HENEAGE Simon

Heath Robinson's Helpful Solutions. With a Foreword by Graeme Garden. NEAR FINE COPY

[Cartoon Museum],, [2007]. Sm. folio, First Edition, with coloured and monochrome reproductions (many full-page) throughout; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.

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Book number: 35552

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Keywords: mstock, illustrated, heath robinson, william heath robinson, cartoons, cartoon museum

HERON Roy

Cecil Aldin. The Story of a Sporting Artist. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Webb & Bower, Exeter,, [1981]. 4to., First Edition, with tinted portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, and very numerous illustrations (a number full-page and many tinted) in the text; pictorial green backstrip lettered in black, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper mildly sunned at backstrip. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON HALF-TITLE. The definitive biography with extensive bibliography.

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Book number: 38067

Catalogue: Illustrated Books0

Keywords: illustrated, illustrated books, hunting, sporting, aldin, cecil aldin, roy heron

HOPKINS Justine

Michael Ayrton. A Biography. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Andre Deutsch,, [1994]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates; black cloth gilt, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 1401

Catalogue: Illustrated Books0

Keywords: modern firsts, justine hopkins, illustrated books, michael, ayrton

HORSLEY John

The Long Flight. Illustrated by C. F. Tunnicliffe.

Country Life,, [1947]. 4to., First Edition, with a wood-engraved frontispiece in cream and black and 18 splendid wood-engraved plates in cream and black, free endpapers lightly spotted, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; sky-blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in white, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Scarce in anything like this condition.

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Book number: 17342

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Keywords: illustrated, tunnicliffe, john horsley, wood-engravings, john horsley, illustrated books, the, long, flight

HOUSMAN Laurence

Stories from The Arabian Nights. Retold by Laurence Housman. With Drawings by Edmund Dulac. [First Abridged Edition.] FIRST ABRIDGED DULAC EDITION

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1911]. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with fine coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present) and 23 fine coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present), half-title and last leaf of text mildly browned, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original green cloth, upper board with coloured illustration (repeated from text) mounted in gilt frame with arabesques in gilt and red, gilt back (moderately faded but wholly legible), expertly recased, a bright, crisp copy. The first abridged edition, selecting 24 plates from the 50 of the original edition of 1907. Hughey 16j.

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Book number: 46716

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Keywords: cstock, illustrated, illustrated books, dulac, edmund dulac, arabian nights, housman, laurence housman

IRVING Washington

Bracebridge Hall. Illustrated by R. Caldecott. SPLENDID COPY IN CONTEMPORARY TREE CALF

Macmillam,, 1895. 8vo., with frontispiece, illustrated title and very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; handsomely bound in contemporary full tree calf, boards with elaborate gilt frame border, back with five raised bands, second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled in gilt, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a most attractive, crisp, clean copy. Caldecott's edition was first published in 1876.

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Book number: 29276

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Keywords: literature, washington irving, randolph caldecott

IRVING Washington

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. [First Trade Edition.] BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE FIRST TRADE EDITION

Harrap,, [1928]. 8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, title in green and black, 7 fine coloured plates, 30 monochrome illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers in half-tone and yellow, small neat contemporary inscription on half-title; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Latimore & Haskell, pp.63-64; Riall pp.164-165.

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Book number: 43096

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Keywords: illustrated, illustrated books, children's, childrens, rackham, arthur rackham, irving, washington irving, sleepy hollow

KINGSLEY Charles

The Water-Babies. A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. With Illustrations in Colour by Warwick Goble. WARWICK GOBLE ILLUSTRATIONS: IN FULL MOROCCO

Macmillan,, 1912. 8vo., with coloured frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and 15 fine coloured plates, (coffee?) stain on half-title and frontispiece (only just affecting edge of illustration); handsomely bound in full red morocco, sides with double frame border stopped at corners by rosettes all in gilt, gilt back with five raised bands, compartments ruled in gilt and tooled with a dragonfly motif, original backstrip gilt and gilt illustration from front cover mounted and bound in, gilt top, a splendid copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The finest illustrated 'Water-Babies' and arguably Goble's most sought-after work. Apart from the relatively inoffensive stain a remarkably bright, clean copy.

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Book number: 6878

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Keywords: illustrated, childrens, kingsley, charles kingsley, water babies, goble, warwick goble

LAING Allan M.

Prayers and Graces. A Little Book of extraordinary Piety. Collected by Allan M. Laing. With Illustrations by Mervyn Peake. MERVYN PEAKE IN FULL MOROCCO

Gollancz,, 1944. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with full-page illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, gilt back, hand-made endpapers, original gilt from upper board mounted on new and separate leaf at front, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation.

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Book number: 39402

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Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, allan laing, peake, mervyn peake

LANCASTER Osbert

Etudes. New Pocket Cartoons. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

John Murray,, [1958]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous full-page illustrations throughout, contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in green, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 32176

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Keywords: illustrated books, illustrated, cartoons, osbert lancaster

LANCASTER Osbert

Fasten Your Safety Belts. New Pocket Cartoons. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

John Murray,, 1966. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous full-page illustrations throughout, small neat signature on front free endpaper; yellow cloth, backstrip blocked and lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 32180

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Keywords: illustrated books, illustrated, cartoons, osbert lancaster

LANCASTER Osbert

Lady Littlehampton and Friends. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Gryphon,, [1952]. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous full-page illustrations throughout, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in mildly age-soiled, price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 32183

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Keywords: illustrated books, illustrated, cartoons, osbert lancaster

LANCASTER Osbert

Liquid Assets. New Pocket Cartoons. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

John Murray,, 1975. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous full-page illustrations throughout; yellow cloth, backstrip blocked and lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 32181

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LANCASTER Osbert

Meaningful Confrontations. New Pocket Cartoons. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

John Murray,, 1971. Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous full-page illustrations throughout; yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 32178

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LANCASTER Osbert

New Pocket Cartoons. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

John Murray,, [1941]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous full-page illustrations throughout; yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in red, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head and tail of backstrip. UNCOMMON IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 32179

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