Joan Hassall's Picture Book
This is a small book of engravings by Joan Hassall (1906-1988). Carr reported in his History of the QTP (1987) that he had published three impressions of this small book, so it may have been the first books of modern engravings that he had produced.
(Last updated on 28/5/2021)
SBE-HAS1: First edition
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher, 27 Mill Dale Road Kettering
Year: 198?
ISBN: None
Size: 128 x 95 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: one
Binding: white glossy printed card covers
Paper: white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: Joan Hassall
Internal illustrations: 31 engravings
Number in series: not stated
Colophon: none
Telephone number: none given
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: 35
Printed by: Harry Richardson (Printers) Ltd., Dryden Street, Kettering
Content: Cover: The Brooker Family. Short biography; quotation from Samuel Palmer; Hannah Bint; (hedgehog); (rabbit); My kingdom; On a wild hill; Bed in daytime; Magic; (field mice); (badger); John Anderson, my jo, John; (bird singing); Mary Morrison; House martins; The nest; spring flowers; Burns' mouse; The scarecrow; Britain observed; the Great wind; Very early; The beautiful house; Reflections; Christina Rossetti; A lover of roses; Hard frost; The Auld Farmer's salutation to his gray mare
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
Notes: A cutting within this copy reproduced an illustration and was sold at a price of 30p. This could be the second impression.
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher
Year: 198?
ISBN: None
Size: 128 x 95 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: one
Binding: white glossy printed card covers
Paper: white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: Joan Hassall
Internal illustrations: 31 engravings
Number in series: not stated
Colophon: none
Telephone number: none given
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: 35
Printed by: none stated
Content: Cover: The Brooker Family. Short biography; quotation from Samuel Palmer; Hannah Bint; (hedgehog); (rabbit); My kingdom; On a wild hill; Bed in daytime; Magic; (field mice); (badger); John Anderson, my jo, John; (bird singing); Mary Morrison; House martins; The nest; spring flowers; Burns' mouse; The scarecrow; Britain observed; the Great wind; Very early; The beautiful house; Reflections; Christina Rossetti; A lover of roses; Hard frost; The Auld Farmer's salutation to his gray mare
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
Notes: The only difference from the first edition is that no printer is named. It could be the first edition.
Publisher: J.L. Carr Publisher
Year: 198?
ISBN: None
Size: 128 x 95 mm
Pages: 16 pp
Staples: one
Binding: white glossy printed card covers
Paper: white
Editor: (J.L. Carr)
Cover artist: Joan Hassall
Internal illustrations: 31 engravings
Number in series: 71
Colophon: none
Telephone number: none given
Printing history: none stated
Number of other titles listed: none listed
Printed by: none stated
Content: Cover: The Brooker Family. Short biography; quotation from Samuel Palmer; Hannah Bint; (hedgehog); (rabbit); My kingdom; On a wild hill; Bed in daytime; Magic; (field mice); (badger); John Anderson, my jo, John; (bird singing); Mary Morrison; House martins; The nest; spring flowers; Burns' mouse; The scarecrow; Britain observed; the Great wind; Very early; The beautiful house; Reflections; Christina Rossetti; A lover of roses; Hard frost; The Auld Farmer's salutation to his gray mare
Rear and front covers
Inside rear cover
Notes: Eight other titles were given the serial number 71: Bacon, Bewick, Chaucer, Frank, Hassall, Johnson, Rosettis and the Little Book of Bookplates.