Bingham C Etc (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Blue Cloth Stamped In Black, White, Green, Dark Blue, Light Blue. Apparently First Edition In This Full Cloth Format. Wear, Fraying At Corners; Hinges Cracked; Front Endpaper Lacking. No Marks.

Farbig illustr. Ganzleinenband; 25,5 x 20 cm; illustr. Innendeckel und Vorsätze; 132 Seiten mit 6 ganzseitigen Farblithographien, 17 ganzseitigen s/w Bildern und zahlreichen s/w Abbildungen im Text von Rosa C. Petherick, Arch. Webb, E. Stuart. Hardy, E. Lance, Sybil Tawse, Lizzie Lawson (Ecken und Kanten berieben; 1 Bild lose; sonst sehr ordentlicher Zustand) - Hübsches Buch mit wunderschönen Bildern - Sprache: de.

The 1909 Nister Holiday Annual which includes the story "How a Drummer Boy Saved A Regiment" by G. A. Henty and two stories by E. Nesbit. An attractive example with wear to the edges of the board corners but the illustration to the front remaining clean and bright. The blue cloth spine is present with only minor rubbing to the tips. The contents are entirely complete with no loose or torn pages. There is an ink inscription dated Christmas 1914 otherwise no further inscriptions or stamps. The text block is square and tight. No repairs or restoration to any part of the binding or contents. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Condition: Very good. - Quarto, 10-5/8 inches high by 7-3/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in color pictorial boards backed with a red cloth spine, with a bright color illustration by R. J. Wealthy on the front cover. The covers are slightly rubbed and soiled and the corners are bumped. [50] unnumbered pages, with a full-page color frontispiece by Louis Wain and 49 vignettes, 14 of which are colored or tinted. Of the 49 vignettes, 34 are signed "Louis Wain" in the print and 15 are unsigned. The title page vignette is by "E. Ledward". The front hinge is cracked and the pages are slightly darkened. An early owner's inscription, dated "1917" is penned on the front endpaper. Very good. First edition.Though not listed as one of the book's illustrators, the majority of the illustrations are by Louis Wain and most are amusing depictions of cats & kittens.[Raphael Tuck No. 823]. RARE.

Condition: Very Good. Early edition. A Very Good copy of this uncommon Louis Wain title. Illustraded through-out in Wain's iconic style, with 8 color plates and numerous black and white illustrations within the text. Gift inscription dated Xmas 1912. At the end of the nineteenth century, Louis Wain (1860-1939), the Edwardian cat artist, became a household name as an illustrator of cats, whom he depicted in all sorts of activities, from skating and playing cricket to driving motor cars, attending dances, and playing musical instruments. "He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves" (H.G. Wells). Very Good.