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Published by London: Duckworth, 1985., 1985
First Edition
First edition (hardback). 4to (28cm by 22cm), 95pp. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. Slight browning of the endpapers, else the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition (dustwrapper price-clipped). ISBN 0715620762.
Published by Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd, London, 2010
ISBN 10: 0715639064ISBN 13: 9780715639061
Seller: Amazing Book Company, Liphook, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Trade Paperback. Condition: Mint. W. Heath Robinson (illustrator). First Edition. This copy is in mint, unread condition, bright, white, tight and square, in illustrated card covers as issued. There is a small gift inscription to the half title. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. Britain at Play" is a must-have collection of spectacular and hilarious drawings by the celebrated illustrator William Heath Robinson. Though known for his humorous pictures of ingenious and improbable contraptions (featuring steam kettles, candles and lengths of knotted string), Heath Robinson's mechanical devices were only part of his huge and wide-ranging output. Heath Robinson's work for such publications as "The Tatler", "The Sketch" and "The Bystander" features the British at play in the home and outside it, indulging in outlandish sports, going to extraordinary lengths to hunt down an elusive prey, or finding opportunities for romance in surprising circumstances. Presented together for the first time, these stunning illustrations show Britain in the garden, at the beach and on the golf course. We find distinguished gentlemen playing aquatic golf, fish squash or mountain cricket, gathering edelweiss, trapping whelks and catching tigers - or perhaps indulging in some Jazz-tennis. We find automobile disasters ('catastrophes') aplenty, and bizarre acts of kindness by well-meaning boy scouts. We find city commuters sprinting across sand dunes, ladies reading whilst waltzing, lovers stealing a bus-top kiss in the midst of a traffic jam. Charming, eccentric, endlessly inventive, Heath Robinson's unforgettable drawings in this collection perfectly capture the peculiar character of the great British nation at leisure. Ref A1.
FIRST EDITION 1992, 8vo, navy blue boards gilt, 192 pages. About 200 illustrations from Robinson's humorous commercial art. No inscriptions, minute bump to top corner of upper cover. A Fine copy in Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, slightest touch of rubbing to tail of spine. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Published by Duckworth Overlook, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 0715639064ISBN 13: 9780715639061
Seller: George Longden, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 270 x 205 mm. 192 pp. Pictorial card covers. A clean, bright copy. Spine not creased. Copiously illustrated in b&w and colour. Book.
Published by Duckworth Overlook, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 0715638149ISBN 13: 9780715638149
Seller: George Longden, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Book
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 280 x 210 mm. 192 pp. Copiously illustrated in b&w and colour with William Heath Robinson's eccentric, hilarious and endlessly inventive drawings. Book.
Published by Bellew Publishing, London, 1992
ISBN 10: 1857250397ISBN 13: 9781857250398
Seller: George Longden, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
Book
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 235 x 155 mm. 192 pp. Navy blue boards in pictorial jacket. A little faint spotting to top edge. A bright, presentable copy. B&w illustrations. Book.
Published by London Duckworth, 1985
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. FIRST EDITION 1985, 4to, 275 x 215 mm, 11 x 8½ inches, dark blue boards, gilt lettered spine, 95 pages. Portrait frontispiece of the artist, 82 pages of full page reproductions of Heath Robinson's cartoons and humorous drawings inspired by British industries, some of them reprinted here for the first time since their original appearance. 3 page introduction by Geoffrey Beare. Tiny pale smudge in margin of final page, no inscriptions, a Fine copy in almost Fine DUSTWRAPPER, not price clipped, light browning to top of inner flaps, minute hole at top of lower fold. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.