Buy this book on-line ROBINSON**, W HEATH & BROWNE,K.R.G**: : HOW TO BE A MOTORISTLONDON.HUTCHINSON,nd (c1939).
UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.VG/VG.Neat,ink,
dated(1943) Christmas gift presentation inscrptn,dw/dj unclipped.3 colour block (red, white and black) wrap-around artwork
illustrated by Heath Robinson,with minimal shelf-wear,creasing to edges.Some negligible,miniscule chipping+rubbing with reciprocal loss to bottom edge of dw/dj. Slight chipping and subsequent loss to upper right-hand corner, 1" horizontal, triangular loss to same edge towards spine/backstrip's edge - affecting top half of letter H in How of the title;some minimal loss also to head of spine/ backstrip affecting HOW and BE of title, also leaving the unprotected cloth sunned/faded in that area.Spine/
backstrip of dw/dj slightly sunned and darkened.Pictorial cloth boards and design,endpapers,dw/dj and numerous b/w drawings (114) - chapter headings,tail- pieces and throughout the text; plus three full-page b/w illus - all by W.H.Robinson. Top edge slightly dust-soiled and aged/ darkened; fore-edge spotted but considerably cleaner; contents bright, tight and generally clean with some minimal,sporadic foxing throughout.Pale blue,black ink stamped pictorial cloth boards with minimal sunning/fading to areas of dw/dj loss and to spine/backstrip also,endpapers partially foxed/spotted.Bds lightly cocked.UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, vii-xipp+3-116pp [paginated] includes b/w line illustrated half-title+title pages, dedication,contents list,8pp intro+9 chapters,profuse b/w line illus throughout the text.Described hard but fairly, otherwise a very good copy in a nicked, chipped,spotted,slightly rubbed,marked and dusty dw/dj.
These licensed jesters need no introduction,for their combined efforts in the garden (see rja179) and in the flat
have made them universally known.Readers are sure to find that the motor and the motorist have provided them with material for their funniest book.
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