{"product_id":"1897-first-edition-bound-by-bayntun-riviere-the-children-by-alice-meynell","title":"1897 First Edition bound by Bayntun-Rivière - The Children by Alice Meynell","description":"\u003cp dir=\"auto\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn exceptionally attractive First Edition of Alice Meynell’s The Children, preserved in a sumptuous signed Bayntun-Rivière full morocco binding with elaborate gilt decoration and the original 1897 binding retained at the rear.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e MEYNELL, Alice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Children.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e London \u0026amp; New York, John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1897.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Text in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96 pages + beautifully illustrated publisher’s catalogue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7 x 4.5 inches.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Near fine exquisite full dark green morocco binding by Bayntun-Rivière, Bath, England, signed on the upper turn-in. Boards ruled and richly decorated in gilt with floral corner pieces and a central pictorial gilt panel, the spine elaborately gilt with floral ornaments, title, author and date. Wide gilt floral dentelles, marbled endpapers, and upper edge gilt. The original decorated 1897 front cover and spine have been preserved and bound in at the rear. An exceptionally handsome and accomplished binding, among the finest examples we have encountered on this title. Protected in a removable mylar cover. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Near fine content, clean, bright and firmly bound, with only the slightest age toning. Attractive modern\/recent pictorial ex-libris of Lucy Maud Adams to the first endpaper, as shown. Complete.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Decorative title page and ornamental initials throughout, together with the remarkably attractive illustrated publisher’s catalogue at the rear. The original binding design, preserved at the rear, is by Charles Robinson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEstimate: \u003c\/strong\u003eUSD 600–700.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe book:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Children\u003c\/em\u003e is Alice Meynell’s collection of seventeen essays reflecting on childhood, its language, perceptions, imagination, independence and relationship with the adult world. Among the pieces are “Fellow Travellers with a Bird,” “Children in Midwinter,” “That Pretty Person,” “Expression,” “Under the Early Stars,” “The Barren Shore,” and “Real Childhood.” First published by John Lane at The Bodley Head in 1897, the book belongs to the refined literary and artistic world associated with the publisher’s celebrated fin-de-siècle productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eThis copy is particularly desirable for its remarkable presentation. Bayntun-Rivière transformed the modest Bodley Head volume into an elegant collector’s book while thoughtfully preserving the original Charles Robinson binding within it. The deep green morocco, extensive gilt floral work, pictorial central device, decorative doublure borders and marbled endpapers form a particularly harmonious Arts and Crafts-inspired treatment of Meynell’s meditation on childhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell (1847–1922) was an English poet, essayist, editor and literary critic, admired for the precision and elegance of her prose. With her husband Wilfrid Meynell she edited several important literary periodicals, and her circle included many of the leading artistic and literary figures of late Victorian England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"auto\"\u003eMeynell’s essays frequently examine beauty, childhood, memory, art, religion and the subtleties of ordinary experience. Her restrained, highly polished style won the admiration of contemporaries including George Meredith, who praised the distinctive musical and contemplative quality of her writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49115669135609,"sku":null,"price":550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/3348\/files\/20260920thechildren_01.jpg?v=1789912764","url":"https:\/\/mflibra.com\/products\/1897-first-edition-bound-by-bayntun-riviere-the-children-by-alice-meynell","provider":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}