COME LASSES AND LADS

Randoph Caldecott

Published by George Routledge & Sons Limited, London

About this Item

This copy is in near fine condition, bright, white, tight and square, in illustrated card covers as issued. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. Postage will be reduced on this slim volume. Described on the back panel as number 13 in the Randolph Caldecott 1/- picture books, originally published in 1884, there are six full page colour illustrations and many line drawings. Randolph Caldecott 22 March 1846 - 12 February 1886) was an English artist and illustrator, born in Chester. The Caldecott Medal was named in his honour. He exercised his art chiefly in book illustrations. His abilities as an artist were promptly and generously recognised by the Royal Academy. Caldecott greatly influenced illustration of children's books during the nineteenth century. Two books illustrated by him, priced at a shilling each, were published every Christmas for eight years. Caldecott also illustrated novels and accounts of foreign travel, made humorous drawings depicting hunting and fashionable life, drew cartoons and he made sketches of the Houses of Parliament inside and out, and exhibited sculptures and paintings in oil and watercolour in the Royal Academy and galleries. This is just one of a large number of similar books illustrated by Randolph Caldecott Ref FCA3.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: COME LASSES AND LADS
• Publisher: George Routledge & Sons Limited, London
• Language: English
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Randolph Caldecott
• Edition: Reprint
• Condition: Near Fine