Timlin William: First Edition (37 results)
Out of the crucible : being the romantic story of the Witwatersrand goldfields; and of the great city which arose in their midst / by Hedley A. Chilvers. With sixteen drawings by William M. Timlin
Chilvers, Hedley Arthur (1879-1941). Timlin, William M. (1892-1943)
Published by London [etc.] : Cassell and company, ltd 1929
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst Edition. Good copy in original gilt-blocked cloth with some wear and tear as with age (the spine cracked). Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; xiii, 273, [1] p. : front., plates, ports. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Witwatersrand. South Africa History. Johannesburg (South Africa). Witwatersrand (So…uth Africa). Johannesburg. Transvaal (South Africa) History. Johannesburg (South Africa) History. Witwatersrand (South Africa) History. 3 Kg.
Out of the crucible : being the romantic story of the Witwatersrand goldfields; and of the great city which arose in their midst / by Hedley A. Chilvers. With sixteen drawings by William M. Timlin
Chilvers, Hedley Arthur (1879-1941). Timlin, William M. (1892-1943)
Published by London [etc.] : Cassell and company, ltd 1929
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, , IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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First Edition. Good copy in original gilt-blocked cloth with some wear and tear as with age (the spine cracked). Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; xiii, 273, [1] p. : front., plates, ports. ; 23 cm. Subjects; Witwatersrand. South Africa History. Johannesburg (South Africa). Witwatersrand (So…uth Africa). Johannesburg. Transvaal (South Africa) History. Johannesburg (South Africa) History. Witwatersrand (South Africa) History. 1 Kg.
Published by A. & C. Black 1927
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. New plain leather spine. They are strong and sturdy. Internally, minor handle marks. Tape marks. Tanned end pages. Otherwise clean. Tightly bound. r*27/05/2025. [ak]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery ser…vices.
Published by Cassell and Company, London 1929
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, AustraliaLawrence Jones Books
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Hard Cover. Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. xiii, 274pp, frontispiece and b/w plates, appendix, index. Lower page edges uncut. Prev owner's signature on the front flyleaf. Cloth boards worn at extremities. The theme concerns the discovery in 1884-86, by hardy prospectors Fred Struben and George Walker of a two-thousand mill…ion pound goldfield in a remote African plateau. Size: 8vo. With 16 Drawings by William M Timlin (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Adam & Charles Black 1927
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Deeside Books, Ballater, , United KingdomDeeside Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover in original brown buckram boards with black titles, some light foxing throughout and previous owners inscription but otherwise in Very Good condition, internally repaired dustwrapper, some shelfwear and rubbing to spine but otherwise in Ver…y Good condition. First edition, pp 16, plates + frontis.
Published by Cassell and Company, Limited, London 1929
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 274 pages (complete). In general good, healthy condition. The dustjacket is enclosed in a clear cellophane protective cover. The dj itself is worn, scuffed and rubbed. It is intact and sure. The board cover has some mild shelving wear to the corners and head a…nd foot of the spine. The contents are in very neat and clean condition. All plates are present and are clear and fresh. In all, even taking its age into account, this book is in very pleasant and good condition. It is assured, confident and very certain. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
More imagesPublished by Cassell and Company, Ltd, London 1929
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: CHAPTER TWO, Pinetown, KZN, South AfricaCHAPTER TWO
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Dustjacket has a 1cm 'drip' stain to the front panel; some tape strengthening to the reverse across a closed tear and frittering at the head of the spine-band; now in a loose Brodart overwrap. Scarce copy with a dustjacket. Owner's name and stamp t…o the front pastedown, concealed by the flyleaf. Pages xiii + 274 including the index. And with sixteen drawings. (PHrvy-EEW-EEW-1ASBy). Timlin, William L (illustrator).
Language: German
Published by Cassell and Company Ltd., London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney 1929
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Basler Afrika Bibliographien, Basel, , SwitzerlandBasler Afrika Bibliographien
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Hardcover. Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage. Timlin, William M. (illustrator).
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.Carpetbagger Books, ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition Thus. Introduction by John Howe. Fine. Quarter cream cloth with beige paper on the boards, black ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. An unabridged reprint of the first edition published by Harrap in 1923. Timlin, William (ill…ustrator).
More imagesPublished by A. & C. Black, Ltd., London 1927
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: COVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS, Saint John, NB, CanadaCOVENANT HERITAGE LIBRIS
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. some soiling, owners inscription, binding tight and no pages missing. D2 7. Sketches (illustrator).
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Frederick A. Stokes 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Planet Books, Signal Hill, CA, U.S.A.Planet Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Edition/First Printing of the classic early work of fantasy, the author's only book, one of 2,000 copies of which just 250 were sold in the United States. Includes all 48 of the original 48 color plates and all of the original calligraphic text plates. All plates are clea…n and undamaged. The gray pages on which they are mounted show slight toning to edges and a few of them have a small tear in one edge. First and last end pages show some heavier toning and foxing. Several pages in the book have a bent or lightly creased upper right corner. The book's spine is cracked at the title page but all pages are firmly bound in. The book's outer covers and spine show slight soiling and rubbing. There is light wear to top and bottom edges of the covers and spine. Cover corners are lightly worn but are not bumped. A clear archival sleeve has been put on the book to keep it looking great. All in all, a very nice copy of a beautiful volume. (Note: Photos may show a flash reflection.) PayPal always welcome. We pack all our books with care and ship in cardboard boxes. Shipment outside of the United States may require extra funds. Additional photos emailed upon request.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: SF & F Books, Chester, VA, U.S.A.SF & F Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition; of the 2000 copies printed by George Harrup, here is one of 250 that were released in the US by Frederick Stokes Publishers gray paper over white vellum quarter boards, intricately decorated in gilt on spine and titled in dark gray on cover… in gray paper dust jacket that is decorated and lettered in dark gray on cover and spine, gray end pages. This large (approx. 12 1/4" X 9 1/2") folio edition is comprised of 96 heavy gray paper pages mounted with 48 watercolor illustrations and 48 hand written text plates all by the author. The numbered calligraphy styled text pages are printed and decorated in black, blue and green. Dust jacket states "made in Great Britain" on verso. Now preserved in a beautiful clamshell with burgundy cloth under red leather quarter boards with ribbed and gilt spine and suede lined interior. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company (1923), 96 pages. A fine copy with bright gilt spine, tiny loss of paper at one tip, toned front and rear free end pages. Nearly fine mylar protected dust jacket has tape repaired 1 1/4" tear at top edge, and some sun fading to spine, modest wear along edges and flap folds.
Language: English
Published by Frederick A. Stokes [Harrap], New York 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Cloth / Paper Covered Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Dustjacket. First American Edition. U. S. edition published by Stokes; one of 200 copies, 1750 copies were printed of the UK first edition published by Harrap, this is the simultaneous US printing by Stokes, one of 250 copies, with Stokes imprint on…spine panel of DJ and book and on title page, "Printed in Great Britain" printed on inside of DJ. Complete with all 48 color plates and all text, title, and contents pages, all plates and text mounted on gray paper as issued. Cloth and boards are immaculate, gilt on spine still brilliant, no fraying to cloth but paper covering tips and bottom edges of boards has frayed due to weight of book. Hinges tight but title page professionally re-attached. DJ is clean but worn along top and bottom edges with loss at top of spine and adjacent top edge of panels for a length of 4 3/8", up to 3/4" deep, removing most of "The Ship" in title; V-chip at bottom of rear spine fold, up to 1 7/8" deep and up to 1 3/4" deep, removing all but the "E" in the publisher's name; squarish chip at bottom of front flap, up to 1" wide and up to 1 1/8" deep; 1/4" rectangular chip near upper tip of front panel, with 1" tear to corner; light chipping at corners. Reverse of DJ had clear tape reinforcement along much of folds and some of edges, with no show-through on front. Color Plates and Calligraphic Text (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Kimberley Municipality & South African Railways and Harbours 1927
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Burns' Bizarre, IOBA, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Burns' Bizarre, IOBA
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Kimberley: An Illustrated Handbook Of Agricultural, Residential, Sporting And Mineral Information . Capetown [South Africa] Kimberley Municipality & South African Railways and Harbours, 1927. First edition. 8vo. Stapled card wrappers. Pp. (iii), 27, black / white photo-plates. A gui…de to the South African municipality of Kimberley, with articles on history by H. Lissant Collins, diamond mines by I.R. Grimmer, the river diggings by G. Scott Ronaldson, the Bushmen by M. Wilman, as well as brief segments on education, health, roads & sport. Cover illustration by William M. Timlin - author/ illustrator of the children's fantasy masterpiece "The Ship that Sailed to Mars." Condition: Very good; a clean tight copy. Internally near fine with occasional very light foxing; light foxing to fore-edge. Covers also very good; no tears but two small water stains at lower left, staples rusted.
More imagesPublished by A & C Black Ltd 1927
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: edward syndercombe, Pretoria, GAUTE, South Africaedward syndercombe
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1927 hardcover with dust jacket. 1st edition. The book is in very good condition. clean, square and tight. very slight foxing, corners sharp, no inscriptions. The dust jacket is in good condition. clean and bright. chipped and bumped with loss, old sellot…ape burns. see photos.
More imagesPublished by George G. Harrap, London 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lycanthia Rare Books, Newark, NOTTS, United KingdomLycanthia Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. First UK edition. First UK edition. 4to. Original parchment-backed grey paper covered boards, spine decorated and lettered in gilt. One of 2,000 copies printed in Britain, from which 250 of which were sent to America. This is Timlin's only published work, but the quality of the illustr…ations rivals those of Dulac, Pogany, Nielsen & Rackham. Foxing to mounted title-page, repaired front hinge, flaw to rear hinge; some marking and scratching to covers, but overall a solid copy. 48 colour plates and 48 calligraphic-style text plates all mounted on paper. (illustrator). Book.
More imagesPublished by New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, no date [1923] 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Adrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB, Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT, United KingdomAdrian Harrington Ltd, PBFA, ABA, ILAB
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dj. First Edition. [Children's Fantasy] FIRST US EDITION. Quarto (31 x 24cm). 48 pages of text, and 48 colour plates illustrated by the author, all mounted on thick grey leaves. Publisher's quarter vellum with elaborate gilt titles and decoration to spine, and grey paper-covered boards titled to upper. With the grey dust-jacket,… printed in brown to spine and dark grey to upper. Toning and light spotting to edges and endpapers, and very light spotting to first few leaves. Hinges delicate but intact, otherwise binding clean. Jacket shows chipping to edges, including a large loss to head of spine, with split and brittle joints, but shows very well. Very good. William Mitcheson Timlin was born in Northumberland, England, and studied art in Newcastle before following his parents to South Africa, where he completed his studies in art and architecture. He then practised as an architect, designing a number of major public buildings in Kimberley. At the same time he worked as an artist, producing paintings, etchings and pastels of conventional subjects, in addition to the watercolour fantasies for which is he best known. He also wrote stories and music, and did periodical illustrations. In 1923 he published 'The Ship that Sailed to Mars', which has become a fantasy classic.
More imagesPublished by George G. Harrap and Company 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South AfricaChapter 1
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Collated and complete with all plates. The boards have been sympathetically strengthened, allowing a window at the front for the original title to show. Still with the original vellum spine. Internally, there is age related foxing, marks and small nicks throughout. There… is what appears to be a new title page on a slightly different backing board. Apart from this, the book is original and the price has been reduced greatly for this reason. The binding is secure. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
More imagesPublished by London George G Harrap and Company Limited 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rainford & Parris Books - PBFA, Bishop's Stortford, , United KingdomRainford & Parris Books - PBFA
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Condition: Very Good ++. Jacket Condition: Very Good -. 1st Edition, 23 x 31 cm vellum backed grey paper covered boards with dark grey titles to the front. With gilt stamped titles and design to the spine. Grey endpapers, grey card pages containing 48 numbered tipped in text pages in a calligraphic style, with capitals and headi…ngs in blue and grey patterns and 48 full page colour tipped in illustrations. In original dust jacket A little light toning to the spine with just a hint of pushing to the spine tips with a little marking to the foot of the spine. There is rubbing to the top and bottom edges with some loss of paper at the corners and along the bottom edge. Internally the book is clean with a touch of spotting to both paste downs. The text pages are clean with occasional very faint marks from the glue used to tip the pages in. The illustrations are in excellent condition noting just a small corner crease to the bottom spine edge corner of the plate following the text page 38. The dust jacket while complete is a little marked with a black line of about 12cm to the front panel. There is some loss to the spine tips extending to 2.7 cm at the foot of the spine. There is some loss to the lower edge and corners with associated creasing. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
More imagesPublished by George G. Harrap & Company Limited,, London 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: poor man's rare books (mrbooks) IOBA NJB, Vineland, NJ, U.S.A.poor man's rare books (mrbooks) IOBA NJB
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Edition. Color Illustrations; Publisher's vellum-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine, tattered dust jacket front and back panels laid in. 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 23 cm). Complete with 48 text leaves printed in blue, green, and black and 48 color plates, a few with relat…ively light foxing, each mounted on gray card. Spine darkened and nicked, corners worn and boards rubbed with a short tear to paper of lower board, endpapers stained with contemporary ownership signature. Sumptuously illustrated. Binding solid. Text and plates attractive. Original unsophisticated binding. Withal a book in Good or better condtion.
More imagesPublished by George G. Harrap & Company Limited, London 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB
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Quarter Vellum over Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A futuristic journey that was from its very conception sweetly moored in the misty past! 4to. 31 by 24 cm. 48 pp and 48 tipped-in (or mounted) color plates. The singular story and its illustrations are truly sui generis; the fabulous co…ncoction of fantasy rendered here draws equally from both the text and illustrations. Condition: Short closed tear, upper spine extremity. Touches of soiling on vellum spine, but the vellum overall is bright and comes off as clean. Neatly written short ink gift inscription dated 1928 on FFEP. Within green leaves, upon which text and plates are mounted, has age toning around edges, manifest in light browning. DJ with a few chips, the largest being the rear upper edge, yet the most conspicuous being by the upper spine extremity. Also chipped by lower extremity. All chips have jagged, or irregular edges. Rear with a few crinkle lines and one dime-sized stain. The DJ now protected from further decay by mylar and white backing. We rate the DJ merely Good because of these chips, but if considering only the front cover, it would come out better.
Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT 2020
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA, Park Ridge, IL, U.S.A.Booklegger's Fine Books ABAA
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Condition: Very Fine. Limited Edition The Easton Press. A very fine copy in original shrink wrap in a fine slipcase, limited to 600 copies. Bound in full leather by The Easton Press. As New. Forty-Eight full color illustrations. Very mild bump to bottom rear corner of slipcase. A very nice copy.
More imagesPublished by George G. Harrap & Company Limited, London 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB
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Quarter Vellum over Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A futuristic journey that was from its very conception sweetly moored in the misty past! 4to. 31 by 24 cm. 48 pp and 48 tipped-in (or mounted) color plates. The singular story and its illustrations are truly sui generis; the fabulous co…ncoction of fantasy rendered here draws equally from both the text and illustrations. Condition: corners bumped, with paper pastedown a bit rubbed. Edgewear to lower edges. A hint of starting, front upper joint. Quarter vellum quite clean and bright. Leaves of card (the backing for the pastedowns) have a slight waviness, as typical of this book. Plates, both text and pictorial, clean. DJ has been rebacked, with most of DJ spine preserved and mounted -- see photos. Minor losses to DJ over boards. Some stains, crease lines, and other signs of wear on DJ. DJ, though, a truly rare survivor in any form, and this DJ has maintained its essential integrity.
More imagesPublished by London: George G. Harrap and Company. [] 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: LUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA), York, United KingdomLUCIUS BOOKS (ABA, ILAB, PBFA)
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First edition, first printing. Original grey paper covered boards with gilt titles and decorations to the spine and black titles to the upper board. No dustwrapper. With 48 colour illustration plates and calligraphic text both mounted on dark grey card throughout. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the spine a little… darkened and the paper cracked and frayed to a few spots on the board corners and edges. The contents, with offsetting to the endpaper and some toning and occasional chipping to the page edges (not effecting the illustration or text plates), are otherwise bright and clean throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. William M. Timlin (1892 1943) was born in Northumberland but spent most of his life in South Africa. Timlin was a highly skilled writer and illustrator and also earned a living as an architect, and his aptitude in that field are clear to see in the beautiful, detailed, fantasy buildings that are abound in this title. The Ship that Sailed to Mars is a wonderfully whimsical blend of science fiction and fantasy, the profusely illustrated interstellar adventure taking the reader to planets full of pirates, fairies, and dragons. Upon receiving the hand lettered manuscript, George Harrap liked it so much that they decided to publish it as it was instead of using typed text. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.
More imagesPublished by George G. Harrap & Company, London 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Type Punch Matrix, Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.Type Punch Matrix
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Condition: Very good. First Edition. First edition of this gorgeous outlier of the Golden Age of Illustration, a fully realized fantasy of interplanetary travel written and illustrated by South African architect William Timlin. An Old Man fulfills the dream of his youth, "sailing by way of the Moon, and the more friendly planets…" on his way to the Shining City of Mars. The ship of the title, designed by the aged engineer but built by fairies, captures the tale's balance of science fiction and fantasy: one iconic plate depicts the ship, whose design hearkens back to the Age of Discovery, outrunning the magnificent flare of a meteor. The only work authored by Timlin, THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS secured his reputation alongside prolific professional illustrators like Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, and Kay Nielsen. A beautiful copy of a strikingly original space odyssey. Quarto. 12'' x 9''. Original quarter vellum, grey printed paper boards, spine lettered and ornamented in gilt. 96 leaves of heavy grey paper, containing 48 mounted pages of printed lettering in Timlin's hand and 48 mounted full color illustrations. Early New York bookseller ticket on rear pastedown. Spine slightly darkened, some tip and edge wear, faint rubbing to boards. Interior clean.
More imagesPublished by American Edition First Edition Frederick A. Stokes, New York HC 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kagerou Bunko (ABAJ, ILAB), Tokyo, , JapanKagerou Bunko (ABAJ, ILAB)
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Paper size 34.5 × 23.4cm. 48 offset colour plates with text. Page 17 has little dirt. Slightly soiled, small scratches on the corner of 39 page. Custom made clam shell box. Original binding. Spine is of velum. Half paper binding. Condition is almost fine. Very minor stains on the fly…leaf and the edges of the page. Near fine to fine condition. First American edition. Extra shipping charges may be applied due to size and weight of item.
More imagesPublished by George Harrap 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, NetherlandsNeverland Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. "The Ship That Sailed To Mars : A Fantasy" by William M. Timlin. George Harrap, London. 1923 first UK edition. 48 colour plates and 48 leaves of text all recto mounted on grey paper, a few minor spots at front, original vellum-backed boards, paper label to upper… cover (small areas of wear to board edges), 4to. Part of the front panel of the dust jacket has been pasted on to the front cover, obscuring the printed title, the endpapers are also sometime renewed. The most original and beautiful children's book of the 1920s was William M. Timlin's masterpiece The Ship That Sailed to Mars. a magical combination of science fiction and fairyland" (Richard Dalby, The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration, 1991, pp. 102-03). Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, II p. 109 ("Fantasy with its roots in the fairy tale, describing the building of a space-flying sailing ship, its voyage to Mars and the monsters encountered en route This unique book, highly sought-after by collectors of fantasy, illustrated books and South Africana").
Published by London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1923. 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Minster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970), YORK, , United KingdomMinster Gate Bookshop (est. 1970)
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First edition, 4to., 48 mounted pages of calligraphic text, 48 mounted colour plates, publisher's vellum-backed boards, spine elaborately decorated in gilt; foxing to title and dedication pages, and, lightly, to first text leaf, foxing and toning to endpapers, occasional foxing within, particularly at inner margins, very slight…rubbing and minor darkening to head and tail of spine, paper worn at corners of boards, but spine quite bright with clear gilt decoration, overall about very good, in a rather worn and heavily repaired dust-jacket with archival tape to reverse, which has creasing, closed tears and minor loss to extremities, as well as some marking to the paper (splash-marking to front of jacket), but largely complete and now in protective cover. (Please see photographs).
More imagesPublished by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd. 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Stella & Rose's Books, PBFA, Tintern, MON, United KingdomStella & Rose's Books, PBFA
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Hardback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First edition. 1st 1923. Good condition with no wrapper. One of the classic works of fantasy and the author's solitary children's book. Only 2000 copies printed of which 600 were used for the American edition. Large format. Vellum spine with gilt titles and decoration. Grey paperboards. 48 m…agical colour plates. Both calligraphic text and plates are mounted on grey art paper making this a truly unusual item. Spine and corners bumped and worn, some chipping to top and tail of spine. Covers are grubby and marked, edges are rubbed. There is some surface paper damage to covers, particularly at edges. Binding re-stitched. Some damage to front endpaper. Small margin tears. Apart from some slight fingering all plates seem fine. A good copy of this scarce item. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched. Timlin, William M. (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Harrap, London 1923
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
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hardcover. Condition: very good. Illustrated by the author with 48 color plates, mounted on gray art paper; 48 pages of calligraphic text, also mounted. Small folio, 1/4 vellum over gray boards. London: George G. Harrap, (1923). First Edition. A very good(+) copy. "The most original and beautiful children's book of the 1920's" D…alby, combining science fiction and fantasy. The corners are worn and the edges lightly rubbed, but otherwise a fine copy of this splendid book.
