Author: Langston Day
Title: The Life and Art of W. Heath Robinson
Description: London, Herbert Joseph Limited, 1947 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition, first impression of this biography of cartoonist W. Heath Robinson, illustrated throughout with plates of his own works. The first edition, first impression of Langston Day's biographical study of the life and work of English cartoonist, illustrator and artist W. Heath Robinson. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.In the UK, the term 'Heath Robinson Contraption' gained dictionary recognition around 1812, referring to Robinson's drawings of whimsically elaborate machines to achieve simple objectives.Illustrated throughout with full plate and vignette illustrations, and including seven colour plates.With a contemporary inscription, dated 1948, to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Significant fading to cloth at head of front board and back strip. Contemporary inscription to front endpaper. Mark to tail of dust wrapper back strip, with loss to back strip head and tail, and significant closed tear to back strip head. Marks to rear wrap, with small losses and chipping to head of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good . Ill.: W. Heath Robinson. Very Good/Very Good.

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