Whimsy Book by Rowlands Constance (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Undated, circa 1925, 16 full page colour illustrations, very good clean copy.

Board. Condition: Very Good-. Illustrated by Constance E Rowlands (illustrator). Landscape 4to; illustrated board covers; front cover appears to have some light glue like markings; internally lovely and clean; final endpaper very creased. An unusual book produced by Wrights Coal tar soap, and drawn by Constance e Rowlands in the form of 16 illustrations with a caption under each one. It states 'It took nine printings to colour them' and suggests that the children trace them and then colour in their copies, matching the colours as closely as they can. Many of the pictures have animals, , children, fairies/butterflies, mermaids in them. It is a pretty book. ; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Rowlands, Constance E. (illustrator). Almost very good condition with no wrapper. Large oblong format. Green cloth spine, pictorial front board. Colour illustrations with rhymes below. Scuffing and marks to covers. Binding is a little off centre - possibly been repaired with glue at some point. Creasing to some page corners; couple of small nicks/tears. Page edge marks. Packaged with care and promptly dispatched!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Rowlands, Constance E. (illustrator). First Edition, First Impression. Delightful vintage children's book. Sixteen full-page colour illustrations of animals, fairies, babies etc. by Constance E. Rowlands, with accompanying short verse for each. Unpaginated. Presented by The Proprietors of Wright's Coal Tar Soap, Southwark, London. No date but c.1925. Paper-covered boards with colour illustration to upper. Green linen spine. Light wear to paper and spine tips; light spotting and marking. Contents in good condition without inscriptions, foxing or other marking; colours bright. Landscape format. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Rowlands, Constance E. [1891-1930] The whimsy book. Southwark: Presented by the Proprietors of Wright's Coal Tar Soap, s.d. [before 1932]. Hardback, Fair. Illustrated paper over boards, bumped to corners, rubbed to surfaces with various small stains. Green cloth spine. Binding intact but loose. 1932 ownership signature to ffep. 16 colour illustrations with a caption under each one. The introduction by "Uncle Whimsy" tells the reader that "it took nine printings to colour them" and suggests that the children trace them and then colour in their copies, matching the colours as closely as they can. Some pages smudged with occasional light damage. Contents clean. Landscape format 28.5 x 22cm approx. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.