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Obelisco, 2013. Paperback. New. 96 pages. Spanish language. 7.75x9.75x0.50 inches.

Ventura: Stonewall, 1993. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. Timlin, William. 1st ptg., 4to, full red cloth, a lovely reissue of the scarce fantasy, with excellent reproductions of Timlin's paintings. Precedes the more recent Calla edition. Fine in fine, price-clipped dj.

StoneWall Publications, 1993. 2nd. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12x9x0. the jacket is shelf rubbed. internally clean and soundly bound. may require extra postage. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

stonewall, , 1993. fine hardcover in a fine dust jacket large size hardcover

Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1924. Hardcover. Good. Folio in 1/4 vellum on buff paper boards, gilt extra to the spine. Vellum a bit soiled, boards modestly rubbed at the corners, light shelf wear, both hinges cracked, the first signature has separated from the binding. There is a scrape to the paper on the front board, partially obliteraing 'That' in the title, other light but long scrapes to the front board. All 48 plates and all of the text are present and undamaged.

London: George G. Harrap & Company, 1923. Very good.. First edition of this gorgeous outlier of the Golden Age of Illustration, a fully realized fantasy of interplanetary travel written and illustrated by South African architect William Timlin. An Old Man fulfills the dream of his youth, "sailing by way of the Moon, and the more friendly planets" on his way to the Shining City of Mars. The ship of the title, designed by the aged engineer but built by fairies, captures the tale's balance of science fiction and fantasy: one iconic plate depicts the ship, whose design hearkens back to the Age of Discovery, outrunning the magnificent flare of a meteor. The only work authored by Timlin, THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS secured his reputation alongside prolific professional illustrators like Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, and Kay Nielsen. A beautiful copy of a strikingly original space odyssey. Quarto. 12'' x 9''. Original quarter vellum, grey printed paper boards, spine lettered and ornamented in gilt. 96… Read More

A true one-hit wonder, this was Timlin's masterpiece of illustration, lettering and fantastic literature.>
Vellum spine over grey paper-covered boards under grey dust jacket. All plates present. Very good condition in front and rear panels of original jacket. The spine of the jacket was replaced and hand re-lettered/re-drawn by previous owner, hole in rear panel filled. Original flaps present, wear & tear at folds. >

THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS, Harrap, 1923, first edition., light wear to upper corner tips, several of the leaves with closed tears, one with chip missing from lower fore edge (not the fore edge of the color plate), some staining to sections of the front cover, else a vg copy (actually much better save for the staining) bound in 3/4 leather with raised spines stamped in gold gilt decoration and marbled end-papers. This copy retains all 48 textual pages and 38 of the full color tipped-in illustrations. Timlin's art most certainly does not take a back seat to any of his contemporaries: Rackham, Dulac, Nielsen, Thomson, et.al. Among the most desirable children's fantasies of the period as the sumptuous full color plates will attest.

Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd., 1923. 1st edition.. Hardback. Good. Illustrated by Timlin, William M.. Good condition with no wrapper. One of the classic works of fantasy and the author's solitary children's book. Only 2000 copies printed of which 600 were used for the American edition. Large format. Vellum spine with gilt titles and decoration. Grey paperboards. 48 magical colour plates. Both calligraphic text and plates are mounted on grey art paper making this a truly unusual item. Spine and corners bumped and worn, some chipping to top and tail of spine. Covers are grubby and marked, edges are rubbed. There is some surface paper damage to covers, particularly at edges. Binding re-stitched. Some damage to front endpaper. Small margin tears. Apart from some slight fingering all plates seem fine. A good copy of this scarce item.

London : George G Harrap , nd[1923] . First Edition . VG . 4TO . One of the major illustrated books of the twentieth century, with all pages mounted on gray card. Bound in half vellum with grey boards and gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. This book can be considered the swan song of the Edwardian illustrated book. A commercial failure, it remains a landmark. Lower corners bumped and some shelfwear to the lower edges otherwise near fine.

London: George G. Harrap and Company.� [1923]. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original grey paper covered boards with gilt titles and decorations to the spine and black titles to the upper board. No dustwrapper. With 48 colour illustration plates and calligraphic text both mounted on dark grey card throughout. A very good copy, the binding square and firm, the spine a little darkened and the paper cracked and frayed to a few spots on the board corners and edges. The contents, with offsetting to the endpaper and some toning and occasional chipping to the page edges (not effecting the illustration or text plates), are otherwise bright and clean throughout and without previous owners' stamps or inscriptions. William M. Timlin (1892 – 1943) was born in Northumberland but spent most of his life in South Africa. Timlin was a highly skilled writer and illustrator and also earned a living as an architect, and his aptitude in that field are clear to see in the… Read More

London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited,. Good in Poor dust jacket. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Color Illustrations; Publisher's vellum-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine, tattered dust jacket front and back panels laid in. 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 23 cm). Complete with 48 text leaves printed in blue, green, and black and 48 color plates, a few with relatively light foxing, each mounted on gray card. Spine darkened and nicked, corners worn and boards rubbed with a short tear to paper of lower board, endpapers stained with contemporary ownership signature. Sumptuously illustrated. Binding solid. Text and plates attractive. Original unsophisticated binding. Withal a book in Good or better condtion. .

London: Harrap, 1923. First. hardcover. very good(+). Illustrated by the author with 48 color plates, mounted on gray art paper; 48 pages of calligraphic text, also mounted. Small folio, 1/4 vellum over gray boards. London: George G. Harrap, (1923). First Edition. A very good(+) copy.<br/><br/> "The most original and beautiful children's book of the 1920's" Dalby, combining science fiction and fantasy. Four bumped & rubbed corners and very tiny tears at the extremes of the spine, but an bright clean copy of this splendid book.<br/><br/>

London: George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd., 1923, 1923. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S ONLY BOOK. 1 vol., 12-1/4" x 9-3/4", illustrated with 48 tipped in color plates by Timlin. bound in full blue morocco, ribbed gilt decorated spine, covers ruled in gilt, marbled pastedowns and endpapers, original paper cover and cloth spine bound in the rear, by Atkinson. Internally clean and bright, hinges fine, no previous ownership markings or bookplates, A VERY GOOD COPY. William Mitchenson Timlin (1892-1943) 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 and remained there for the rest of his life. At the same time, he worked as an artist, producing paintings, etchings, and pastels for which he is best known. In 1923 he published this work which he wrote, illustrated, and produced himself. Timlin's shop burnt to the ground and along with it many of his drawings and plates… Read More

THE SHIP THAT SAILED TO MARS, Stokes, 1923, first American edition from the British sheets (1/250 copies thus), wear to the fore edge corner tips, dust-soiling to the spine yet all the gold-gilt present and in nice nic, some modest soiling to the covers, else a near vg copy with near fine contents in the publishers original binding. This copy retains all 48 textual pages and the 48 full color tipped-in illustrations. Timlin's art hardly takes a back seat to any of his contemporaries: Rackham, Dulac, Nielsen, Thomson, et.al. Among the most desirable children's fantasies of the period as the sumptuous full color plates will attest.

London: Harrap, 1923. hardcover. very good. Illustrated by the author with 48 color plates, mounted on gray art paper; 48 pages of calligraphic text, also mounted. Small folio, 1/4 vellum over gray boards. London: George G. Harrap, (1923). First Edition. A very good(+) copy.<br/><br/> "The most original and beautiful children's book of the 1920's" Dalby, combining science fiction and fantasy. The corners are worn and the edges lightly rubbed, but otherwise a fine copy of this splendid book.<br/><br/>

London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1923. . First edition, 4to., 48 mounted pages of calligraphic text, 48 mounted colour plates, publisher’s vellum-backed boards, spine elaborately decorated in gilt; foxing to title and dedication pages, and, lightly, to first text leaf, foxing and toning to endpapers, occasional foxing within, particularly at inner margins, very slight rubbing and minor darkening to head and tail of spine, paper worn at corners of boards, but spine quite bright with clear gilt decoration, overall about very good, in a rather worn and heavily repaired dust-jacket with archival tape to reverse, which has creasing, closed tears and minor loss to extremities, as well as some marking to the paper (splash-marking to front of jacket), but largely complete and now in protective cover. (Please see photographs).

London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1923. First Edition. Quarter Vellum over Boards. Very Good/Good. A futuristic journey that was from its very conception sweetly moored in the misty past! 4to. 31 by 24 cm. 48 pp and 48 tipped-in (or mounted) color plates. The singular story and its illustrations are truly sui generis; the fabulous concoction of fantasy rendered here draws equally from both the text and illustrations. Condition: corners bumped, with paper pastedown a bit rubbed. Edgewear to lower edges. A hint of starting, front upper joint. Quarter vellum quite clean and bright. Leaves of card (the backing for the pastedowns) have a slight waviness, as typical of this book. Plates, both text and pictorial, clean. DJ has been rebacked, with most of DJ spine preserved and mounted -- see photos. Minor losses to DJ over boards. Some stains, crease lines, and other signs of wear on DJ. DJ, though, a truly rare survivor in any form, and this DJ has maintained its essential integrity.

New York: Frederick A. Stokes [Harrap], 1923. First American Edition 1st Printing. Cloth / Paper Covered Boards. Very Good + Book/Good Dustjacket. 12 1/4" Tall. Color Plates and Calligraphic Text. U. S. edition published by Stokes; one of 200 copies, 1750 copies were printed of the UK first edition published by Harrap, this is the simultaneous US printing by Stokes, one of 250 copies, with Stokes imprint on spine panel of DJ and book and on title page, "Printed in Great Britain" printed on inside of DJ. Complete with all 48 color plates and all text, title, and contents pages, all plates and text mounted on gray paper as issued. Cloth and boards are immaculate, gilt on spine still brilliant, no fraying to cloth but paper covering tips and bottom edges of boards has frayed due to weight of book. Hinges tight but title page professionally re-attached. DJ is clean but worn along top and bottom edges with loss at top of spine and adjacent top edge of panels for a length of 4 3/8", up… Read More

NY: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1924. Timlin, William M.. First American edition. One of only 250 copies designated for the United States from a total edition of 2,000. The handsomely produced and lavishly illustrated tale of an old man who builds a square-rigged ship with the help of fairy artisans, and sails through the inhabited wonderland of space to a fairyland Mars. The text is written out calligraphically with ornaments in two colors, and tipped onto gray paper. Forty-eight colored plates, also tipped-in, show Timlin's genius in the art of fantasy. Timlin, who was born in England and lived in South Africa, was an architect, musician, composer, painter, and etcher. This was his only attempt at fantasy. The film rights were sold in the United States, where he was popular during his lifetime. Publisher's printed boards backed in gilt-stamped parchment. Corners and extremities are somewhat bumped and rubbed, some toning to endpapers, else a near fine copy in very good original printed dust… Read More