OHO by Laurence Whistler - 1946

H. Good. John Lane/The Bodley Head, 1946. DJ is chipped and torn in several places. In mylar. DJ chipped

The Bodley Head, 1946. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1946. No Edition Stated. Unpaginated. Pictorial dust jacket with red lettering over matching boards. The Drawings by Rex Whistler. B&W illustrations throughout. Mild brown staining to pages on occasion. Minimal foxing and tanning to endpapers and page edges. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Moderate wear and bumping to spine, board edges and corners, with splitting to joints and loss to spine ends. Notable foxing, tanning and soiling to boards. Clipped dust jacket. Moderate wear, tear and loss to edges and corners. Notable foxing, tanning and soiling to DJ.

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1946. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Plain paper dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with small tear to the spine. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding. . Rex Whistler. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (matching pictorial boards). Physically 9¾” x 7½” (0.6 kg); 0pp; Illustrated by Rex Whistler; Includes: Line drawings; Illustrated lining papers; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #188499|| Condition:

London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1946. First edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7.5". Res Whistler. The first edition of this unique reversible work, containing a selection of grotesque portraits by Rex Whistler. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dustwrapper.A complete reversible work, with illustrations and text printed to be read in either direction, with no front or back to the work.'Oho!' is a collection of grotesque illustrations, accompanied by text.Illustrated by Rex Whistler, a British painter who was killed in action during World War Two.With text by his brother, Laurence Whistler. In the original publisher's paper covered boars, in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. A couple of light marks to the boards. Dustwrapper with a few light marks, and a touch of edgewear. Light spots to the reverse of the dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine

London: John Lane The Bodley Head , 1946 . First edition. Hardback. Near Fine/Very Good. 10" by 7.5". Rex Whistler. A humorous first edition of this collection of reversible faces by Rex Whistler, accompanied by verses from his brother Laurence. First edition, in the publisher's original pictorial boards, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. A complete reversible work, with illustrations and text printed to be read in either direction, with no front or back to the work. Illustrations by British artist Rex Whistler who was known for his mural artwork. With text by Rex's brother, British poet Laurence Whistler to accompany the drawings, capturing the spirit of the two individuals. These interesting and grotesque reversible faces are both amusing and serious at the same time. In the publisher's original pictorial boards, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light bumping to the extremities and the occasional mark to the boards. Bookseller label to the paste… Read More