Lewin Frederick George (2 results)

Paper Boards. Condition: Very Good. LEWIN FG [Frederic George] d 1933 (illustrator). First Edition. 57 pp, 16 by 7 inches, 1st ed. In contemporary quarter blue cloth with illustrated cream paper over boards, corners and edges bumped and worn slightly, 2 cotton ties, small stain at head. Spine, no title. Internally, half title, [6], 7-57 pp, undated but 1911 per an entry for Lewin in Peppin & Micklethwait, Dictionary of British book illustrators, the twentieth century. Amusing rhymes and large bold woodcuts of pub names and signs. Printed on rectos only on heavy, hand made uncut paper. An appealing and unusual book, both as to design and content, with text and cuts in the style of the old chapbooks. Unusual. 0.

Half title, illus., printed on rectos only. Orig. pictorial printed paper boards, brown hessian spine, retaining orig. ties; sl. rubbed & dulled. A nice copy. 57pp. Humorous verse including Sir Walter Raleigh, Ye Fox and Gridiron, Ye Sedan Chair, Ye Swan with Two Necks, &c. Illustrated with attractive woodcuts by the Bristol-born illustrator, journalist and painter Frederick George Lewin.