The Ship That Sailed to Mars. A Fantasy

TIMLIN, William M. (1892-1943)

Edité par New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, no date [1923]

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[Children's Fantasy] FIRST US EDITION. Quarto (31 x 24cm). 48 pages of text, and 48 colour plates illustrated by the author, all mounted on thick grey leaves. Publisher's quarter vellum with elaborate gilt titles and decoration to spine, and grey paper-covered boards titled to upper. With the grey dust-jacket, printed in brown to spine and dark grey to upper. Toning and light spotting to edges and endpapers, and very light spotting to first few leaves. Hinges delicate but intact, otherwise binding clean. Jacket shows chipping to edges, including a large loss to head of spine, with split and brittle joints, but shows very well. Very good. William Mitcheson Timlin was born in Northumberland, England, and studied art in Newcastle before following his parents to South Africa, where he completed his studies in art and architecture. He then practised as an architect, designing a number of major public buildings in Kimberley. At the same time he worked as an artist, producing paintings, etchings and pastels of conventional subjects, in addition to the watercolour fantasies for which is he best known. He also wrote stories and music, and did periodical illustrations. In 1923 he published 'The Ship that Sailed to Mars', which has become a fantasy classic.

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• Titre: The Ship That Sailed to Mars. A Fantasy
• Éditeur: New York, NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, no date [1923]
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
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