COPPER TOP by GAZE, HAROLD

Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1924. Hardcover. Good. . Spine faded, general shelf/age wear. Pages clean.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Coppertop: The Queer Adventures of a Quaint Child.

Paperback / softback. New.

(Melbourne: Melbourne Publishing Company: no date) First Edition. Muir 2702 suggests 1919. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 153 (232 x 160 mm). Illustrated by the Author. First Edition. An ownership inscription on the front free endpaper. Wear to head and foot of spine and corners of boards; external hinges splitting and an old paper repair to the head of the spine; edges foxed; a very good copy.

NY and London: Harper & Brothers. Good with no dust jacket. 1924. First American Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, yellow embossed lettering and decoration on spine and cover. Generously illustrated by the author with 11 full-page color plates, 13 B&W plates, and 6 in-text B&W illustrations. First published in Australia, this is a story about a young girl called Cecilia who visits the Clerk of the Weather with her imaginary brothers, Tibbs and Kiddiwee. They visit the Castles of the Four Winds, the Himalayas and the Blarney Stone. Harold Gaze (1884-1963) was a New Zealnd-born children's author, illustrator and artist. He was among the most popular children's fantasy authors in Australia, and lived a large portion of his life in Southern California.. Several name and address stamps of a former owner on several pages, and some childish drawing on the final two blank pages, else near fine; all illustrations bright and clean, otherwise… Read More

New York and London: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1924. hard cover, lacks dust jacket. light brown cloth with dark brown lettering and illustration. very light wear to exterior, no fraying. dulling to textblock edges on exterior. front hinge weakening, though fully connected. no markings or writing. no foxing, bumps or tears. sound binding including above.; has 1924 and B-Y on copyright page. x-338pp., 31 illustrations including frontispiece, 11 in color. there seems to be some confusion among book sellers as to whether the true title is, coppertop or copper top. this may result from the cover of the usa ed. which appears to use the space between copper and top. this may have led to further confusion regarding the relative scarcity of the book.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Harold Gaze. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Melbourne: Melbourne Publishing Company, 1919. First Edition. First edition, with beautiful colour plates by the author. Gaze was one of the most prolific authors of books for children in this period, and this fantasy about the adventures of a small girl in a world where she meets people such as the Clerk of the Weather and the South Wind is one of his most popular works. Coppertop, and its sequel Coppertop Cruises (1920), were marvellous vehicles for Gaze's fine, opalescent-hued watercolours. The plates in these, and his other Australian-published works, 'established him as the most original illustrator of children's books after Ida Rentoul Outhwaite' (Holden, A Golden Age: Visions of Fantasy, p. 82). Born in New Zealand in 1885, a whimsical artist with outstanding talent, Harold Gaze is one of the more elusive Australasian children's writers and illustrators. We know little with exactitude about his life. After being rejected for active service, Gaze reputedly studied at various art schools in… Read More

Melbourne Publishing Co c 1919. Pastedown portrait on brown card boards, colour and b & w illustrations, 153pp. Light foxing o/w good in like (scarce) jacket - small tear, chipped top & bottom spine.

New York, NY: Harper & Brothers. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+, very light edge wear, bookplate and gift note feps; Eleven full page color illustrations and many b&w in-text illustrations. Great illustrator, book very hard to find. ; First US; Blue cloth/gilt; 4to; 338 p.; No DJ .

New York: Harper & Brothers, [1924]. 4to. x, [2], 338 pp. Colour frontisp., numerous colour and black & white plates. Tan pictorial publisher’s cloth, illustrated & lettered in brown on front cover (minor shelfwear, some soiling to front cover, minor wear to corners), w/ d.j. colour plate mounted front cover by Gaze (minor chipping & tears head & foot of spine, minor edgewear, creasing, very minor tidemark to lower corner), still VG-/G- copy, w/ former ownership signature on ffep. First edition of this fascinating fantasy adventure featuring the adventures of a young red-headed Australian girl’s, fantastically illustrated dream adventures as she awaits her parent’s return from India. Gaze (1884-1963) was a New Zealand artist whose work was reminiscent of Rackham, Outhwait, and Dulac, who eventually settled in Pasadena and became a Disney Studio artist for many years.