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Raphael, Tuck & Sons. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. undated, but a previous owner's inscription is dated 1920. also a stamp mark from the same person. the binding has been repaired and the top of the spine is torn. 3 of the 12 plates are missing and a few of the black and white illustrations have been neatly coloured in. the binding is strong.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Tinker Tailor
by Vredenburg, Edric & Wain, Louis (Illustrator)
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Tinker, Tailor
by Vredenburg, Edric. Louis Wain (illustrator)
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London: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1914. Original quarter brown cloth over beveled brown boards. Front cover pictorially stamped and lettered in black and white with laid-on color plate. Spine lettered in black. Collating 136, [4, ads]. Twelve color plates (including frontispiece) and numerous black and white text illustrations. Corners and spine ends a little rubbed, inner front hinge expertly strengthened, some minor marginal soiling to some leaves. Still a Very Good copy. One of the rarest of all Wain-illustrated books, the cat-master's delightful take on a tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, gentleman, apothecary, ploughboy, thief. At the end of the last century, Louis Wain (1860-1939), the Edwardian cat artist, became a household name as an illustrator of cats, whom he depicted in all sorts of activities, from skating and playing cricket to driving motor cars, attending dances, and playing musical instruments. "He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look…
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Tinker, Tailor
by Vredenburg, Edric and Wain, Louis (Illustrator)
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Raphael Tuck & Sons, LTD, 1914. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Tinker, Tailor by Edric Vredenburg and illustrated by Louis Wain. Published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, LTD. Publishers to their Majesties, the King and Queen. First Edition, circa 1914. Very good in original paper covered boards and cloth backed spine with a bright pictorial pastedown on the front cover. Multiple full-page colored plates highlight the fantastical drawing by Wain. Black and white illustrations throughout the large block text. Slight yellowing on the pages. Previous owner'e name inscribed on the front pastedown. Moderate edgewear with rubbing at the corners and spine ends. Slight foxing on the page edges. Comes housed in a custom slipcase.
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