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First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 18cm), 208pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. Original decorated green cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in near-VG condition (minor sunning to the spine panel). ISBN 0906671469.

1st edition hardcover with B/W illustrated boards. Corner crease on the foot of rear board from a hard knock. 208pp text is bright and clear with no markings inside. Frontispiece present. Original unclipped dj shows 2 small chips and spine shows some color loss, displays well in new mylar. Cecil Aldin's life story lavishly illustrated with his own drawings and paintings, some in color including charming family photographs.

Size: 9x7x1; Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages unmarked, gentle wear.

First edition (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 18cm), 208pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. Original decorated green cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in near-VG condition (minor sunning to the spine panel). ISBN 0906671469.

This copy is in fine, unmarked condition bound in green cloth covered boards decorated by the artist, with bright black titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper has some mild edge wear to the head of the spine but is still in near fine condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin (28 April 1870 - 6 January 1935), was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life. Aldin executed village scenes and rural buildings in chalk, pencil and also wash sketching. He was an enthusiastic sportsman and a Master of Fox Hounds, and many of his pictures illustrated hunting. Aldin's early influences included Randolph Caldecott and John Leech. Ref A4 1

1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. A detailed biography of the famous illustrator of dogs. Green pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. 9.5 x 7". Spine bumped. Foxing to textblock and pale page browning else contents clean. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso and is faded to spine. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Exeter : Webb & Bower, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine copy in decorated cloth, in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 208p. : ill.(some col.), facsims.,ports. ; 24cm. Notes; Includes index. Bibliography: p190-197. - List of works: p197-205. Photograph of artist with his dogs on frontispiece. Subject; Aldin, Cecil Charles Windsor 1870-1935. Artists - England - Biography. English graphic arts - Aldin, Cecil - Biographies. Genre; Biography, Illustrated.

Published by Webb & Bower, 1981. 1st edition.. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated by Aldin, Cecil. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. A detailed biography of the famous illustrator of dogs. Green pictorial boards. Colour and b/w illustrations throughout. 208 pages. 9.5 x 7". Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine.