J c bancks (9 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Almost 200 pages of colour reproductions of the strips that appeared in newspapers. Information about the cartoonist, James Charles Bancks (1889-1952) who was born at Enmore, an inner Sydney suburb, the son of John Bancks, a railway porter of Irish descent, and his wife Margaret, nee Beston. Brought up in Hornsby among a family he remembered as a 'living comic strip', Bancks left school at 14, worked as a wool clerk, office boy and lift driver, and practised drawing in his spare time. In 1911 his first cartoons were published in "The Comic Australian" and from 1914 in the "Bulletin". Following the "Bulletin's" decision to guarantee him Eight Pounds a week for his drawings, he became a full-time artist and took lessons from Julian Ashton and Dattilo Rubbo. He was sindicated in overseas publications. A significant contributor to Australian social history. The dust jacket has a little wear. Several copies are available. 192 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size J: 12"-13" Tall (304-330mm). J. C. Bancks (illustratore).…

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Softcover. Condizione: Good.

Handsome early cocktail book with highly decorative illustrations emblematic of the late Art-Deco style by James Charles Bancks (1889-1952), noted Australian cartoonist and caricaturist. The cocktails are aptly Australian themed, such as the 'Kookaburra' or the 'Koala', and many of the ingredients feature fruity or tropical flavours. The hotelier and manager of Usher's Hotel, Sydney, T. S. Carlyon and his father, also Tom, travelled frequently to America and Europe to stay abreast of the cutting edge of trans-atlantic hospitality. His success is noticeable in the appearance of the 'Marmalade' cocktail in his first cocktail book just a year after its first appearance in the iconic Savoy Cocktail Book of 1930. Although sharing the same title with the first edition, published a year prior, that is where the similarities end: it has all new cocktails and fresh illustrations for each one, with the preface stating that the ten cocktails present are all unique recipes from Usher's which have achieved popularity in the preceding months. It is, in essence, a punchier sequel. Second edition; small 8vo (18 x 12 cm); 10 colour illustrations, publisher's original illustrated wrappers sewn with gild tie, touch of rubbing but else in fine condition; [16] pp.…

'Bib and Bub' gumnut baby comic strip by May Gibbs (half page in colour) with a rare Ginger Meggs adventure titled 'Luke's Lapse' (whole page in colour). Includes the regular Sunbeams letters section and a further half page cartoon by Tom Glover ('Skeeter in Fairyland'). May Gibbs was Australia's first female cartoonist. Broadsheet newspaper supplement of four pages measuring 420 x 600 mm, two pages of cartoons printed in colour and two pages in black & white; in excellent condition.…

Contains a variety of cartoons, including 'Bib and Bub' by May Gibbs (half page) and Bancks timeless Ginger Meggs (whole page). Eight page tabloid newspaper insert (305x380mm) printed in colour, the fore-edge has torn with no loss, otherwise in very good condition.

Contains a variety of cartoons, including 'Bib and Bub' by May Gibbs (half page) and Bancks timeless Ginger Meggs (whole page). Eight page tabloid newspaper insert (305x380mm) printed in colour, in excellent condition.

Contains a variety of cartoons, including 'Bib and Bub' by May Gibbs (half page) and Bancks timeless Ginger Meggs (whole page). Eight page tabloid newspaper insert (305x380mm) printed in colour, a few marginal tears and chips but in remarkably good condition for an item of this age and nature (has not browned).…

The annual Ginger Meggs adventure book that became an Australian institution. "Some magic human touch endears The name of Ginger Meggs He bears us backwards down the years On sturdy freckled legs: Against adversity we find Him always fighting fair. Men love him for the honest mind Beneath the tousled hair." [Poem from the frontispiece of this edition] The comic strip was created by James C. Bancks and first appeared in 1921 in the Australian newspaper 'The Sun'. The main character, Ginger Meggs, is a mischievous and adventurous young boy with a distinctive shock of red hair who promoted the idea of the bold Australian larrikin. Quarto, original colour illustrated card covers, printed in colour throughout, 310 x 247 mm, 28 pp. some wear to spine with partially detached cover, internally very good, still a very good copy.…