Bill the Minder.

ROBINSON, W. Heath.

Published by London Constable & Co Ltd, 1912

About this Item

Limited edition no. 258 of 380 numbered and signed copies; 4to (29.5 x 24 cm); signed by the author in pen on the limitation page, 16 tipped-in colour plates including frontispiece, numerous line illustrations and vignettes, light spotting to endpapers and limitation page, otherwise internally clean with slight offsetting; publisher's illustrated gilt vellum, lacking ties, top-edge gilt, others uncut and slightly browned, a little soiled, a few marks to low cover, small puncture to lower joint, very good; xiv, [3], 2-254, [2]pp. The signed vellum-bound limited edition of this collection of 16 children's stories of the exploits of the King of Troy and his boot-cleaner Bill, exquisitely illustrated. The titles are: Bill the Minder; The King of Troy; The Ancient Mariner; The Triplets; Good Aunt Gallandia; The Doctor; The Respectable Gentleman; The Sicilian Char-Woman; The Interval; The Real Soldier; The Wild Man; The Musician; The Lost Grocer; The Merchant's Wife; The Camp-Followers; The Siege of Troy.

Seller Inventory # 113985

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bill the Minder.
• Publisher: London Constable & Co Ltd
• Publication Date: 1912
• Binding: Hardcover
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)