ALDIN Cecil

Just among Friends. Pages from my Sketch Book.

Eyre & Spottiswoode,, 1934. Roy., 4to., First Edition, with 28 fine full-page tinted plates by the author, small neat inscription on lightly spotted front free endpaper; original dove-grey cloth, upper board lettered in black, upper board mildly age-marked else a remarkably, bright, fresh, crisp copy. Over eighty fine portraits of dogs. A favourite target of breakers, and subsequently scarce in any condition.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 10852

Catalogue: Illustrated Books0

Keywords: illustrated, aldin, dogs, puppies, cecil aldin, illustrated books, just, among, friends

Cecil Aldin

Just Among Friends, Pages from My Sketch Book

London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1935. Cloth. The scarce second edition of this collection of beautiful sketches of dogs by Cecil Aldin. The second edition of Just Among Friends, Pages From My Sketch Book by Cecil Aldin in cloth binding. Includes an introduction by the author and twenty-seven pastel sketches of dogs, some in monochrome and some with splashes of colour. Collated, complete.Cecil Aldin was a British artists and illustrator best known for his pastels and paintings of animals. Prior owner's ink inscription to the first free endpaper from 1935. In cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There are some markings to the back board. The spine is slightly worn. The hinges are starting but firm. Prior owner's ink inscription to the first free endpaper from 1935. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Cecil Aldin. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 831W16

Catalogue: Art & Architecture

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