Emett's Domain: Trains, Trams and Englishmen. The Best of Rowland Emett (SIGNED)
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953. 1st Edition, SIGNED. Hardcover. Bound in blue paper and blue cloth boards with blue spine lettering; white dj with green, pink and black illustrations and black lettering; 159 pp, profusely illustrated in bw throughout. In the rear of the book, laid-in, is a plethora of articles, illustrations, personal papers, cards and photos relating to Rowland Emett. VG-/G (light shelfwear to boards and end papers, pages are clean and clear, signed and inscribed by Emett on title page and page behind title page. DJ has overall light aging and shelfwear). Item #191285
Includes a unique archive of materials about Emett from an apparent close friend. "The fascinatingly detailed drawings that make up the wondrous zany domain of Rowland Emett have been a feature of 'Punch", Britain's outstanding comic weekly, for more than a decade... Mr. Emett has already won many admirers in this country. He has here selected the best of his cartoons for the American public and has written the accompanying text."-DJ.
OCLC: 1474426
Price: $975.00