Search Results: Illustrated from Dodman Books

Hitchin: Cellar Press, 1975. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Jane Hoctor. Signed by Powell and Hoctor to title page, this no.13 of an edition of 200 of which 25 signed. In fine internal order. Light wear only to yellow card covers. 8vo [8pp]

London: Chris Beetles, 2005. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. This comprehensive fully illustrated catalogue was published alongside a retrospective exhibition at Chris Beetles Gallery that celebrated the prodigious career of America's most distinctive caricaturist, and his expansive relationship to histories of art, theatre and film. The catalogue features a comprehensive biographical essay, a bibliography and notes, and shows examples of his work throughout his long and impressive career. Condition: new, from the stocks of the Chris Beetles Gallery, with some light toning to page edges acquired in storage. 4to. 52pp

Hanborough: Hanborough Parrot Press, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. All in VG+ internal order, with Kettell's well executed and witty wood engravings showing well. Signed by him to limitation page, this being no 38 from the edition of 125 copies. Pale orange paper-covered boards with black illustration to front and titling to spine are lightly worn, a little marked and faded. 8vo. Unpaginated.

Mascot Media, 2020. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New/No Jacket. Norwich-based artist and insect enthusiast Vanna Bartlett spent three years painting, drawing and writing her personal illustrated alphabet of invertebrates. Her wonderful colour plates bring together moths, butterflies, bees, wasps, spiders, hoverflies, shieldbugs, grasshoppers, dragonflies, woodlice and many more species. 225x275mm. 112pp

London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1926. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Frank Brangwyn. All in VG internal condition with just light toning to stock and minor foxing to endpapers. Otherwise all is clean and bright. Publisher's green cloth with blind embossed title to front board, gilt to spine. Boards only lightly worn, but spine a little sunned. 4to. xvii, 249pp

Libanus Press, 1983. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Peter Forster. One of 60 special copies signed by Forster and printed on Japanese paper, from an overall edition of 360. Royals rendered satirically and mostly as sea creatures. In fine internal order.Just a hint of fading to extremities of purple card covers. Landscape 16mo. Unpaginated.

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1967. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Joan Hassall. Selection chosen by Leonard Clark and signed to title page by Joan Hassall. In fine, clean, crisp and bright internal order. Smart brown boards with bright gilt titling. VG clipped d/j. 8vo. 32pp.

Winscombe: Yellow Fox Press, 1994. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ros Cuthbert. No.24 from an edition of 120, signed and numbered by illustrator Cuthbert, responsible for three attractive wood engravings. In fine internal order. Light wear only to printed blue card covers. 8vo.

London: Editions Poetry, 1946. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Banting's surreal full page illustrations, printed in monochrome blue throughout, accompany equally unusual snatches of 'conversation', never less than engaging. Bar light toning to stock, all is in VG internal order. A little minor spotting to endpapers. Small signature of former owner, noted artist Kenneth Coutts-Smith (1929-1981) to head of fep. Blue boards a little worn, lightly marked and rather dulled. A good copy, with an interesting association. 4to. 57pp

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1934. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to. H M Brock. With 16 excellent colour illustrations and many more mono in text, this is the deluxe suede binding of the first edition. Internally all is in VG, clean and bright order, with just a little wear/toning to rough-cut page edges. Decorated endpapers. Suede boards with gilt titling to front and spine, worn to edges, a little marked to rear and spotted to spine. 4to. 280pp

West Drayton: Penguin Books. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Richard Chopping. ND. Ninepence, so pre 1946 price increase. Puffin Picture Book No.29. In VG order throughout; just a little light wear to covers. Oblong 8vo. 30pp

Hitchin: Cellar Press, 1974. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. William Lane. Signed by Cassidy and Lane to title page, this no.13 of an edition of 200 of which 25 signed. In fine internal order. Light wear only to blue card covers. 8vo [8pp]

London: Imperial Chemical Industies, 1937. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Feliks Topolski. Exceptionally scarce and charmingly illustrated large-format book promoting the delights of ICI's 'Velan' fabric. Illustrated throughout by Feliks Topolski who has signed and dated (October 1937) the title page verso. Some light foxing, but in general clean and bright order throughout. Smart illustrated bevelled-edged boards. 4to. 16pp

Jessica Jane Charleston, 2014. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Self-published in an edition of 27 copies, a concertina folded artwork between letterpress printed boards. Dedicated by author/artist to reverse. Exceptionally scarce. 16mo. Unpaginated.

London: Arthur Barker, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Lewthwaite's charming, bold illustrations accompany her own London children's tale. In VG order throughout. One minor corner bump, a little light toning, but otherwise clean adn bright. Light edgewear to smart illustrated boards. Unclipped d/j in protective cover, a little marked with wear to edges and small loss to head and foot of spine. A nice copy. 4to. Unpaginated.

Hitchin: The Mandeville Press, 1983. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Mary Norman. Smaller format than the earlier Mandeville Christmas collections, but still an attractive volume, with three poems each by Mole and Scupham, all well illustrated by Norman. From an edition of 350 copies. In fine internal order. Light wear only to printed red card covers. 12mo. Unpaginated. [16pp]

Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1980. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. From an edition of 630 of which this is no.16, being one of only 30 copies hand-coloured by the artist and bound in boards. Signed by Macgregor to edition statement label on front pastedown. Internal ring-binding allows the split pages to be configured with amusing results. All in VG+ internal order. Smart paper covered boards showing very light wear only, with printed paper title label to spine. 8vo. Unpaginated [16pp].

The Whittington Press, 2001. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/Near Fine. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Two collections, each of 12 wood engravings, accompanied by an additional small paper portfolio with a set of proofs of all the engravings, all housed in a dark red paper-covered slip case (NB not d/j). This is the edition of 50 copies only, alongside 200 without the proofs set.These small engravings are most attractive examples of Weissenborn's work, published posthumously, and likely engraved in the 1940s following his emigration from Germany to the UK in 1939. Country Scenes 1 is in card covers with fixed brown paper wraps with engraving to front, and features an image for each of the calendar months. Country Scenes 2, in green wraps likewise with engraving, accompanies Rupert Brooke's poem 'The Soldier' (That there's some corner of a foreign field...). All, with additional proofs, in fine condition throughout. Minor mark to slip case. 24mo.

Sidcot: The Gruffyground Press, 1989. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Robert Tilleard. No.144 from an edition of 150, with a wood engraving by Robert Tilleard and signed by him. Printed for Gruffyground by The Rampant Lions Press. In fine internal order. Very light wear only to printed card covers. 8vo. Unpaginated. [8pp]

London: Eyre And Spottiswoode, 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo. D J Watkins-Pitchford. ND, but identifiable as 1948 first edition in green cloth. Internally, bar a little marking to edge of block and minor spotting early and late, all is in good order with DJW-P's illustrations showing well, particularly the attractive colour plates. Former owner's name crossed out in ink to front pastedown and fep. Green cloth is well worn however, with significant marking to front. Priced accordingly. 8vo. 200pp