Vicky Victor Weisz (11 results)

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 63 pages; Physical description: 63 p. : illus. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Great Britain - Politics and government - 1945-1964 - Poetry - Verse. 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 63 pages; Physical description: 63 p. : illus. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Great Britain - Politics and government - 1945-1964 - Poetry - Verse. 1 Kg. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition paperback original in VG condition, with no inscriptions, wear to cover with tear at top of the spine. rare collection of cartoons. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Scans available on request.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing paperback original, unclipped. Book in VG+ condition, no inscriptions, slight wear at corners. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Am happy to supply scans.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st edition, 1st printing paperback original, unclipped. Book in near fine condition, no inscriptions, very slight lightening to the red of the spine. Not a book club edition, ex library or a remainder. Am happy to supply scans.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Laminated boards, illustrated with cartoons of Harold Macmillan by Victor Weisz of the London Evening Standard. Signed on the endpaper by Michael Foot and Elizabeth Weisz. An "almost as new" copy. Size: Octavo. 96 pages. Illustrator: Victor Weisz. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Illustration; Cartoons & comic strips; Art, Fashion & Photography; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 1898094160. ISBN/EAN: 9781898094166. Dewey Code: 741.5941. Inventory No: 91302. Victor Weisz (illustrator). …

Condition: Very Good.

Condition: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original scarlet buckram covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the front cover, top edge gilt. 8vo. 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 146 printed pages of text with monochrome cartoon illustrations throughout. This copy is number 193 of the "Friends Edition" which includes a sheet of Ian Mackay's hand written copy at the rear as originally sent to the printer mounted between the rear free end page and index. Off-setting to the end papers. Near Fine condition book in Very Good condition dust wrapper with small chips to the corners, in the original red paper covered slip case with photograph of Mackay to front. Member of the P.B.F.A. BIO (Résumé, Memoir).…

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original illustrated stapled card wrap covers. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 64 printed pages of text with monochrome cartoon illustrations throughout. A few surface rubs to the spine ends and corners and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as published. SIGNED by Vicky inside the front cover 'To Sylvia - for her to learn, from Vicky, January 1950.' Weisz was born in Berlin, Germany, to Hungarian-Jewish parents. He studied at the Berlin School of Art and by 1928, at the age of fifteen, he was working as a freelancer, drawing caricatures. His father committed suicide that same year and Weisz began work with the journal 12 Uhr Blatt. His work also appeared in other German newspapers. He followed his father in suffering from depression and insomnia and committed suicide at his London home on 22 February 1966. Member of the P.B.F.A. HUMOUR (Satire, Cartoon).…

Condition: Used - Good. Good hardback. First edition. 1st edition, 1944; landscape format; thick card boards with black cloth spine; foreword by A.J. Cummings. Pages yellowed , with a little foxing; boards worn at corners & edges Used - Good. Good hardback.

The Daily Mirror cartoonist Vicky depicts Richard Crossman seeing his baby, "National Superannuation" - his plan to replace the pension system with a state-run scheme. The October 1957 Labour Conference voted to endorse Crossman's scheme, which was ultimately not implemented when Labour finally returned to power in 1964. Victor Weisz (1913-1966) was born in Berlin to Hungarian-Jewish parents. At age 15, he caricatured Hitler for the Berlin daily 12 Uhr Blatt. Following the Reichstag fire, he was forced to leave Germany and fled to England. In London, he absorbed British history and culture and established himself as a leading political cartoonist. Pen and crayon on paper, 220 x 220 mm, mounted and framed, 343 x 333 mm. In excellent condition.…