Freckles (6 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Condition: very_good. The book has been used but is in very good condition. There is no obvious damage to the cover and the dust jacket is included for hard covers. There are no missing or damaged pages and no underlining highlighting of text or writing in the margins. The imagery is a stock photo of the item.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 48 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Condition: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Louis Wain (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce early 20th century Louis Wain work, delightfully illustrated throughout with Wain's anthropomorphic felines. A vanishingly scarce first edition.With numerous vignette illustrations of Louis Wain's iconic anthropomorphic cats and kittens throughout, alongside six colour plates. Collated, complete.The narrative of this work is supplied by 'Freckles', who details a young kitten named Paddy's reluctance to go to school.Undated; published circa 1910, following the purchase of publisher Gale & Polden's Aldershot premises in 1893, but prior to them being granted the Royal Warrant in 1916.Despite his life ending in tragic circumstances, Wain's work was enormously popular in the late 19th and early 20th century.Following the decline of his wealth and mental state, prime minister Ramsay MacDonald set up a fund for Wain's sisters and also arranged civil list pensions for them 'in recognition of their brother's services to popular art'. He said that 'probably no artist has given a greater number of young people pleasure than he has'.In 1925, H. G. Wells said of Wain, 'he invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves'. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps. Significant rubbing to perimeters of front wrap, with rear wrap age toned and bearing handling marks. Internally, firmly bound. Plates clean and bright, with significant spotting to text leaves. Good. book.