Trew Cecil G Illustrations (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good/NO DUSTJACKET. New York, NY: D. Appleton & Company. Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1930. . Hardcover. Sm 4to., 229pp., cover shelf wear to edges and corners, corners and spine tips bumped and rubbed, light soiling, otherwise good; Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown (measures approx. 3x4.5in.), edges of text block lightly soiled, otherwise pages clean and unmarked. . Color Plates tipped in / B&W Illustrations (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Blue covers darkened on edges with gilt lettering on spine. Gift inscription on front liner page. U.S. orders are shipped from N.Y. state.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping, short closed tears and small loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed with small loss, folds rubbed and somewhat split (held together by new film wrapper), but overall jacket still bright and unfaded. Not price clipped (12s 6d), small previous owner's name and address to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 142pp, illustrated. The story of the horse and its evolution and domestication from 'dawn horse Eohippus' to the famous thoroughbred racehorse Eclipse. Artist, author and journalist Gwendolen Trew (1897-1958), was born Cecil Gwendolen St Leger Russell (familiarly known as Gwen) and became Cecil Gwendolen Trew on her marriage to an American physician, Niel Charles Trew in 1918. She became Mrs Cecil Gwendolen Ehrenborg on her second marriage, to Rolf Killigrew Ehrenborg in London, in December 1932. However, even after her second marriage, she continued to use Cecil G. Trew as her professional name, both as a writer and as an artist. The American bred Eclipse (1764-89), was an undefeated 18th century thoroughbred racehorse who won 18 races, including 11 King's Plates. He raced before the introduction of the British Classic Races, at a time when four mile heat racing was the norm. He was considered the greatest racehorse of his time and the expression 'Eclipse first, the rest nowhere' entered the English vernacular as an expression of dominance. After retiring from racing, he became a very successful sire, whose offspring included three Epsom Derby winners, Young Eclipse, Saltram and Serjeant. He was also a successful sire of sires, and his sire line has become dominant in the modern Thoroughbred worldwide through descendants such as Northern Dancer, Mr. Prospector and Sunday Silence. Quite a scarce book. Jacket and illustrations by the author (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Edge ruffled pictorial, price-clipped dust jacket in mylar cover. Tight binding, solid boards with sharp corners, bright black lettering to spine strip, light foxing to edges and pages not affecting text, otherwise unmarked throughout. Illustrations by Cecil G. Trew (illustrator).…