INVENTORY #135449
The Buchanan Portfolio of Characters from Dickens
REYNOLDS, Frank (illus.)
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$150.00 CAD
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James Buchanan, distiller, decided to buy one of Englands most famous inns, the Black Swan Distillery at Holborn. He bought the property in 1898 and moved his firm moved into the building which dated back to the reign of James I and was at one time the principal coaching inn in London. The distillery achieved notoriety during the Gordon Riots in 1780, which are vividly described in Dickens "Barnaby Rudge." The Dickens connection is likely what suggested this Dickens souvenir produced in about 1927 when the outward appearance of the building had changed a great deal. The paintings inside the folder are by Frank Reynolds, known for his many illustrations for Dickens books that truly capture the personality of the character along with Dickens' humour.
Publication Info
- Publisher: James Buchanan & Co. Ltd.
- Edition: n/a
- Date Published: nd. ca. 1927
- Place Published: Glasgow & London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Fair
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
14 plates + title page. 42 cm. Cloth spine with paper boards, gold print, ribbon ties. Gold is wearing off, edges and corners worn, top tie partly missing, label residue inside front cover, one rear flap detached. Title page shows two pasted-in colour illustrations of The Old Black Swan Distillery immortalised by Dickens in "Barnaby Rudge". Tipped-in colour plates of the Artful Dodger, etc. on plates, all from original paintings belonging to Buchanan. Dickens himself on last plate.