24 Original Illustrations to the "Pickwick Papers" ....

[London], ca1920. Original grey paper card stock with a hand inked title cartouche.. Very good with a trifle bit of spotting to a margin here and there; covers of the portfolio are loose; front cover with a moderate vertical tear from the bottom edge that is about 2 inches.. Large 4to paper card stock portfolio with hand inked title. RETAINING ONLY 22 of the original 24 black & white ink drawings. The drawings are on a glazed, laid paper stock (without a watermark). Each drawing is the same size and meas. appx. 173 x 115 mm. (sheet size is appx. 268 x 212 mm). Each is signed "Kyd" near the lower margin. Each character is named in the upper left-hand corner of the drawing.

Joseph Clayton Clark was an English illustrator who worked under the pseudonym "Kyd" and is best known for his drawings of the characters from Dickens' novels. He earned his living by selling these drawings and watercolors directly into the London book trade or to individuals. Little of it appeared in print. See Richard Sawyer (bookseller) "Kyd" (Joseph Clayton Clark): A Preliminary Study of the Life and Work ....