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Timlin, William M. (1892-1943) The Ship That Sailed to Mars.
London: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, n.d. [1923].
First edition of "the most original and beautiful children's book of the 1920's" (Dalby), folio, illustrated with forty-eight color plates alternating between calligraphic color text leaves hand-mounted on stiff grey paper; bound in publisher's parchment-backed boards, spine decorated in gilt; with original printed dust jacket stamped with gilt and gray; binding bumped with one corner exposed, one or two small stains, endpapers a bit browned; jacket somewhat creased with losses to edges and spine ends, spine discolored, a few small stains; 12 x 9 1/4 in.
One of only 2,000 copies printed, 350 of which were distributed for sale in the United States. This is Timlin's only completed work.
Dalby, Richard. The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration, 1991.
