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Illustrated Harry B. Neilson. Wm. Collins Sons Limited. London. ND.. Large oblong, unpaginated. Yellow pictorial paper covered boards with cloth spine (hardbound). covers lightly soiled and worn with bumped corners exposing tips of boards, spine deataching, text and illustrations clean and in vg cond. Full page color illustrations, full page and in-text black and white illustrations. Foxes go hunting riding dogs and chasing cats.
The Fox's Frolic or a Day with the Topsy Turvy Hunt. Pictured by Harry B. Neilson. Written by Sir Francis Burnand. by Burnand, Sir Francis & Neilson, Harry B.:
by Burnand, Sir Francis & Neilson, Harry B.:
The Fox's Frolic or a Day with the Topsy Turvy Hunt. Pictured by Harry B. Neilson. Written by Sir Francis Burnand.
by Burnand, Sir Francis & Neilson, Harry B.:
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London: Wm. Collins & Co, c.1910 New edition, undated but probably 1910-20. No publihsewr given though Collins given as printer (appears they published it as well). HB. Pictorial yellow paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine, and same design dustjacket. Large oblong format, unpaginated. With pictorial title page, and 19 full page colour illustrationsby Harry Neilson, with the text on the opposite page, plus one b&w page, and other colour and line drawing illustrations by him. The story imagines if foxes hunted a human- ie just like a traditinal fox hunt but with foxes riding horses and hounds and following in a vintage car etc. Very Good book in Good jacket. Mostly clean bright covers with light wear to edges, and small marks with bump to top rear edge. Pages bright, slight browning to endpapers. Jacket is mostly clean but main fault is large tears (some repaired with sellotape), and some losses to back and front edges.
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David Ford Books
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- Publisher London: Wm. Collins & Co, c.1910
The Fox's Frolic.
by Burnand, Sir Francis & Neilson, Harry B
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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$35.95
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THE FOX'S FROLIC , a Day with the Topsy Turvy Hunt
by Neilson, Harry B. & Burnand, Sir Francis
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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$232.38
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William Collins, 1917. Cloth Spine and Boards. Near Very Good. Neilson, Harry B. Delightful tale of Fox's going-a-hunting with Hounds for their mounts! Wonderful Full-Colour Full-Page illustrations by Harry B. Neilson. Also some B&W and In-Text illustrations. Endpapers illustrated with Vignettes from the story. Red cloth spine with Yellow paper-covered Boards illustrated in Red, Brown, B&W with a hunting scene. Title page illustrated in colour with a hunting scene and half-title has a wide vignette colour illus with the Title. Landscape Format book, 11" x 9", 400g. Some edge wear and tips of 3 corners worn. On rear endpaper the fox's coat has been coloured in. Name penciled on front cover (see photo). Previous owner's name on ffep and in corner of illustrated preliminary page. No other inscriptions except a couple of old penciled prices. Pages in very good, clean condition. Colours brifght. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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$232.38