Shackleton Tim Introduction (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 11¾"x8¾" (30x22cm). Soft cover. First edition. 72pp comprising title-page, illustrated introduction, and 33 full-page colour illustrations with captions & black-and-white illustrations on pages opposite. Colour-illustrated card wrappers with a few minor indentations. Front wrapper also with two creases - one lengthy but very light & hardly-visible, the other short & light - across lower outer corner, the tip of the same corner slightly bumped and slightly affecting first leaf of contents; and rear wrapper with short & light crease across lower outer corner, no effect on contents. The whole otherwise clean and tight. GOOD copy.…

Paperback small quarto, thick card covers, good condition, full-page colour & black & white posters, faint tidemarks bottom edge (former water contact now dry), bottom corner tip front cover creased, laminate coating little worn spine, spine & rear cover little faded, minor edgewear corners. 70 pp. This book contains the famous 'Bubbles' advert, which became a classic advert for this British soapmaker, plus other Pears adverts that have been long forgotten but are here collected in this fascinating book. The advertising material reflects the changing fashions and tastes of the period, and it is a nostalgic look at the advertising art of a bygone era. …