John Minton Illus (9 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. John Minton ; Denton Welch illus. (illustrator). [22 ads], 23- 136 pp, [22 ads]. Publisher's pictorial card wrappers. Sunning to spine and to top of front cover. Wear to head and tail of spine and minor rubbing to joints. Contemporary adverts at front & rear for appliances, alcohol and food products. With in-text illustrations by John Minton and Denton Welch. 8vo.

Hardcover. pp. 222. 8vo. Black and white and colour illustrations. Lacks slipcase. Light shelfwear, front bottom corner bumped; very good+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First printing of the 1958 revised second edition. 8vo in cloth with dust jacket. 207 pp. VG+/VG. Light shelf wear to dust jacket which is unclipped in a brand new Brodart clear protective sleeve. Minimal wear to book. Interior is pristine. No writing or markings of any kind. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.

Minton, John (illustrator). The First UK printing published by Michael Joseph, London in 1949. 8vo., oatmeal-coloured boards, prettily blocked and lettered in dark green with a countryside scene to upper cover and spine; publisher's device to foot of spine; upper edge top-stain green still bright ; together in the vibrant, textured illustrated wrapper (unclipped, '12s. 6d. net' to front flap) featuring a wraparound image in full colour by John Minton; author's black and white photograph and facsimile signature to rear flap; vignette in blue to upper front flap; with frontis illustration, full decorative title emulating the front board; and copiously illustrated throughout with head/tailpieces, and full page chapter headings by John Minton, all printed in green; The BOOK is an excellent near-fine copy, just a little spotted and offset to the end-papers; The WRAPPER retaining much of its original vibrancy is in Very Good++ or better condition. Some rubbing, nicking and light chipping to the edges, and one slightly larger chip at the head of spine (1cm in depth) just affecting title lettering. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Neatly signed (without dedication) by both H. E. Bates and John Minton to the half title. One UK signing event took place at Liberty's in London when the book was launched, where both the author and illustrator were present. It is likely that this copy is one of those signed at that event. A reprinting, in considerably revised form, of two titles, 'O More Than Happy Countryman' and 'The Heart of the Country', with an additional introduction and epilogue by the author. In the originals, the illustrations were provided by the naturalistic painter C. F. Tunnicliffe, and reflected Bates' own disquiet with the changing wartime world around him. Reissued here with a reduction of some 1500 words, and in the wake of Armistice day, the observations are relevant even today for their astute premonitions of the future of the English countryside. The introduction, which was written by Bates in the Christmas of 1948, compares the scenes of his youth to the countryside he now sees before him. "the things that make up so much of this book", he writes, are "merely the tender trivialities of one man's recollection or are they eternal things?.They are very dear to me and I am frightened of the answer." The Epilogue, however, entitled 'Tomorrow', does provide an element of hopefulness, championing the rediscovery of the countryside in a destructive world: "Are we really witnessing", he concludes, "not symbolically but actually, the destruction of an era, and being drawn back, with corresponding force, to a life that is closer to earth, the element which sustains us?". The book is greatly enhanced by the striking illustrations by artist John Minton, which show, among many other vignettes, bowls and baskets of fruit, country tracks, flower patches, sleeping dogs and stony beaches. A wonderful example and very scarce to find double-signed. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. MINTON, John (illustrator). 1st Edition. Published: 1950. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Illustrated DJ over green illustrated cloth. Illustrations by John Minton. Language: English. Book Condition: Very Good: Sharp corners, edges and spine ends. Clean cloth with sunned line to upper edge. Tightly bound with clean, intact endpapers and very strong hinges. Clean unmarked pages. DJ Condition: Good: Wear, creasing and chipping to upper and lower edges. 2cm tear to lower front edge. 1cm tear to upper rear spine edge. Pages 154. Size: 20.5cm by 13cm. BOOK RESUME: Old Herbaceous is a classic British novel of the garden, with a title character as outsized and unforgettable as P. G. Wodehouses immortal butler, Jeeves. Born at the dusk of the Victorian era, Bert Pinnegar, an awkward orphan child with one leg a tad longer than the other, rises from inauspicious schoolboy days spent picking wildflowers and dodging angry farmers to become the legendary head gardener Old Herbaceous, the most esteemed flower-show judge in the county and a famed horticultural wizard capable of producing dazzling April strawberries from the greenhouse and the exact morning glories his Lady spies on the French Riviera, so blue, so blue it positively hurts. Sprinkled with nuggets of gardening wisdom, Old Herbaceous is a witty comic portrait of the most archetypal and crotchety head gardener ever to plant a row of bulbs at a British country house.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. The sole UK printing published by Sheppard Day Associates Ltd in 1992. The 'Order of Service' for cookery writer Elizabeth David's memorial service at St Martin-in-the-Fields held on Thursday 10th September 1992. Elizabeth David's French Country Cooking (1951) was, and is, highly influential and it found its perfect partner in John Minton's illustrations here reproduced in colour to the front and back of the card cover and with two further black and white illustrations within. Elizabeth David's other works were honoured during the service with extracts from French Provincial Cooking (1960) and Syllabubs & Fruit Fools (1969) read. Appreciations of Elizabeth David's life and work were given by other food experts including Alice Waters the prolific food and cookery writer, owner of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California and founder of the Edible Schoolyard and Edible Education movements. This copy from the private collection of Penguin Cookery Book editor Jill Norman. A near Fine copy of a scarce ephemeral booklet. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Cloth/no dust jacket Octavo. yellow cloth, black lettering to spine, 189 pp sparse dirt marks on bottom of back cover first edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK printing of this illustrated edition, published by Paul Elek, London in 1947. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Slight cocking with light pushing at the spine ends. Gilt titling to the spine remains bright. Light toning to the text-block and page edges. Free from inscriptions. The fragile wrapper is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Edge-wear with a little loss in places. Light fading and toning to the spine. Some creasing and rubbing in places. The colour panel images are all complete. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Striking B/W illustrations throughout by John Minton who was also responsible for the wrapper artwork. The author's only book which was based on his childhood, and originally published in 1928. It has twice been made into a film. One of John Minton's highlight titles and very scarce to find with the wrapper in any condition. This copy's wrapper is one of the best I have handled. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First UK printing published by John Lehmann, London in 1948. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Original publisher's yellow buckram boards with green titling and decoration to the spine. This is the second state binding of the first printing (The first state had the binding of yellow buckram stamped in green and gilt on the spine). Some light pushing at the spine ends and mild bumping to the lower front corners. Internally clean. The fragile WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. Light edge-wear at the spine ends and corners. A few small closed tears and a little toning to the spine and flap edges. Some very superficial rubbed areas to the spine and a very tiny area of loss to the front flap fold, which are barely discernible. The wraparound wrapper artwork by John Minton looks striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. 8 colour plates, and over 50 black and white drawings, mainly full-page, by John Minton. Alan Ross and John Minton's artistic collaboration and ode to the island of Corsica. Ross and Minton were commissioned by the publisher John Lehmann to travel to Corsica and put together a book of words and images. They visited the island in the post-war summer of 1947. The resulting travelogue contains history, descriptions, impressions, maps, stories, poems and illustrations. Minton's Neo-Romantic illustrations perfectly capture the heat and spirit of the island and the book is arguably his most successful and influential illustrated work. The title comes from the Louis MacNeice line - 'Time was away and somewhere else.' [Spalding, Frances. John Minton. Dance Till The Stars Come Down. 2005. p. 109-14.]. One of the nicest copies that we have handled to date and now increasingly elusive in collectible condition. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.