Beschreibung:

King (Jessie Marion, illustrator) An excellent collection of 91 works by, illustrated by, or about Jessie M. King, a few signed or presentation copies, includes Jeptha, which contains her first commissioned illustrations for a British publisher, all in original bindings, including some in her charming pictorial wrappers, generally the majority in sound clean condition, v.s., c.1902-1980 (91) ⁂ King studied at the Glasgow School of Art, where she was influenced by Charles Rennie Macintosh and his circle. She taught book decoration at the school in 1902, winning a gold medal for book design at the Turin International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art in the same year. In later years she worked as a muralist, illustrator, and designer of book bindings, fabrics and jewellery. A full list of the collection is available upon demand.