1936 First English Ed. vs first US ed.
May 17, 2012 6:00:23 GMT -5
Post by arisdp on May 17, 2012 6:00:23 GMT -5
Hi, I am a book collector in the UK and have the 1936 first English Edition published by George G. Harrap, London.
Only recently I found your Trap-Lines North website, showing the illustrated Dust Jacket of the first US, Dodd, Mead published ed. and noticed the UK cover illustration is quite different from the US cover shown on your home page. Also my cover 'frame' is in blue, not red. On your home page I think, the US illustrations are credited to Enos Comstock.
Until now I had no idea who the UK illustrator might have been, as on the Harrap ed. title page it simply says 'illustrated', not by whom.
But now that I have taken a better look, I see that the cover illustration on my D/J is, in original small print, signed bottom right by Ernest Aris, the well known British illustrator -and sometime book author too.
The US cover, though different, is quite similar in style to my cover.
Would appreciate it if someone could shed more light on this eg were both editions done throughout by two different illustrators?
By the way the inscription on my front end paper says:
Anne, with love from Uncle. Christmas 1939.
Only recently I found your Trap-Lines North website, showing the illustrated Dust Jacket of the first US, Dodd, Mead published ed. and noticed the UK cover illustration is quite different from the US cover shown on your home page. Also my cover 'frame' is in blue, not red. On your home page I think, the US illustrations are credited to Enos Comstock.
Until now I had no idea who the UK illustrator might have been, as on the Harrap ed. title page it simply says 'illustrated', not by whom.
But now that I have taken a better look, I see that the cover illustration on my D/J is, in original small print, signed bottom right by Ernest Aris, the well known British illustrator -and sometime book author too.
The US cover, though different, is quite similar in style to my cover.
Would appreciate it if someone could shed more light on this eg were both editions done throughout by two different illustrators?
By the way the inscription on my front end paper says:
Anne, with love from Uncle. Christmas 1939.
