The Golden Age (1905)

 

Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish

 

 

To the left, we show a copy of The Golden Age, as illustrated by Maxfield Parrish and published by John Lane, The Bodley Head (London) in 1905.

 

It shows the original decorated green cloth cover and includes the illustrations

reproduced with the superior photogravure technique that was used for the

first time in the 1905 Edition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the right, we show the Title Page

as decorated by Maxfield Parrish.

 

The Golden Age (1905) is the 1st Edition of Grahame's collection of stories to include illustrations by Maxfield Parrish

reproduced in photogravure - a previous edition had been produced using an inferior half-tone technique. The tales

within this book include: "The Olympians"; "A Holiday"; "A White-Washed Uncle"; "Alarums and Excursions"; "The Finding

of the Princess"; "Sawdust and Sin"; "Young Adam Cupid"; "The Burglars"; "A Harvesting"; "Snowbound"; "What They

Talked About"; "The Argonauts"; "The Roman Road"; "The Secret Drawer"; "Exit Tyrannus"; "The Blue Room"; "A Falling

Out"; and "Lusisti Satis".

 

While Parrish prepared colour illustrations for The Golden Age, quality issues with the reproduction technique available to

John Lane compelled the publisher to utilize a photogravure technique that produced high quality monotone reproductions

of the Parrish's original artwork.

 

In addition to the monotone illustrations appearing in The Golden Age (1905), we are also fortunate enough to be able to

display images of 6 of the colour illustrations Parrish prepared originally.

 

 

Our Greeting Cards and Reproduction Prints

 

 

We have prepared sets of 18 Greeting Cards displaying each of the major monotone images from The Golden Age (1905) and on the left, we show an example of how these Greeting Cards appear. Ordering one of those sets is as easy as selecting the "Add to Cart" feature below and following the prompts provided with our Shopping Cart secured through PayPal. Multiple purchases will be consolidated by that feature and shipping and handling costs to any destination in the world are accommodated by our flat-rate fee of US$20 for every US$200 worth of purchases.

 

 

Code: MP GA MS(18)
Price: US$90.00

 

When presented on Greeting Cards, these images are prepared as tipped-on plates - in hommage to the hand-crafted

approach typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century.

 

Hand-finishing is used to replicate the visual appearance of a tipped-on plate and the images are presented on

Ivory card stock (in the case of colour illustrations) or White card stock (in the case of monotone illustrations)

with an accompanying envelope. We have left the cards blank so that you may write your own personal

message.

 

Should you wish to order a Reproduction Print or an individual Greeting Card from this suite of images, we have

provided options below. Of course, should you require a customised preparation, we welcome your contact through

ThePeople@SpiritoftheAges.com.

 

In the meantime, enjoy perusing these wonderful images from Maxfield Parrish.

 

 

Six of the colour illustrations originally prepared for The Golden Age

 

 

 

Full image

 

 

 

 

 

The Olympians

 

For them the orchard (a place elf-haunted,

wonderful!) simply

 

 

Single Greeting Card (with Envelope)

Code: MP GA C2 GC
Price: US$5.00

   

 

Detail (for reference)
 

 

Full image

 

 

 

 

 

Alarums and Excursions

 

Once more were damsels rescued, dragons

disembowelled, and giants

 

 

Single Greeting Card (with Envelope)

Code: MP GA C5 GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Detail (for reference)

 
 
 

 

Full image

 

 

 

 

Sawdust and Sin

 

It was easy ... to transport yourself in a trice

to the heart of a tropical forest

 

 

Single Greeting Card (with Envelope)

Code: MP GA C7 GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Detail (for reference)

 

 
 

 

Full image

 

 

 

 

 

What They Talked About

 

They make me walk behind, 'cos they say

I'm too little, and mustn't hear

 

 

Single Greeting Card (with Envelope)

Code: MP GA C11 GC
Price: US$5.00

   

 

Detail (for reference)
 

 

Full image

 

 

 

 

 

The Blue Room

 

The procession passing solemnly across the

moon-lit Blue Room

 

 

Single Greeting Card (with Envelope)

Code: MP GA C16 GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Detail (for reference)

 
 
 

 

Full image

 

 

Lusisti Satis

 

Finally we found ourselves sitting silent

on an upturned wheelbarrow

 

 

Single Greeting Card (with Envelope)

Code: MP GA C18 GC
Price: US$5.00

 

Detail (for reference)

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

The major monotone illustrations

 

Frontispiece

 

Onto the garden wall, which led in

turn to the roof of an outhouse

 

The Olympians

 

For them the orchard (a place

elf-haunted, wonderful!) simply

 

 

A Holiday

 

Out into the brimming sun-bathed

world I sped

A White-Washed Uncle

 

I took the old fellow to the station

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M1 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M2 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M3 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M4 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Alarums and Excursions

 

Once more were damsels rescued,

dragons disembowelled, and giants

 

The Finding of the Princess

 

Lulled by the trickle of water, I

slipped into dreamland

Sawdust and Sin

 

It was easy ... to transport yourself in

a trice to the heart of a tropical forest

 

 

Young Adam Cupid

 

Who would have thought ... that

only two short days ago we had

confronted each other on either

side of a hedge

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M5 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M6 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M7 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M8 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

A Harvesting

 

A great book open on his knee ...

a score or so disposed within easy

reach

Snowbound

 

But yester-eve and the mummers

were here!

What They Talked About

 

They make me walk behind, 'cos

they say I'm too little, and mustn't

hear

 

 

The Argonauts

 

I'm Jason ... and this is the Argo ...

and we're just going through the

Hellespont

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M9 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M10 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M11 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M12 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

The Roman Road

 

You haven't been to Rome,

have you?

The Secret Drawer

 

I drew it out and carried it to the

window, to examine it in the

falling light

 

 

Exit Tyrannus

 

At breakfast Miss Smedley behaved in

a most mean and uncalled-for manner

The Blue Room

 

The procession passing solemnly

across the moon-lit Blue Room

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M13 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M14 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M15 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M16 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 
   

A Falling Out

 

Why, Master Harold! whatever be the

matter? Baint runnin' away, be ee?

Lusisti Satis

 

Finally we found ourselves sitting

silent on an upturned wheelbarrow

 

 

    

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M17 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA M18 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

The minor monotone illustrations

 

The Olympians

 

 A White-Washed Uncle Sawdust and Sin Young Adam Cupid

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA MM1 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA MM2 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA MM3 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA MM4 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Snowbound

 

 

 What They Talked About The Argonauts The Roman Road

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA MM5 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA MM6 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA MM7 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA MM8 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Exit Tyrranus

 

 

The Blue Room

A Falling Out

Lusisti Satis

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA MM9 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA MM10 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA MM11 12x18
Price: US$60.00

 

Reproduction on 12x18" sheet

Code: MP GA MM12 12x18
Price: US$60.00