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Heath Robinson’s first major work which was written by him as well being completely designed by him from cover to cover including setting the text. IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER’S BOX 38. ROBINSON, William Heath; KIPLING, Rudyard A SONG OF THE ENGLISH Hodder & Stoughton, [1909]. First edition with W.H. Robinson illustrations. Large 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to upper cover and spine. In the rare
36. RANSOME, Arthur; MACKENZIE, Thomas ALADDIN IN RHYME retold by Arthur Ransome Nisbet, [1920]. First edition. 4to. Publisher’s pictorial cloth with lettering and designs in red and purple. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers with striking silhouette drawings. 12 wonderful art nouveau style colour plates and each page decorated with silhouette and line drawings. A very good copy, previous owner’s inscription on the free front endpaper and indentation from some rubbed out pencil marks on the verso of the title page. [46021] £450 This book is a wonderful co-operation of Ransome telling the story of Aladdin and his lamp in rhyme and beautiful decorations by Thomas Mackenzie. Yorkshire born artist Mackenzie wrote to a friend about the book, “there are mistakes in it due to inexperience and immaturity which I hope you will close your eyes to.” Despite the artist’s criticism of his work the book is a delight, with strong lines and colours perfectly complementing the Oriental tale. 37. ROBINSON, William Heath UNCLE LUBIN Richards, 1902. First edition. 8vo. Original blue-green pictorial cloth stamped in red, green and white. Pictorial endpapers, colour frontispiece, fifteen chapter title pages illustrated in red and black, 43 full page black and white illustrations and 64 line drawings in the text, as well as 44 decorative initials printed in red. A very good copy, internally fresh and crisp, but with some of the habitual loss to the spine enamel. [46073] £750
original publisher’s box, with printed labels to the upper cover and side. Thirty mounted colour plates captioned tissue guards (one with light corner crease) and fifty black and white draw - ings. A near fine copy, bright and fresh, with small indentation to the front endpaper and some light foxing. The box has minor wear to the edges but remains bright and attractive. [46516] £850 A fine combination of poetry and illustration. Poems include: A Song of the English; The Coastwise Lights; The Song of the Dead, The Deep-Sea Cables; The Song of the Sons; The Song of the Cities and England’s An- swer. Beautiful illustrations include views of cities, such as, Bombay, Hong-Kong, Calcutta and Sydney.
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