The Open Road A Book for Wayfarers

New York: Henry Holt and Company. Very Good-. 1913. 1st Illustrated Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; This book is in Very Good- condition and is missing the accompanying dust jacket and box. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and beginning wear / fraying to th espine ends and corners. The spine and front cover are illustrated in decorated gilt. The decoration on the spine has some light rubbing / wear. The text pages are clean and bright. Illustrated throughout with sixteen tipped-in, full color illustrations by Claude A. Shepperson. "Shepperson's style of drawing was much admired. Ellwood stated that Shepperson was "an inspired draughtsman who can give us the smartest English girl or the rustiest farm hand with equal penetration in a style which is always distinguished." He also said that his work shows the perfect combination of naturalistic drawings and decorative qualities, and that Shepperson "was the greatest master of placing or composition in English pen drawing", and that "his drawings should be analysed and pondered over by students." He noted that Shepperson had begun as a "costume" illustrator, but that he had later "turned to the society note, for which his temperament was admirably fitted", and that his drawings in Punch were "classic examples of the ultimate in patrician atmosphere." " (from Wikipedia) .