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First Edition. LANDMARKS AND VOYAGES, Poetry Book Society Ltd., 1957, first edition, some tanning to front cover, else near fine in wraps as issued. This little chap book edited by Watkins contains work by David Jones, Laurie Lee, W.H. Auden, Theodore Roethke, Anne Ridler, Ted Hughes, C.A. Trypanis, et.al.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Joints worn with loss of paper along joints. 25mm chip to paper at lower corner of front cover. Binding shaken, some leaves coming loose. School prize label dated 1918 partly removed from front endpaper.; Scarce. No date [1911, Spectator review]. Pages unnumbered. [60] pages. Papered card covers. Colour illustration on front cover, looks like it is by Harry B. Neilson. Page dimensions: 235 x 192mm. Numerous black-and-white illustrations, some full page. With 11 illustrations by Louis Wain. The Louis Wain illustrations are of cats (2); dogs (2); cats and dogs (2); owls (2); fox (1); toad (1); elephant and monkeys (1).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Wain, Louis; Harry B. Neilson; Elsie Blomfield; and others (illustratore). 1st Edition. (Wain, Louis) illustrator. ANIMAL HAPPYLAND. Pictures by Louis Wain, Harry B. Neilson, Elsie Blomfield, and others. Verses and stories by A. W. Ridler. London: James Clarke & Co., [1913]. 8vo - 7-7/8" x 9-1/2". Color pictorial glazed paper covered boards with light wear to the head and tail of spine, board corners and board edges; light soiling to the upper board; advertisement for additional children's books published by James Clarke & Co. on the lower board for what is a nice copy of the book. [60] pp. A delightful collection of stories and verses for children, illustrated with monochromatic drawings on every page, including fourteen full page drawings, five of which are by Louis Wain. Drawings within text on all other pages, many of which are also by Louis Wain. The condition of the book is VERY GOOD. Only three copies located in OCLC/WorldCat. RARE.

First edition. Publishers glazed color pictorial boards, front cover with a fine full-color drawing by Harry B. Nielsen. Lower cover with advertisements, spine lettered in black. Some light wear to extremities, otherwise Near Fine. Small quarto (9 5/16 x 7 11/16 inches; 237 x 195 mm.). Sixty unnumbered pages. Title-page illustration by Louis Wain, and fourteen full-page monotone plates alternately printed in green, brown, blue and purple, of which five are by Louis Wain. Numerous smaller monotone illustrations in the text, many of which are by Louis Wain. The other illustrators featured are Felix Leigh, T. Crumwell Lawrence, Harry B. Nielsen, M. Morris, FAW, H. Dixon, F. Williams, and N. Buchanan. Book-plate of Sydney John Robinson on front paste-down. This is the first time that we have seen this interesting little book. We all know and love Wain for his Cat drawings and also his portrayal of dogs, but this title shows Louis Wain drawing other animals including Saluting the King of Frogland, The Three Little Pigs and Mama Pig, and The Crocodile Paced Many a Mile. Ellery Yale Wood #8.