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V.C.V. [Vincent Cartwright Vickers]
Estimate
900 - 1,200 GBP
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Description
- The Google Book. London: J. & E. Bumpus, [1913]
- Paper
folio (317 x 260mm.), SIGNED AND NUMBERED 99 FROM THE EDITION OF 100, on japon, 34 tipped-in colour plates by the author, original cloth backed blue boards, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, one edge deckled, some light soiling to boards, endpapers slightly cockled
Catalogue Note
A FINE COPY of this highly imaginative and humorous book, with each of the verses accompanied by a vibrant illustration.
"...You can never see these birds anywhere except in Google land which is far far away, and only children can go there; and even then they must be nearly - but not quite - asleep..."