April 12, 2024
Rudyard Kipling Collected Dog Stories #d, signed illustrator Marguerite Kirmse
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Collected Dog Stories (Numbered and Signed by Marguerite Kirmse )Rudyard Kipling; Doubleday, Doran, Garden City, NY. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Marguerite Kirmse (1885-1954) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardcover - LIMITED EDITION ( copy # 117 of 450 copies ) - SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR (KIRMSE) - interior clean, boards, no marks, very clean inside, no dustjacket; spine is largely separated – just hanging on-- and some smudging (looks like paint or chalk) to the front and rear cover, as shown. Doubleday, Doran and Co: Garden City, NY, 1934, 277 pp, illustrations by Marguerite Kirmse ( who signed the copy number page -� ORIGINAL UNIQUE PENCIL SKETCH BY KIRMSE of dog with a ball below her signature) ["Persis Kirmse (1884 Bournemouth - 1955) was a British painter and etcher noted for her images of dogs and cats. Persis Kirmse produced portraits and illustrations in pastels and oils, often used for calendars and postcards. She was commissioned by European aristocracy to paint portraits of their pets, and wrote several books for children using her own illustrations. She produced illustrated versions of scenes from Shakespeare using animal characters - these included Shakespeare at the Kennels (1934), Shakespeare with the Pets (1935), Shakespeare at the Zoo (1936) and Shakespeare and the Birds (1938). Her illustrations
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