapman & Hall, 1847. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : FF2544

‎[Fore-Edge Painting] Church of England‎

‎The Book of Common Prayer and administration of the Sacraments. with: Proper Lessons to be read at morning & evening prayer on the Sundays and other Holy Days throughout the year.‎

‎Oxford:: University Press 1844. 1844. 9 cm. 3.7 x 2.25 inches. 2 volumes. 16mo. not paginated. Original full very dark maroon gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt gilt inner dentelles cream endsheets. Both volumes are within a maroon full-leather slipcase with draw-string. A note suggests the box is later made however the same note states that the fore-edge paintings are early and they are clearly not early. All-in-all a handsome set very nicely preserved. Fine. With two fore-edge paintings called "Village Church scenes". The bookseller's note referencing this item suggests that these fore-edge paintings were from 1844. This supports buyers thinking that an item is something which it isn't – a huge problem with fore-edge painted books. What is their true history and how does one know it It is natural to ask what evidence is there for taking a position on an item like this. The fore-edge paintings offered here are likely dated to the 1990s. These are not 19th century images. / What do you suppose is far more likely to be true: that an item in front of you is new or that it is old If it is 'new' then how do you know What if it is old Be aware that a true fore-edge painted specimen of any early date say 1780 or 1802 – is quite rare – especially when compared to the overwhelming number of 20th century specimens and especially specimens that are fresh – new – not even as old as the internet! What is the evidence It is often thought that early provenance implies that a book has a fore-edge painting when it is a thing inscribed to a lover perhaps a bride or a close friend. Some fore-edge paintings have been made and inscribed thus but they are very rare. What is common is an item that is new. / A charming piece as its condition including the case are perfectly kept and clean. Sold by Harrington's with their cost-marks. c340/081 University Press, 1844. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : TK0278

‎[Fore-edge Painting] WEBER, L Jeff‎

‎The Fore-edge Paintings of John T. Beer; a biographical & historical essay followed by a Catalogue Raisonné based on the sale of his library. With a prologue: The ABC's of fore-edge painting.‎

‎Los Angeles:: Jeff Weber 2005. 2005. 8vo. xxvi 164 pp. Color frontispiece 10 plates including 10 color illus. chronology. Special copy in trial binding for the author in full navy-blue straight grain morocco spine with gilt title all edges gilt navy cloth felt-lined slip-case each bound by David Weinstein for Jeff Weber. Unique deluxe format for copy #1. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND BINDER. Fine. C330/046 ONE OF 3 COPIES with fore-edge paintings by Martin Frost the painting inspired by the history of John T. Beer his life and work. The regular edition was limited to 210 copies printed by the Castle Press Pasadena. Those copies were bound in blue cloth. This copy is the most deluxe form of the edition. / Forty years after the second edition of Professor Carl J. Weber's book Fore-edge Painting; an historical survey Second edition 1966 his grandson antiquarian bookseller Jeff Weber has written a book that puts an end to the phrase: "Carl Weber's book is the only book written on fore-edge painting." This new book provides new and complete insight into the history of John T. Beer's fore-edge paintings and generally a new approach to studying and discovering the factual history of this unique form of book decoration. The book revises and enlivens the history of John T. Beer's remarkable fore-edge painting work. /What was the history of Beer's fore-edge paintings Was he a private collector who painted on his own books or did he paint on books from his family's library When did he do these paintings Where was he How many pieces did he paint What were the patterns of his work and how can one identify his work After more than 100 years of his passing is it possible to find out and build a catalogue raisonné of his work Meaning: is it possible to reconstruct a full catalogue of all his known works their distribution and histories from 1903 to the present Why is finding all this out important Indeed all of these points are key in this book the first full account of a fore-edge painter. The bibliographic puzzle of this man and his work was answered by a lot of sleuthing. After more than 30 years of effort and thanks to many disparate sources this book now handles Beer's work seriously and uncovers the work of a remarkable mind. For me the moment of coup de grace was learning the exact date and source that Beer bought some of his books then painted on the edges and then in 1903 he sold his library just as he was also about to die. / In addition the book offers a beginner's guide to fore-edge painting. The ABC's of Fore-edge Painting is a brief account of what the basics are in fore-edge painting. Every collector will want to have a chance to understand the language and art of fore-edge paintings. Jeff Weber, 2005. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : FF2545

‎[Fore-Edge Painting] Currie, Miss CB (artist); John Galsworthy C B‎

‎The Forsyte Saga‎

‎London: William Heinemann Ltd 1933. Later printing. Octavo 7 1/8 x 4 5/8 inches; 180 x 117 mm. ii Miss Currie signed limitation verso blank i-xvi 1-1104 pp. Including folded "Forsyte Family Tree". Inserted limitation leaf at front "This is No. 172 of the Books/with Fore-edge Paintings/by/Miss Currie/The Painting under the gold/is a view from/Richmond Hill./Signed/ C.B. Currie". Bound ca. 1933 by Rivière & Son for Henry Sotheran. Full dark blue straight-grain morocco covers elaborately bordered in gilt and blind enclosing a diamond-shaped gilt lozenge spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt in compartments. Gilt -ruled board edges gilt decorated turn-ins gray endpapers all edges gilt. A very fine example. Housed in a custom made felt-lined black cloth clamshell case with black leather label on spine lettered in gilt. With a very fine fore-edge painting by Miss C.B. Currie of Richmond Hill from The Forsyte Saga.<br /> <br /> John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga is a multi-novel & short story series following the tumultuous lives of a wealthy English family as they navigate relationships and changing times in the late-19th and early 20th centuries. Here the fore-edge painting features a building central to many of the character's lives. <br /> <br /> The artist Miss C.B. Currie Caroline Billin Curry 1849-1940 was one of the most beloved book painters of the 20th century who spent the majority of her carrier working for Henry Sotheran Booksellers in London. "She became famous for her miniature paintings applied to two art forms. First on ivory mounted on Rivière bindings and named by her employer as "Cosway" bindings. Later she expanded her work into the art of painting on the fanned edge of a book -- called a fore-edge painting. Most of these paintings were signed and numbered by the artist. Whereas fore-edge painting history is replete with unknown artists Currie is a notable exception. In the book world the name Miss C.B. Currie is widely recognized yet her personal life and real name remained guarded and unknown until now. It turns out her name was in fact partly a pseudonym. Though her work is highly prized there is no known published biography. Her correct full name was recently discovered to be Caroline Billin Curry. During her entire artistic career Curry used the slightly altered version of her name "Currie". Her true full name is not to be found in any published record of her work from Sotheran's" Weber.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Sotheran's catalogue 819 supplement item 1688 or 1689; Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd. Catalogue 154 item 127 1929 -- said to have passed to an Akron Ohio institution -- unknown Ohio bookseller -- Mosher Books 2008; Sold to Randall Moscovitz 2008.<br /> <br /> Weber. Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting.Catalogue Raisonné no. 172. William Heinemann Ltd unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6283

‎[Fore-Edge Painting] [BIBLE 1802].‎

‎The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations Diligently compared and revised By His Majesty's special Command.‎

‎London:: John Reeves 1802. 1802. 4to. ii xxi pp. 228 ff. a2 b-d4 e2 A-Z4 2A-Z4 3A-G4. Original dark greenish-blue straight-grain morocco gilt floral ruled borders raised bands with three angels in three compartments a.e.g. The binding is not signed but it is similar to other English bindings of the period possibly Staggemeier & Welcher. The spine foot says "Genesis to Numbers" and "Reeves's - Edition" in gilt. Early armorial bookplate of W. H. Battie-Wrightson Cusworth Yorkshire. Extensively annotated in ink holograph 3 1/2 pages on blank endleaves being the record of Thomas de Grey's family births marriages and deaths; he is the second son of Lord Walsingham "a clergyman married Elizabeth Fourth Daughter of the Hon.ble. Brownlow North Bishop of Winchester on the 12th of August 1802 by Special Licence at the Private Chapel at Winchester House Chelsea. . ." Very good. WITH A DOUBLE FORE-EDGE PAINTING of Philadelphia in 1790 and New York in 1820. The scene of Philadelphia shows churches buildings a harbor and shipping scene; on the reverse edge showing "New York" has various harbor buildings. Not signed; likely painted just prior to Leamington's owning this volume thus ca. 1953. The artist is not known. Often an American bookstore would import a volume acquired from an artist or a British bookstore. / Written in pencil "Dr. Carl J. Weber says no American scenes on double fore-edge paintings . . . Bot bought of Leamington Book Shop July '53. says this is the 3rd he has brought over." While a lot of time has passed one should never say "never" with regard to topics painted. The fact is that more and more paintings were painted and as that occurred the market was in America so scenes of American city views most being not so recognizable maybe became painted more and more as well. It largely depended on when the artists were painting and where they derived their commissions. Some artists were working independently of a bookstore or a binder and those painters also had their own patterns of what they painted frequently. Samuel Stevens not the artist here! was exactly that type of artist. / PROVENANCE: W. H. Battie-Wrightson Cusworth Yorkshire. William Wrightson 1752-1827 of Cusworth Hall Doncaster Yorkshire was a former member of Parliament 1784-1790; his son of the same name lived 1789-1879; it is unclear which person's bookplate the name refers. Brownlow North 1741-1820 former owner family member was appointed Bishop of Winchester in 1781. DNB. More recently a pencil note within the book indicates it was purchased from Leamington Book Shop July 1953. A bookseller's clipped catalogue description appears to be that of Leamington's Price: £18 10s. ca. 1953. A later pencil note 12/98 indicates this book was priced in December 1998 at $1600. John Reeves, 1802. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : FF2540

‎[Fore-Edge Painting]; [Fine Binding - Alfred De Sauty]; George C Napier‎

‎The Homes and Haunts of Sir Walter Scott Bart‎

‎Glasgow: James Maclehose 1897. Limited edition. Fine. Limited to 550 copies printed on Japanese vellum paper a Fine copy. Octavo 8 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches; 222 x 149 mm. i-xiv 2 map verso blank 1-216 pp. Twenty-four fine photogravure plates and seventy-two engravings in the text. Removed bookplate from front flyleaf. Bound ca. 1905 by Alfred De Sauty stamped in gilt on front turn-in. Contemporary full green levant morocco front cover elaborately decorated in gilt pointille and inlaid with Celtic strapwork and floral patterns in red brown and dark blue morocco's. Rear cover decoratively ruled in gilt with a central strapwork of red brown and dark blue morocco's. Spine with five raised bands elaborately decorated in gilt pointille and inlaid red morocco flowers. Gilt ruled board edges and turn-ins red morocco doublures and endleaves the doublures decorated with flowers in gilt all edges gilt. Spine very slightly faded front joint expertly and almost invisibly repaired. Housed in a felt-lined red cloth clamshell case spine with leather label lettered in gilt. <br /> <br /> A Superb Alfred De Sauty Arts & Crafts Binding with a fine triptych Fore-Edge Painting depicting three scenes from the text: "The Entrance to Milton Lockhart" page 142; "Norham Castle page 24; "Lasswade Cottage" page 33 and with fine gilt pointille work typical of the great Rivière bindings of 1905-1920. "The binding is signed on the leather front doublure. Even though the fore-edges are not signed no other person but the binder would have added paintings on the fore-edge of a special binding" Weber. <br /> <br /> The work of bookbinder Alfred de Sauty 1870-1949 is appreciated for its delicate tooling. Although little is known about his life he worked in both London 1898 to 1923 and Chicago 1923 to 1935. "For instance scholars are unsure whether when in London de Sauty worked independently for the firm of Riviere & Sons or both. While in London he may also have been a designer for the Hampstead Bindery and a teacher at the Central School of Arts and Crafts" Harvard as works he bound during this period are signed "de S" or "De Sauty.". De Sauty's career in Chicago working for the hand bindery of R. R. Donnelley & Sons is better documented; bindings made here use the name R. R. Donnelly. "He signed his work at the foot of the front doublure if present and at the center of the bottom turn-in of the front upper board if not" Harvard.<br /> <br /> Provenance: Ziern-Hanon Galleries Missouri 2009; Weber. Annotated Dictionary De Sauty 2. 2010. Fine. James Maclehose unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6290

‎[Fore-Edge Painting] Currie, Miss CB (artist); Oliver Goldsmith C B‎

‎The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith‎

‎London: Macmillan and Co 1902. The Globe edition. Octavo 7 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 180 x 121 mm. ii Miss Currie signed limitation verso blank i-v vi-lx ii 1-695 1 pp. Inserted photogravure portrait frontispiece of "Mr. Quick as Tony Lumpkin". Laid-in is the original catalog description and receipt from Zeitlin & Ver Brugge Los Angeles dated March 5th 1986. Bound ca. 1931 by Rivière & Son for Henry Sotheran. Full dark blue straight-grain morocco covers elaborately tooled in gilt and blind spine with five raised bands decoratively tooled in gilt and blind and lettered in gilt in compartments. Gilt -ruled board edges gilt decorated turn-ins gray endpapers all edges gilt. With the bookplate of Brooklyn Public Library Ramsay fund on front paste-down. Housed in a fleece-lined quarter black morocco clamshell case spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in compartments. With a very fine fore-edge painting by Miss C.B. Currie of Lucan House Dublin. Inserted limitation leaf at front "This is No. 157 of the Books/with Fore-edge Paintings/by/Miss Currie/The Painting under the gold/is a view of/Lucan-House Dublin./Signed/ C.B. Currie". A very fine example.<br /> <br /> Goldsmith was an Irish novelist playwright and poet whose facility among different genres brought him fame and friendship with many great eighteenth-century British authors. Kept busy by writing quickly and voluminously for Grub Street the center of London's disreputable part of the literary world Goldsmith nevertheless also found time to hone novels such as The Vicar of Wakefield poems such as The Deserted Village and plays such as She Stoops to Conquer. Contemporaries celebrated Goldsmith's ability to craft deceptively complex characters most notably in the case of Charles Primrose the vicar from The Vicar of Wakefield. Goldsmith counted Samuel Johnson among his closest friends and Johnson wrote the epitaph that appears on Goldsmith's memorial in Westminster Abbey's famous Poets' Corner: "To the memory of Oliver Goldsmith poet philosopher and historian by whom scarcely any style of writing was left untouched and no one touched unadorned whether to move to laughter or tears; a powerful yet lenient master of the affections in genius sublime vivid and versatile in expression noble brilliant and delicate is cherished in this monument by the love of his companions the fidelity of his friends and the admiration of his readers." <br /> <br /> "The miniature painter "Miss C.B. Currie" b. December 12 1849; d. April 2 1940 was one of the most prominent fore-edge artists in the twentieth century. A master of the art of miniature painting she excelled as a copyist working for Henry Sotheran Booksellers London. She became famous for her miniature paintings applied to two art forms. First on ivory mounted on Rivière bindings and named by her employer as "Cosway" bindings. Later she expanded her work into the art of painting on the fanned edge of a book -- called a fore-edge painting. Most of these paintings were signed and numbered by the artist. Whereas fore-edge painting history is replete with unknown artists Currie is a notable exception. Even today many fore-edge artists remain anonymous. In the book world the name Miss C.B. Currie is widely recognized yet her personal life and real name remained guarded and unknown until now. It turns out her name was in fact partly a pseudonym. Though her work is highly prized there is no known published biography. Her correct full name was recently discovered to be Caroline Billin Curry. During her entire artistic career Curry used the slightly altered version of her name "Currie". Her true full name is not to be found in any published record of her work from Sotheran's. Her private affairs remain mostly unknown to us and sadly no portrait photograph is known. The earliest year Currie fore-edge paintings appear in Sotheran catalogues is a 1913 supplemental leaf and after that not until 1924 see Currie 20. Since nineteen fore-edge paintings were made prior to 1924 and none of these appear in the Sotheran catalogues available to me from 1910-1923 it is unclear as to when the fore-edge painting effort really began. She may have made a few fore-edge paintings from ca. 1911 to 1914 and then discontinued until after the war. The number 172 was reached by 1933 and it seems unlikely that many more were done after that date." Weber 273. <br /> <br /> Provenance: Bloomsbury Book Auctions London Feb. 6th1986 lot 153 purchased by E. Joseph London; Sold to Zeilin Ver Brugge 1986; Sold to Randall Moscovitz 1986.<br /> <br /> Weber. Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting. Catalogue Raisonné No. 157 p. 343 with color photograph. Macmillan and Co unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6285

‎[Fore-Edge Painting] WORDSWORTH, William (1770-1850).‎

‎The Poems of William Wordsworth D.C.L. Poet Laureate etc. etc. A new edition.‎

‎London:: Edward Moxon 1847. 1847. 8vo. xxiv 619 1 pp. Frontispiece portrait engraved half-title; both heavily stained. Original full gilt-stamped dark black morocco all edges gilt marbled endsheets by Macmillan & co. Cambridge; recently rebacked in fine black gilt-stamped morocco adding the words "FOREDGE PAINTING" at the foot of the spine – evidence that the painting was added at the time the book was rebacked. Personal inscription pre-fore-edge "My Dear Wife Harriet in remembrance of the example she has set of patience and fortitude April 1849". Original binding is rubbed; the new spine is in perfect condition. Very good. With a fore-edge painting on the fanned edge showing a portrait of Wordsworth set within a framed piece in the center – surrounding is a country lake scene. / Sold by Harrington's with their cost-marks. Probably commissioned by or represented by that firm just after it was painted perhaps a house artist the period of execution being approximately 1990s-2010. c340/132 Edward Moxon, 1847. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : TK0325

‎[Fore-Edge Painting] YOUNG, Edward (1683-1765).‎

‎The Poetical Works of Edward Young.‎

‎London:: Bell and Daldy 1866. 1866. 2 volumes. 8vo. lvii 3 298; vi 2 393 1 pp. Frontispiece. Later full dark brown/burgundy heavily gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt by HAYDAY; rubbed spines faded heavy foxing at both front & rear. Very good. Each volume displays a golfing-theme fore-edge painting. Commissioned by Harrington's ca.1990s probably painted by a house-artist. Bell and Daldy, 1866. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : TK0271

‎[Fore-Edge Painting (erotic)] MILTON, John (1608-1674).‎

‎The Poetical Works of John Milton; with a memoir and critical remarks on his genius and writings by James Montgomery . . . From drawings by William Harvey.‎

‎London:: Tilt and Bogue 1843. 1843. Two volumes. 8vo. lii 378 2; viii 341 3 pp. Original full blind- and gilt-stamped black morocco gilt compartments and title all edges gilt gilt dentelles cream endsheets; rubbed. Ownership signature of Michael H. Culliton pre-fore-edge. Very good. With two fore-edge paintings 1 of an erotic scene with a knight in his full battle armor ready to confront his naked lover's rapture with another man. A threatening position! 2 a naked driver of a horse-driven carriage whose face is buried into his lover's embrace a comical pose. / Commissioned or painted by a house artist for Harrington's ca. 1990s-2010 with their cost-marks. c340/108 Tilt and Bogue, 1843. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : TK0301

‎[Fore-edge Painting] SCOTT, Sir Walter‎

‎The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott with the author's introductions and notes. Edited by J. Logie Robertson.‎

‎London:: Henry Frowde Oxford University Press 1894. 1894. At head of title: Complete edition. 8vo. viii 970 2 pp. Original full very dark navy-blue blind- and gilt-stamped calf raised bands on spine with blind-stamping gilt spine titles upper cover with the gilt motto of the GIRLS PUBLIC DAY SCHOOL COMPANY – LIMITED – EAST LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL all edges gilt dentelles in blind marbled endsheets; some wear to joints and spine head. Very good. With a side-by-side fore-edge painting of two sportsmen with their golfing equipment and outfits painted in vertical scenes. / Clearly commissioned and sold by Harrington Bros. Chealsea Antique Market London but with no markings. Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1894. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : TK0404

‎[Fore-edge Painting] CHAUCER, Geoffrey‎

‎The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. With an essay on his language and versification and an introductory discourse; together with Notes and a Glossary by Thomas Tyrwhitt.‎

‎London:: George Routledge and Sons 1874. 1874. 8vo. lxx 2 501 1 pp. Original very dark green morocco triple-rules in gilt raised bands lined compartments in gilt gilt spine title all edges gilt gilt inner dentelles marbled endsheets. With an early inscription Charles Everitt from his friends W. S.L. Everslesy; J. W. Taggart and rubberstamp of D.C.St. G. Freeman. With a three-sided fore-edge painting showing the pilgrims of Chaucer and his portrait. The painting is well executed. / Sold by Harrington's with their cost-marks. Probably commissioned by or represented by that firm just after it was painted perhaps a house artist the period of execution being approximately mid-1990s. George Routledge and Sons, 1874. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : TK0384

‎[fore-edge painting]; Gray, Sir Thomas‎

‎The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray‎

‎London: William Pickering 1853. The Aldine Edition of the British Poets. Hardcover. Very Good. Ornately gilt-ruled red morocco gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments 5 raised bands inside gilt dentelles a.e.g. with a fore-edge painting of a 19th-century cock fighting ring the "sport" was a favorite of Gray's; 16mo 100 x 160 mm; pp. xvi cxxiv 223. Just a little light scuffing at spine tips and along edges of boards. Internally bright and clean with handsome armorial bookplate Ex Libris John Train on front paste-down. A lavish copy. <br/><br/> William Pickering hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : D7142

‎[Fore-Edge Painting] WATTS, Isaac‎

‎The Psalms of David Imitated in the language of the New Testament and applied to the Christian State and Worship.‎

‎London:: Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington . . . 1784. 1784. 16mo. 80 x 140 mm. viii 317 23 pp. Original full crimson turkey morocco with massed gilt stamping on both covers and spine all edges gilt two clasps black leather spine label; head of spine a bit chipped at corner clasps missing the movable element pages trimmed closely with occasional loss but a very good copy with a lovely period binding. Bookplate of Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster. Good. With a fore-edge painting of Richmond Bridge Surrey. Painted circa 1948-60 by Samuel E. Stevens. PROVENANCE: Pre-fore-edge: Mary Strand 1790 – Mary S. Partridge 1792; After fore-edge: Oscar Ehrhardt Lancaster 1887- Lancaster collected fore-edge paintings. Printed for J. F. and C. Rivington . . ., 1784. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : FF2537

‎[Fore-Edge Painting] Young, Lyman (artist); Robert Southey‎

‎The Remains of Henry Kirke White of Nottingham‎

‎London: Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1816. Seventh edition. Two volumes bound in one. Octavo 8 3/8 x 5 1/4 inches; 214 x 133 mm. i-viii 1-376; i-viii 1-316 pp. Volume one with an engraved portrait frontispiece and additional vignette title; Volume two with an engraved view of the islet which he had often forded when the river was not knee-deep. Some offsetting from plates to title-pages. With a fine fore-edge painting ca. 1935 by Lyman Young depicting a typical English county fox-hunting scene with hounds and riders. The fore-edge is signed by Lyman Young on the final free-endpaper. Full contemporary maroon straight-grain morocco covers decoratively bordered in gilt spine with four shallow raised bands decoratively tooled and lettered in gilt gilt decorated turn-ins red paper endleaves. Minor repairs to the outer joints near the crown. Housed in a later red cloth slipcase. <br /> <br /> Lyman Young 1893-1984 was an American cartoonist trained at the Chicago Art Institute and based on California famous for his comic strip "Tim Tyler's Luck." According to Weber "Young knew Col. Don L. Wells who commissioned him to make fore-edge paintings possibly during the mid-1930s in Los Angeles CA. Young apparently did not supply title-labels but he did sign the books typically on the rear free endleaf facing the fore-edge. In 1940 he demonstrated painting on a fore-edge as part of the "Art in Action" project at the Golden Gate International Exposition Palace of Fine Arts." Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting. There are eight examples of Lyman Young's Fore-Edge Painting in Weber's Annotated Dictionary including the present which is pictured in color and described thusly ". the artist offered a scene of fox hunting with the hounds and riders. Young wrote his name as per his usual style on the back inside leaf along the recto's edge using red colored paint: his name in capital letters." Annotated Dictionary of Fore-Edge Painting. A rare example of Lyman Young's work. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 6287

‎[Fore-edge Painting] BRIDGES, Robert (compiler).‎

‎The Spirit of Man; An Anthology in English & French From the Philosophers & Poets made by the Poet Laureate in 1915.‎

‎London:: Longmans Green 1916. 1916. Third impression. Small 8vo. 238 pp. Small title-vignette/device. Original red morocco by Riviere all edges gilt dark marine-green endsheets; expertly REBACKED recently with raised bands gilt-spine tooling – a tremendous job by the binder. Bookplate pre-fore-edge of Antoinette Brett. Near fine. With a sweet delicately painted scene within an elaborate border with flowers and plants in the sides or corners a framed oval contains a charming scene in watercolors which once fanned shows a scene of two women beside a door opening up to a gated and tranquil-like setting in the country. / This is the same artist as the "Greek erotic" scene Stanley Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church. 1877 1870. 2 vols. / Sold by Harrington's with their cost-marks probably a product of either their commission or some direct involvement involving a house-artist. Ascribed to the period ca. 1990s-2010. Longmans, Green, 1916. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : TK0383

‎[Fore-Edge Painting] COWPER, William (1731-1800).‎

‎The Works of William Cowper: his life letters and poems. Now first completed by the introduction of Cowper's private correspondence. Edited by Rev. T.S. Grimshawe. With illustrations. Third edition.‎

‎London:: William Tegg and co. 1851. 1851. Thick 8vo. xx 736 pp. Engraved frontispiece half-title illustrated. Original full red blind- and gilt-stamped morocco all edges gilt gilt dentelles; rubbed. Former ownership inscription. To Captain Hayward With – Cowan's best regards . . . of his courtesy kindness in the memorable cruise of the ship Pembroke Castle Sept. 1883 – Beeslack 25 Sept. 1883". Very good. With two fore-edge paintings in the form of a two-way "double" fore-edge paintings. Facing either direction are scenes of old golfing scenes. / Commissioned by Harrington's ca.1990s probably painted by a house-artist. William Tegg and co., 1851. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : TK0247