NICHOLSON, William. London Types London/ New York: R. H. Russell/ William Heinemann, 1898.
Large 4to., cream publisher's cloth printed in black and red with titles; Nicholson's Bus Driver design stamped to the centre; publisher's device to the lower board; 13 lithographic reproductions (including cover design) of Nicholson's hand-coloured woodcuts, each accompanied by a leaf bearing a verse by W.E. Henley; upper edge red, else untrimmed; cloth a little dirtied to the extremities, particularly to the spine, but much fresher than is usually seen, with split to upper hinge expertly repaired and a little reinfocement to the lower gutter of the rear endpapers; a lovely example. Provenance: Ex Libris of David Harris to the front paste-down.
First edition, the so-called Library edition on Japanese Vellum, and one of just 275 copies.
Nicholson's cuts are: Bus Driver (Knightsbridge Road); Guardsman (The Horse Guards); Hawker (Kensington); Beef-eater (The Tower); Sandwich-Man (Trafalgar Square); Coster (Hammersmith); Lady (Rotten Row); Blucoat Boy (Newgate Street); Policeman (Constitution Hill); Newsboy (The City); Drum-Major (Wimbledon Common); Flower Girl (Any Corner); Barmaid (Any Bar). The Bus Driver was omitted from this edition, and is here used on the cover only.
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