Giants are prominent in Cornish folklore, Breton mythology and Welsh Bardic lore. The tale is characterised by violence, gore and blood-letting. Where possible I will combine shipping on multiple purchases. 'Jack the Giant Killer' is a Cornish fairy tale and legend about a young adult who slays a number of bad giants during King Arthur's reign. PLEASE NOTE that taxes and duties may be payable on receipt. Boards with soiling, scratching, discoloration and marks as shown, a few tiny surface chips, bumping, rubbing and wear to extremities (with paper worn through slightly to corners) cloth spine well preserved. Edges of page block with a little foxing. #JACK THE GIANT KILLER ILLUSTRATION PLUS#Endpapers with light foxing/offsetting front endpapers with prize bookplate (dated 1907) plus tear to lower gutter. Some light creasing and soiling, occasional foxing, numerous short closed tears to lower gutters, one long tear, two or three nicks, one or two hinges stretched, title spread with a little stuck paper plus old glue staining along gutter (over-glued by publisher). (Note that Blackie appear to have published different selections of stories under the same title, with illustrations by different artists.)Ĭontents clean overall. See more ideas about fairy tales, killer, giants. Hard to find in any condition I can see only one other copy currently for sale online. Explore WOODNISSEs board 'Fairytale Jack the Giant Killer', followed by 2,006 people on Pinterest. ‘A Story-Book for Me’ includes the fairy tales ‘Aladdin’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Jack the Giant-Killer’ – all three stories represented on the armorial shield in Hassall’s supremely vivid cover design. Making use of flat colours enclosed by thick black lines, his poster style was also very suitable for children’s books, and he produced many volumes of nursery rhymes and fairy stories. John Hassall (1868-1948) was a prolific illustrator, renowned for his poster and advertising work, including the iconic ‘Jolly Fisherman’ of 1908 – one of the most famous British holiday advertisements of all time. Published by Blackie and Son Limited, London. Publisher’s cloth-backed pictorial boards, 30 chromolithographic illustrations (including 8 full-page and 2 double-spread), 2 line drawings, pages, 28.4 x 21.7 cm. Jack and the Giants was a variation on the book Jack the Giant Killer, which some of us had read or seen on Sunday afternoon television. ![]() Posted in Ben Day, Comic-book art, Comics, History of Printing, Illustration, lithograph, lithography, Newspaper comic strips, Pop Art, Roy Lichtenstein | Tagged A Tramp Abroad, Albrecht Dürer, Alice in Wonderland, Ally Sloper's Half Holiday, Ben Day, Ben Day dots, Benday, Benday Dots, Benjamin Henry Day Junior, bichromate, Bryan Talbot, chapbooks, Charles Gillot, chromolithography, chromoxylography, CMYK, collodion, Comic Cuts, Copper engraving, Craftint, Daguerreotype, Dalziel Brothers, Dragon’s Blood, electrotype, electrotyping, F.A.Rare first edition of John Hassall’s ‘A Story-Book for Me’, including three classic fairy tales, with vibrant cover and 30 colour illustrations – all chromolithographically printed.
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