1934 Rare Book ~ Una and the Red Cross Knight from Spenser's Faery Queene.
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Author: SPENSER, Edmund. Royde-Smith, N. G.; illustrated by T. H. Robinson.
Title: Una and the Red Cross Knight and Other Tales from Spenser's Faery Queene.
Publisher: London, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1934.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 8 "X 6 " .
Pages : xx-264 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original illustrated full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing and staining - as shown).
Illustrations: Nicely illustrated by Edward Thomas Heath Robinson.
The book: Attractive and rare edition of Una and the Red Cross Knight and Other Tales from Spenser's Faery Queene illustrated by Thomas Heath Robinson.
The illustrator: T. Heath Robinson (1869–1954) was an English illustrator of books and magazines, in both line drawings and full color. He illustrated many books for Allen, Nisbit, Dent, Sands, and others as well as illustrations for magazines, including Cassell's Family Magazine, The Idler, Pall Mall Magazine and The Strand.
Robinson was born in London in 1869 the son of engraver Thomas Robinson (1838–1902), He attended the Islington School of Art. His younger brothers Charles and W. Heath (or Heath Robinson) were illustrators.