Edward J Detmold (134 results)

First edition, sole impression. A report on the publication in the New York Times for 5 December 1903 stated that "the edition is strictly limited to 500 copies for England and America". This portfolio is a magnificent presentation of the Detmold brothers' celebrated book illustrations. Reviewing the London exhibition of the original artwork, the Manchester Guardian commented that the Detmolds "are able to prevent their work from ever sinking to the level of mere illustration". The reviewer enthused that "the drawing of the Monkey People in the Cold Lairs who 'were not thinking of Mowgli's friends at all' is full of character, subtle observation, and invention. The figure of Bagheera in 'Mowgli and the Red Flower' has something of that beauty which hath terror in it. Baloo and Nag, Kaa and Akela the lone wolf are brought before our eyes in a singularly convincing and engaging form". Manchester Guardian, 5 November 1903. Folio. 16 coloured chromolithograph prints on thin card (sheet sizes: 330 x 430 mm.) tipped onto white board with grey window mounts (mount sizes: 393 x 545 mm.) with cover sheet to each illustration providing the title and a short extract from the book. Original green cloth chemise, front cover lettered and with illustration in gilt, containing title page, contents leaf and 16 loose prints. Housed in a custom grey cloth folding box. Chemise worn with loss, front cover detached, bookplate removed, lacking ties, occasional chips and tears to extremities of cover sheets, light browning to sheets, fold to title page and contents leaf strengthened, prints bright and unfaded; a good set.

Maurice and Edward Detmold's Sixteen lllustrations of Subjects from Kipling's "Jungle Book Full of character, subtle observation, and invention KIPLING, Rudyard. DETMOLD, Maurice & Edward J., illustrators. Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Kipling's "Jungle Book" by Messrs. Maurice & Edward Detmold. London: Macmillan & Co., Limited, 1903. First edition. Folio (21 3/8 x 15 1/2 inches; 543 x 394 mm.). Title page, contents leaf and sixteen fine colored prints tipped onto white board with gray window mounts, each with a cover sheet providing the title and a short extract from the text. Title-page and list of illustrations expertly repaired at fold, second plate description with short marginal tear, some light foxing to text and mounts only - the plates clean and fresh. Housed in the publisher's green cloth portfolio, front cover lettered and with illustration in gilt, one of two original green silk ties. An excellent example of the Detmold's finest work. Rendered in the rich colors characteristic of the Detmolds' artwork, the plates in this portfolio far surpass the later small book edition published five years later, whose reproductions appear comparatively muted. Considered among the finest book illustrations of all time, R. Dalby notes: "These paintings were praised for their realistic detail and decorative arrangement," while Diana Johnson intriguingly observes: "The end result of this incongruous joining together of the quasi-scientific and the ornamental is an image which is both fanciful and often rather disturbing." Published when the Detmold twins were only twenty years old, this portfolio was their final collaboration before Maurice's tragic suicide in 1908. Because the illustrations closely resemble original artwork when framed, many individual plates were separated from their sets, making a complete portfolio a rare find today. A report on the publication in the New York Times for 5 December 1903 stated that "the edition is strictly limited to 500 copies for England and America". This portfolio is a magnificent presentation of the Detmold brothers' celebrated book illustrations. Reviewing the London exhibition of the original artwork, the Manchester Guardian commented that the Detmolds "are able to prevent their work from ever sinking to the level of mere illustration". The reviewer enthused that "the drawing of the Monkey People in the Cold Lairs who 'were not thinking of Mowgli's friends at all' is full of character, subtle observation, and invention. The figure of Bagheera in 'Mowgli and the Red Flower' has something of that beauty which hath terror in it. Baloo and Nag, Kaa and Akela the lone wolf are brought before our eyes in a singularly convincing and engaging form". Manchester Guardian, 5 November 1903.

Limited first edition of 750 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. Illustrated with 25 beautiful plates in color by Edward J. Detmold, including two extra plates not found in the trade edition. Thick folio, publisher's original full white polished buckram, the upper cover artfully decorated with the original gilt pictorial designs surrounded by a frame ruled in gilt and filled with intertwined vines, the spine handsomely gilt lettered and decorated with gilt device and gilt rules, t.e.g., housed and protected in the original slipcase. A fine copy with just very light age mellowing at the spine panel, the corners fine and sharp, the plates all in excellent condition, the text-block clean and white, essentially a near as pristine copy in a protective slipcase. The slipcase with some wear as would be expected. The book profiting by the presence of the slipcase, with the white cloth remaining clean and the giltwork very bright. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED, SIGNED, NUMBERED AND SPECIALLY BOUND. This title represents, in our opinion, Detmold's very best work. The grace and sensitivity of the illustrations reflect a certain Eastern sensibility. The artist's powers in the delicate communication of nature's spirit are exemplified by these wonderful paintings, rich with the wide variety of the colours in the spectrum. This is a very fine copy of the best printing of the work, numbered and signed by Detmold.

Leather. Condition: Near Fine. Edward J. Detmold (illustrator). Limited Edition. Aesop's Fables. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909. Limited to 750 copies signed by Edward J. Detmold, of which this is #532. Twenty-five full page color tipped-in plates by Detmold with lettered tissue guards. A masterpiece of illustration, and widely regarded as Detmold's finest work. 10 inches by 12 inches. Bound in vibrant red morocco by Bayntun/Riviere with Detmold's hare vividly inlaid on the front cover, and multiple gilt borders to front and back covers. Gilt-tooled turn-ins and marbled endpapers. Housed in somewhat worn buckram slipcase. Spine darkened and some light spots of rubbing. Aesop's Fables, or the Aesopica, is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE. Of diverse origins, the stories associated with his name have descended to modern times through a number of sources and continue to be reinterpreted in different verbal registers and in popular as well as artistic media. The fables originally belonged to the oral tradition and were not collected for some three centuries after Aesop's death. By that time a variety of other stories, jokes and proverbs were being ascribed to him, although some of that material was from sources earlier than him or came from beyond the Greek cultural sphere. The process of inclusion has continued until the present, with some of the fables unrecorded before the later Middle Ages and others arriving from outside Europe. The process is continuous and new stories are still being added to the Aesop corpus, even when they are demonstrably more recent work and sometimes from known authors. Manuscripts in Latin and Greek were important avenues of transmission, although poetical treatments in European vernaculars eventually formed another. On the arrival of printing, collections of Aesop's fables were among the earliest books in a variety of languages. Through the means of later collections, and translations or adaptations of them, Aesop's reputation as a fabulist was transmitted throughout the world. Edward Julius Detmold and his twin brother Charles Maurice Detmold were prolific Victorian book illustrators. Edward Detmold became one of the most talented of illustrators, depicting animals and plants with an extraordinary understanding, and making use of fantasy settings of architecture and landscape. In the 1920s, he retired to Montgomeryshire with his widowed sister as companion, initially living the life of an artist but finally retiring completely from public life. He suffered a period of depression, brought on by failing eyesight, that resulted in his committing suicide, aged 73, by his shooting himself in the chest in July 1957. Signed by Illustrator(s).

An original and unique rendering. Painted by Detmold in black, white and red on gray-brown board. 8" x 6", matted, framed and glazed. A fine example in excellent condition. SCARCE AND ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY THIS POPULAR ILLUSTRATOR, whose books are treasured for their power and sensitivity. Detmold was one of the most talented of illustrators, depicting animals and plants with an extraordinary understanding, and making use of fantasy settings of architecture and landscape. He lived in London, sharing a house with his mother, artist Sidney Laurence Biddle and musician Harold Hulls, until the outbreak of the Second World War, when the household moved first to Sussex and then to Montgomeryshire. Some of Detmold's most famous works include illustrations for Maurice Maeterlinck's 'The Life of the Bee', Camille Lemonnier's 'Birds and Beasts' and Florence Dugdale's 'Book of Baby Beasts'. He also illustrated Maeterlinck's 'Hours of Gladness', Florence Dugdale's 'Book of Baby Birds', W. H. Hudson's 'Birds in Town and Village'. He produced a portfolio of Twenty Four Nature Pictures and created such favorites as 'Our Little Neighbours' and Jean-Henri Fabre's 'Book of Insects'.

Condition: Very good plus to near fine. First Detmold edition, with 12 exquisite tipped-in color plates with tissue guards, rare in the box. Quarto. 10.75'' x 8.25''. Original white gilt pictorial cloth. In original publisher's box with color plate on cover. Illustrated by Detmold with 12 tipped-in color plates. viii, 240 pages. Book with a bit of toning to spine and rear board, some foxing to fore-edge and first and last few leaves. Box somewhat rubbed and toned, with flaps repaired.

Copy number 50 of 750 copies of the limited edition, signed by the illustrator. Edward Detmold was the longest surviving of the two tragic Detmold twins who had attracted the attention of artists such as Edward Burne-Jones as children and young artists. Edward's brother Maurice had committed suicide in 1908, after producing numerous highly regarded prints at the turn of the century. Edward himself continued to make prints and publish illustrated books until his own suicide in 1957. Animals and birds were their primary subjects and to varying degrees, their prints exhibit the clear influence of the Japanese master printmakers. Large 4to (305 × 250 mm), pp. 154, plus 35 mounted coloured plates. Original white buckram gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut. Very lightly soiled, slight separation between a couple of gatherings of the texblock, but tight and secure, endpapers slightly toned. An excellent copy.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Edward J. Detmold (illustrator). Cream cloth with gilt; top edge gilded, others untrimmed. Light handling to cloth, and foxing to spine. Interior clean and free of inscriptions; tanning to free endpapers. Number 481 of 750 issued, signed by Detmold. 25 gorgeous plates. The original slipcase is sturdy and complete without splitting: long ago covered in patterned book-covering paper (similar to thin wallpaper) that appears to be stuck to the slipcase only along fore-edges. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Ltd Edn, #146 of 750 signed copies. Contents, including the 25 plates, fresh and fine. Endpapers slightly tanned, rear pastedown bubbling slightly, and small (5x1.5cm) brown stain to edge of rear endpaper, the adjacent page slightly affected. No names or marking. Top edge gilt. 31.5x21.5cms, large quarto, in the original binding of white/cream buckram, decorated in gilt. Upper board and spine are bright, lower board less so, and the gilt scarab is rubbed. Spine cloth uneven (bubbling): there is also some bubbling along the lower joint, and a very little to the upper board. Corners all good, foot of spine slightly puckered. A beautiful, firm copy. [EXTRA Heavy Book].

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No.248 of a limited edition of 750 copies, with limitation signed by Edward Detmold. Large book (26 x 32cm approx.), in cream cloth with gilt; 25 tipped-in colour plates by Detmold (all present). Gift inscription on blank page; free end papers very faintly browned; slight discolouration to cloth on back board. Cloth at foot of spine slightly crushed. Overall a very nice copy of an impressive book. This is a heavy item (about 2.3kg packed); additional postage may be required Used - Very Good. SIGNED copy VG hardback in cream cloth. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Vellum. Condition: Very Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Edward J. Detmold (illustrator). First UK Detmold Ed. 28.5 cm, [iv,] 235pp, 13 coloured art plates (complete,) gilt-tooled vellum over boards - odd marks and abrasion from removal of price sticker, and spine a little tanned. Name and details and small modern bookplate to front pastedown, which has a little minor bubbling at lower margin. One tiny insect hole to rear board. VG minus. First UK Detmold ed. Scarce. A lovely item.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. "Aesop. The Fables", illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. Hodder & Stoughton, LOndon. 1909, limited edition, one of 750 copies signed by the artist, 25 tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold, endpapers lightly browned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, some water-staining to head of upper cover, lightly soiled. Collectible copy. Signed by Illustrator.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Edward J. Detmold (illustrator). First edition. An exceptionally bright example of the first trade edition of Edward J. Detmold's vibrantly illustrated edition of the fables of Aesop. The first trade edition of Detmold's edition of the fables.Illustrated with a frontispiece and twenty-two further tipped in colour plates by Edward Julius Detmold, a prolific late Victorian era book illustrator.Collated, complete.Aesop's Fables are a collection of brief moral tales attributed to a storyteller believed to have lived in ancient Greece around the 6th century BCE. These tales typically feature animals as characters who embody human traits and behaviours, teaching practical life lessons through their interactions. Classic fables like "The Tortoise and the Hare," "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," and "The Ant and the Grasshopper" use simple narratives to convey enduring wisdom about virtues such as perseverance, honesty, and hard work.Housed in a cloth slip case. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding, housed in cloth covered slip case. A touch of shelf wear to back strip tail, otherwise externally fine. Light spotting to endpapers, with a touch of spotting to text block fore edge. Slip case fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine. book.

Blind-stamped Cloth. Condition: Good. Detmold, Edward J. (illustrator). Signed Limited Edition. This is copy no. 537 of an edition limited to 750 copies signed by the illustrator Edward J. Detmold. Publisher's original maroon blind-stamped cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Series of spots to cloth of front board. Slight fraying to spine ends. Early ink name to front endpaper. Internally clean. With twenty-five tipped-in colour plates by Edward J. Detmold. The binding is unusual. One often sees the white buckram version, but the plainness of this, and the lack of gilt edges or decoration to the covers suggest it was a volume intended to forwarded to your binder to place some fancy dan affair around it. 4to. Illustrated.

First edition with these illustrations. Publisher's illustrated white cloth, with titles in gilt to the upper board and spine, in dustwrapper. 20 beautiful tipped in colour plates and an illustrated title page by E. J. Detmold. A superb near fine clean, square and tight copy, the binding very fresh and bright with only light toning to the extremities. The contents are entirely complete, without inscriptions or stamps and in fine condition throughout. Complete with the rare printed dustwrapper which has a few minor nicks and creases to the extremities. An exceptional example. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

First trade edition. Original cream-colored cloth. Front cover lettered in gilt with floral decorations in yellow, brown, and gray after a design by Detmold (signed E.J.D. at lower right), back cover with a similar floral decorations in yellow, brown, and gray, spine stamped and lettered in gilt. White endpapers with small black floral vignette, all edges uncut. Mild soiling to cloth, spine very slightly darkened, small stain at upper edge of rear cover. Otherwise a very good copy, internally crisp and clean. Partially unopened. Collating x, 181, [1, printer's imprint], [1, publisher's device], [1, blank] and including twenty mounted color plates (including frontispiece). Belgian poetic dramatist and essayist Maurice Maeterlinck (18621949) "wrote in French, establishing himself as one of the leading figures in the symbolist movement with his play La Princesse Maleine (1889; English trans. 1892). In 1892 Pelléas et Mélisande appeared (trans. 1894), the work for which he is now chiefly remembered and the source of Debussy's opera of the same name (1902). He also achieved great contemporary popularity with L'Oiseau bleu (1908; The Blue Bird, 1909) and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1911. He drew heavily on traditions of romance and fairy tale, and the characteristic tone of much of his drama is one of doom-laden mystery and timeless melancholy. He also produced a number of essays of a philosophical nature, including La Vie des abeilles (1901; The Life of the Bee, 1901) and L'Intelligence des fleurs (1907; The Intelligence of Flowers, 1907)" (OCEL). It was fitting for the illustrator to take up this work. After the tragic death of his twin brother and collaborator, Edward Detmold concentrated his talents on books, primarily of flowers and animals: "Detmold's finest plates are those produced for The Fables of Aesop (1909), The Life of the Bee (1911), and Hours of Gladness (1912), the latter with texts after Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian poet, naturalist, and mysticA painting of chrysanthemums, contained in Hours of Gladness, is a glorious acknowledgement of the artist's debt to William Morris and Burne-Jones" (Larkin). Houfe 283.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First American Edition. Ca. 1910. A superb copy in Fine condition in the publisher's original printed box. Original green decorated cloth, with titles stamped in gilt and illustration stamped in black. 152pp., with 23 mounted color illustration by Detmold, on grey printed plates. Publisher's printed box shows signs of previous repairs, else all the part are present and a Good example.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 265 p. interspersed with plates. 26 cm. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and 12 other tipped-in colour plates by Detmold. Green cloth with gold print. Some dents to bottom edges, soiling to cloth. Hinges professionally repaired. Clean, neat pages. "It is not my intention to write a treatise on apiculture, or on practical bee-keeping" begins Maeterlinck and it might be said that this volume pertains more to life than it does to bees. The Life of the Bee is for readers curious about a brilliant thinker's meditations on nature. Not surprisingly, Maeterlinck won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1911. A beautiful volume, illustrated by the gifted Edward J. Detmold.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Detmold, Edward J. (illustrator). First edition. 1st 1909. Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Large format. Brown cloth with gilt titles and illustration to front. Pictorial endpapers. 23 beautiful tipped-in colour plates with tissue-guards. Assumed 1st edition. Spotting/browning to spine; some chipping to cloth at top and tail; a little fraying. Wear along cover edges; a few small nicks at corners. Some foxing and browning, mostly to prelims. All plates present. Bottom corner of page 144 has small piece torn off. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original French blue cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and to the front cover with colour illustrated paper onlay. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. Contains 191 printed pages of text with 5 colour illustrated plates. Spine ends a little softened, ghosting to the free end papers, foxing to the edges. Very Good condition book in Very Good condition rare illustrated dust wrapper with tiny chips to the spine tips and corners. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, it does not adhere to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. BEEKEEPING & APIARISTS.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Detmold, Edward J. (illustrator). 'The Life of the Bee' by Maurice Maeterlinck. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. George Allen and Co Ltd 1911 first illustrated edition. 13 plates, all present. Vellum boards with gilt decoration. Some wear and rubbing with age darkening to the spine a a small ink splash to the front and rear cover. Inscription. Slight wrinking to the bottom edge of the first few pages due to moisture. Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. American Edition. No Date (1909-1912?). Collects 313 of Aesop's classic fables and features 23 mounted full-color plates, all present, by Detmold. Originally published by Hodder and Stoughton in London in 1909 in a limited edition, this American edition is quite uncommon in commerce. Very Good in original embossed green cloth with gilt lettering, illustrated end papers, small prior owner name in ink, scattered moderate toning throughout, spine evenly sunned to pale green, mounting page for illustration at p.134 loose. Still an attractive copy, with all of the marvelous Detmold illustrations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Edward J. Detmold (illustrator). xvi, 152 pages, and all 23 plates with captioned tissue guards. No stated date of issue. Light fading to spine; extremities rubbed - particularly along top half of the rear joint. Binding is sound; no inscriptions.

Leather. Condition: Fine. Edward J. Detmold (illustrator). A smartly bound reproduction of this illustrated edition of Aesop's fables, bound by Eric Sweet. Reproduced from the original edition of 1909. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and twenty-two colour plates, with numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A collection of the fables attributed to Aesop, a Greek fabulist and storyteller noted for his tales characterized by anthropomorphic animal characters. Many of the tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Illustrated by Edward Julius Detmold, a prolific Victorian book illustrator. Bound by Eric Sweet, a keen collector of private press and fables. He studied at the Brighton College of Art, before moving to London to work as a lettering artist and typographer for advertising agencies, later becoming the head of Birmingham School of Printing. Sweet's bindings are unique and striking, reflecting the topics of the volumes in distinctive style. Bound in half crushed morocco with illustrated paper covered boards. Externally, excellent. With a cloth covered chemise and slip case, both of which are in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine. book.

Leather. Condition: New. Color Plates ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 2002 Easton Press. Essentially new, still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. Bound in full leather with decorative borders and panels in gilt and color to cover and spine. All edges gilt; silk moire endleaves, hubbed spines and silk bookmarks sewn in. Illustrated by Edward J. Detmold. Still sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Edward J. Detmold (illustrator). A beautiful and lavishly illustrated edition of this important work, edited for children, presented in an excellently preserved dust wrapper. Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949) was a Belgian playwright and essayist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. His other works include 'The Intelligence of Flowers', 'The Life of the Ant' and 'The Life of Space'. He also published 'The Life of Termites' in 1926, but this has been accused of being plagiarised from 'The Soul of the White Ant' by Eugene Marais.This work has particular emphasis on the social life of the honeybee. It has been converted into a work for children, functioning as a work on nature.With marvellous full colour plates by Edward J. Detmold.In a very scarce and extraordinarily preserved dust wrapper. In the publisher's original full cloth binding, with an unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine, but otherwise in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. book.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Edward J. Detmold (illustrator). The second impression of this illustrated edition of Maeterlinck's study of the bee, beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Detmold. First published in 1901, this work was re-set with Detmold's illustrations in 1911. This is the June 1912 second impression of the Detmold illustration of this work.Illustrated with thirteen mounted colour plates by prolific illustrator Edward Julius Detmold.Collated, complete.The work of Nobel Prize winning Belgian playwright, poet and essayist Maurice Maeterlinck.In this work, Maeterlinck examines the world of bees, their society, and their activities, drawing philosophical parallels between the lives and actions of bees and of human beings. Maeterlinck claims that 'no living creature, not even man, has achieved in the centre of his sphere, what the bee has achieved'. In the publisher's original paper vellum, with pictorial gilt detailing. Bumping to back strip head and tail. Back strip significantly age toned, with handling marks to boards, and front board age toned. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Title page and a small number of leaves unopened to head. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Edward J Detmold (illustrator). 1st Edition. No year of publication give, but previous owner's name and date on ffep: year is 1912, so likely to be 1909 edition. Beautifully illustrated with colour plates, which are protected by onion skin paper. With exception of owner's name and date, no markings or inscriptions. Covers rubbed and bumped all over. Spine damaged, see photos. Paper darkened with age. Front hinge cracked but still firm. Inside back covers with smudging - please see photos. Overall still a handsome volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. E. J. Detmold (illustrator). New Edition. 271pp. Quarto [27.5 cm] Green cloth over boards, lettered and pictorially stamped in gilt on the spine and front cover. Title page printed in red and black. Tissue guards with descriptive letterpress. There are areas of very faint moisture staining to the boards, and there are several small, dark stains on the backstrip. Internally, very clean. Complete, all plates present. In the paper cover box, with an illustrated paper label on the top of the box. The box is moderately soiled and abraded. Illustrated with lovely tipped-in color plates by E. J. Detmold. Charming and scientific stories of insect life.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Book Club Edition. This Is A FACTORY SEALED Folio Society Book : First Published In 1999 : This Copy Is The 13th. Printing 2009 Edition : Another Stunning Book From Folio : Lovely White Cloth Binding With Gilt Titles To The Front Cover & Back-Strip : The Cover Design Is By , ' DAVID ECCLES ' : Redrawn From An Original By , ' DETMOLD ' : The Book Illustrations Are By , ' EDWARD J. DETMOLD ' : Very Thick Book : The Pages Must Be Approx . 130 microns . : Also Quite Heavy : Includes A Lovely Red Slip-Case , Just To Finish It Of : Fabulous :