Children of Strangers : Lyle Saxon : dust wrapper or book jacket by John Farleigh : John Lane, The Bodley Head : in Penrose Annual , Volume 41, 1939 : Lund Humphries, London and Bradford : 1939
The Penrose Annuals, produced at the time by Percy Lund Humphries and edited by R. B. Fishenden often include some marvellous examples of contemporary printing and design. In Volume 41, for 1939, are examples of book jackets (or dustwrappers) and this, tipped in, is for the 1937 novel Children of Strangers by the American journalist and novelist Lyle Saxon (1891 - 1946). The book, his only novel, is described as being a "moving story of love in a Cane River community bound by class and race".
It was designed by British artist John Farleigh (1900 - 1965) who was noted for his work in the field of wood engraving. The cover was printed by Hague & Gill of High Wycombe, the printers founded in 1931 by Eric Gill and René Hague, on papers supplied by Spicers Ltd. and using inks by Lorilleaux and Bolton Ltd.
Children of Strangers : Lyle Saxon : dust wrapper or book jacket by John Farleigh : John Lane, The Bodley Head : in Penrose Annual , Volume 41, 1939 : Lund Humphries, London and Bradford : 1939
The Penrose Annuals, produced at the time by Percy Lund Humphries and edited by R. B. Fishenden often include some marvellous examples of contemporary printing and design. In Volume 41, for 1939, are examples of book jackets (or dustwrappers) and this, tipped in, is for the 1937 novel Children of Strangers by the American journalist and novelist Lyle Saxon (1891 - 1946). The book, his only novel, is described as being a "moving story of love in a Cane River community bound by class and race".
It was designed by British artist John Farleigh (1900 - 1965) who was noted for his work in the field of wood engraving. The cover was printed by Hague & Gill of High Wycombe, the printers founded in 1931 by Eric Gill and René Hague, on papers supplied by Spicers Ltd. and using inks by Lorilleaux and Bolton Ltd.