Ravilious, Eric

Suckling Sir J. A Ballad upon a Wedding, 1927, number 90 of 375 copies [Chanticleer 49]--Breton, N. The Twelve Moneths, 1927, number 38 of 500 copies, dust jacket [Chanticleer 51]--Smith, A. The Atrocities of the Pirates, 1929, number 240 of 500 copies [Chanticleer 68]--Consequences. A Complete Story in the Manner of the old Parlour Game, 1932, number 28 of 200 copies signed by the artist and nine authors [Chanticleer 85]; Another copy, one of 1000, dust jacket, jacket rubbed and chipped [Chanticleer 85]--Strong, L.A.G. The Hansom Cab and the Pigeons, 1935, number 7 of 212 copies signed by the author [Chanticleer 105]--8vo, all with wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Ravilious, original bindings (6)

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A Ballad upon a Wedding was the first book to be illustrated by Eric Ravilious for the Press. His subsequent works, including The Twelve Moneths and The Atrocities of the Pirates, were a great success. The latter appealed particularly to Ravilious, "It would be good to illustrate, I think, the more desperate and bloody incidents, especially as this seems to be a true account." (Cave and Manson pp.79-81)