English Book Illustration 1800-1900

Cover design by William Grimmond. 72 pages, plus 16 pages of additional illustrations (including 7 pages in colour) Boards a little bowed with slight bubbling to the paper of the lower board. Internally clean and unmarked. Very slight paper-fault to pages 53-56 (see photos). The text, with in-text illustrations throughout, covers a description of book illustration processes with many examples of illustrators from… Read more about this item

London: King Penguin Books, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Philip James has penned a short, accessible, fun-to-look-at account of English book illustration and with special focus on children's books and the book illustrations of J. Leech, K. Greenaway, P. Reinagle, R. Caldicott, R. Doyle, L. Pissaro, and W. Nicolson among… Read more about this item

London: King Penguin, 1947. text edges brown-spotted, otherwise generally fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1947. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of boards, a one-inch split to the top right-hand side of the spine, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book, part of the publisher's "King Penguin" series. This one looks at book illustration in England in the nineteenth century. 72pp… Read more about this item

Penguin. Good with no dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. E--Wear to covers. Binding sound. Text clean of highlighting, underlining or other pen/pencil marks. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package. .

London: The King Penguin Books, 1947. decorated boards. 12mo. decorated boards. 88 pages. First edition. Covers lightly rubbed, else a near fine copy. Profusely illustrated including seven in color.

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London, The King Penguin Press Books, 1947.. Sm. 8vo; pp. 72, 1-16; frontispiece, 9 colour illustrations, 49 b/w. illustrations, original illustrated papered boards with two small chips, a good clean and bright copy.

King Penguin Books, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.8179 in x 23.1724 in x 16.6773 in. King Penguin 1947 first edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover, including chip to spine.

Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1947 Copy in illustrated paper on card. Spine lightly sunned and chipped. Light foxing to front and rear end papers. Free of inscriptions. Clean text with colour and b/w illustrations of book illustrations.

King Penguin , 1947 K31. 72 pages with b&w illustrations plus separate 16 page section of illustrations, some in colour. Covers have some light shelf wear.

London & New York: King Penguin Books, 1947., 1947. 12mo. pp. 72. 8 double-sided plates (some colour). text illus. (some full-page). pictorial bds. First Edition.. F.

King Penguin , London, 1947,. 1947. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 72pp plus 16 colour plates, light foxing on edges and endpapers, contents otherwise clean and sound, pictorial boards, Very Good condition / no dustwrapper .

London And New York: King Penguin Books. Near Fine. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover in illustrated boards. No dust jacket, as issued. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Inked name in corner of front pastedown page. Illustrated with black-and-white and color plates. 12mo. 72 pp. Including index… Read more about this item

London and New York: The King Penguin Books, 1947. 72pp, 16 plates [8 in colour], small octavo, f.e.p. a little foxed. King Penguin number 31. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. small octavo.

London: King Penguin. Good. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine rubbed, paste-downs wrinkled. ; 12mo; 72, 16 pages; Text illustrations, 16 plates mainly in color. .

GB: Penguin King Penguin, 1947. Name of owner at front of book. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG+/Not Issued in DW.

GB: Penguin King Penguin, 1947. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. . 1st Edition. Hardback. VG/Not Issued in DW.

King Penguin. 1947 King Penguin K31 first edition hardback; good copy, lightly aged else sound copy; pictorial boards, no dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition.. 1947.

Book. Good. Binding see description. London/New York, King Penguin Books, 1947. 72pp. text with text-illus. in b/w. + 16 plates in b/w & colour. Index. Short bibliography. Bds. (exlibris pasted on inside front cover & on first flyleaf a dedication in a clumsy children's hand). .