SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS by TIMLIN, WILLIAM

Ventura: Stonewall, 1993. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Timlin, William. 1st ptg., 4to, full red cloth, a lovely reissue of the scarce fantasy, with excellent reproductions of Timlin's paintings. Precedes the more recent Calla edition. Fine in fine, price-clipped dj.

London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1923. Very good.. 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… Read More

THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS, Harrap, 1923, first edition., light wear to upper corner tips, several of the leaves with closed tears, one with chip missing from lower fore edge (not the fore edge of the color plate), some staining to sections of the front cover, else a vg copy (actually much better save for the staining) bound in 3/4 leather with raised spines stamped in gold gilt decoration and marbled end-papers. This copy retains all 48 textual pages and 38 of the full color tipped-in illustrations. Timlin's art most certainly does not take a back seat to any of his contemporaries: Rackham, Dulac, Nielsen, Thomson, et.al. Among the most desirable children's fantasies of the period as the sumptuous full color plates will attest.

London : George G Harrap , nd[1923] . First Edition . VG . 4TO . One of the major illustrated books of the twentieth century, with all pages mounted on gray card. Bound in half vellum with grey boards and gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. This book can be considered the swan song of the Edwardian illustrated book. A commercial failure, it remains a landmark. Lower corners bumped and some shelfwear to the lower edges otherwise near fine.

London: Harrap, 1923. First. hardcover. 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.<br/><br/> "The most original and beautiful children's book of the 1920's" Dalby, combining science fiction and fantasy. Four bumped & rubbed corners and very tiny tears at the extremes of the spine, but an bright clean copy of this splendid book.<br/><br/>

THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS, Stokes, 1923, first American edition from the British sheets (1/250 copies thus), wear to the fore edge corner tips, dust-soiling to the spine yet all the gold-gilt present and in nice nic, some modest soiling to the covers, else a near vg copy with near fine contents in the publishers original binding. This copy retains all 48 textual pages and the 48 full color tipped-in illustrations. Timlin's art hardly takes a back seat to any of his contemporaries: Rackham, Dulac, Nielsen, Thomson, et.al. Among the most desirable children's fantasies of the period as the sumptuous full color plates will attest.

London: Harrap, 1923. hardcover. 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.<br/><br/> "The most original and beautiful children's book of the 1920's" Dalby, combining science fiction and fantasy. The corners are worn and the edges lightly rubbed, but otherwise a fine copy of this splendid book.<br/><br/>

London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1923. First Edition. Near Fine. First edition, British issue. Bound in publisher's original grey paper-covered boards stamped in darker grey over Japan vellum spine stamped in gilt. Forty-eight leaves with mounted text printed in black, blue and green and 48 leaves with mounted full-page color plates. About Fine with light wear and faint toning, short marginal tear to edge of a single page. An unusually fresh copy, in much nicer condition than as normally found. A truly beautiful children's fantasy, illustrated by the author, a South African architect. This was his only published book.

London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1923. Fine in very good jacket.. First edition, in the original dust jacket, of this gorgeous outlier of the Golden Age of Illustration, a fantasy of interplanetary travel 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.… Read More