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Bill the Minder by Robinson, William Heath - 1912
by Robinson, William Heath
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Bill the Minder
by Robinson, William Heath
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1912. Watercolor on paper, signed "W. Heath Robinson" (lower left). 14-3/4 x 11-1/8 in. Matted and framed. Watercolor on paper, signed "W. Heath Robinson" (lower left). 14-3/4 x 11-1/8 in. A fine example of Robinson's work. "In Bill the Minder Heath Robinson really found himself. The story is a simple tale or a series of tales about the wanderings of the King of Troy and a boot-cleaner called Bill, who became the Minder (today he would be called a baby-sitter) to the bad-tempered family of a bad-tempered mushroom-gatherer named Crispin. Like most of Heath Robinson's characters, Bill was a solemn little person who took his minding very seriously, even to the extent of studying at the British Museum and in the Minding Room of the Patents Museum at South Kensington. Soon he fame as a Minder spread and he found himself minding a large flock of children. One day they were out in the fields, being minded by Bill, they found an eccentric old man in a haystack. It was the King of Troy, who had been banished from his country. With Bill's assistance, the children set out on a journey, and through a series of adventures they restore this unworldly old gentleman to his throne. In the process they meet some very droll characters. These are the substance of some of Heath Robinson's wittiest drawings" (Lewis, p. 102). Literature: Robinson, Bill the Minder (Constable & Co., 1912), frontispiece; Larkin, Fantastic Paintings of Charles & WIlliam Heath Robinson, plate 6; Lewis, Heath Robinson Artist and Comic Genuis (Constable, 1973)
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Bill the Minder
by William Heath Robinson
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London: Hodder & Stoughton circa 1930. 4to.Illustrated. xvi, 256 pp. Yellow decorative cloth. Spine and edges darkened with some marks to the boards. Binding firm with some staining to the top and fore edge. Slight spotting to the endpapers otherwise internally clean and bright. Colour frontis and 15 additional tipped-in colour plates illustrated by the author. Numerous b&w illustrations. . Good. Decorated Cloth. 1930.
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by Robinson, William Heath
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London: Constable & Co 1912. 4to. xvi, 256 pp. Gilt-decorated green cloth with illustrated paper onlay to front board. Spine slightly faded. Ink ownership inscription to fep. Colour frontis and 15 additional tipped-in colour plates illustrated by the author. Numerous b&w illustrations. A solid VG copy. . Very Good. Decorated Cloth. First Edition. 1912.
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Bill The Minder.
by ROBINSON, William Heath (author and illustrator)
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1912. London, Constable & Co. Ltd. 1912. 4to. Original pale green cloth with large onlaid pictorial label to upper board surrounded by rococo flourishes in gilt, top edges green; pp. [xvi] + 254; illustrated with 16 fine mounted coloured, and tissue-guarded, plates and line drawings throughout in profusion; a fine copy in exceptional condition both internally and externally, with only the faintest speckling to endpapers and fore-edge of book block; scarce in this condition. First edition, first issue, of this sought-after, and elusive, children's classic by the famed cartoonist and inventor of whimsically elaborate machines to complete basic everyday tasks. The name Heath Robinson has entered the lexicon to describe a particular brand of British eccentricity. In this fairy tale Heath Robinson weaves together a ridiculous, and riotous, series of events which exploit this talent. The main protagonist, a 15 year-old-boy named Bill, devises an array of gadgets to solve the problems faced by the…
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