The W. Heath Robinson Calendar

London: G. Delgado, Ltd, 1935. Wraps. Very good. Robinson, W. Heath. Quarto size, complete. William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) was an exemplary book illustrator and cartoonist, "the only British illustrator to become a 'household name' " (Houfe), a contemporary of acclaimed illustrators Arthur Rackham and Edmund Dulac, best known for his cartoons portraying elaborate and whimsical machinary made to complete simple tasks. In fact, his fame was such that the term "Heath Robinson" was used in the United Kingdom to refer to such machinery, much as the term "Rube Goldberg" was used in the United States.

This somewhat uncommon calendar (as of this writing, we find one copy in OCLC for this 1935 edition, and none online) presents Robinson's illustrations in a weekly calendar format with the illustrations often geared towards the season; June has several illustrations set on the beaches, December for Christmas and New Year's.

___DESCRIPTION: The individual pages bound between a cardstock "wrapper", the spine at the top, bound together by red silk ribbon tied into a bow in the front, another ribbon loop for hanging, the title on the front wrap in red, the calendar portion of each page (days and dates) in red, the illustrations black-and-white; measures 9 3/4" tall by 7 " wide.

___CONDITION: Very good, the ribbon still strong, minor wear and soil to the wraps with the inner (calendar) pages clean other than a few stray spots of foxing, collated complete, the portion of the front wrap one would detach to view the dates still attached, and free of prior owner markings; very short tears and light creases to the wrapper at the spine. Still a remarkable survivor, this calendar was obviously never used.

___CITATION: Not in Beare.

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