Ship That Sailed To Mars

TIMLIN, William. THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS; A Fantasy. London: Harrap, 1923.

First edition, 4to., 48 mounted pages of calligraphic text, 48 mounted colour plates, publisher's vellum-backed boards, spine elaborately decorated in gilt; very minimal rubbing to head and tail of spine, otherwise a fine, clean copy without any previous ownership inscriptions.

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Sotheby Parke Bernet. Catalogue of Children's Books Comics and Juvenilia [ Sotheby Parke Bernet, auction catalogue, sale date: 3 and 4 March, 1977. ]. Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, auction catalogue for the sale held on 3rd and 4th March, 1977.
Among the highlights noted were the following: the Translator's Corrected Proofs of Andersen's What the Moon Saw, 1866; Ballantyne's the Coral Island, 1858; Dickens' Christmas Carol, First Issue, 1843; Kate Greenaway's Album, One of 8 Copies Printed, [c.1885]; Nielsen's In Powder and Crinoline, [ 1913] and East of the Sun, West of the Moon, [ 1914]; John Owen's The Primer, 1652 in Contemporary Silver Binding; Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, 2 Vol., First Issue, Boston, 1852; Timun's The Ship That Sailed to Mars, [1923]; an Almost Complete Collection of Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires, Paris, [ c.1866]- 1919; Works by Lewis Carroll, Henty, Lang, Milne, Beatrix Potter and Others, and Books Illustrated by Crane, Dulac, Pogany, Rackham and Others; Comics; Chapbooks Miniature Books including Taylor's Verbum Sempiternum, [c.1700]; a Fine Filigree Silver Hornbook; and Various Moving and Speaking Picture Books, Card and Table Games, and Panoramas, including Alken and Sala's Funeral Procession of Arthur Duke of Wellington, 1853; Drawings by Mabel Lucy Atwell, Walter Crane, Kate Greenaway, Edward Lear, Willy Pogany, Beatrix Potter, Arthur Rackham, and W. Heath Robinson and Others, and a Series of Drawings to Illustrate Early Publications by John Harris.

Printed wrappers, 8vo, 110 pp, plates. 647 lots. A trifle agetoned, Very Good. List of prices realized and buyers loosely laid in.

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Timlin, William M. THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS; A FANTASY. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1923.

First Edition Told and pictured by William M. Timlin. One of 250 copies for America of a total edition of 2000. Vellum spine decorated in gilt. Stains from removal of book plates on front amd rear end papers, considerable edgewear, titling on front cover scratched & chipped. Text/illustration block is tight and clean. Hard Cover Condition:Very Good

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Timlin, William M. The Ship That Sailed to Mars, Ventura, CA, U.S.A. StoneWall Publications 1993
ISBN: 0963321269 Very Good

DJ has minor edge wear with 1/2" tear at spine top; binding corners and spine ends slightly bumped Reprint Very Good Hard Cover

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