My Sketch Book in the Shiny
by Snaffles [Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$451.58A$406.42
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About This Item
London: Gale and Polden, 1930. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 12.5" by 10". Snaffles. A charming and very smart collection of sketches of the sporting habits of the British in India during the first part of the twentieth century. A wonderfully preserved second edition of this work, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.A work containing numerous full plate and vignette sketches of sporting life in India, including depictions of hoghunting, horses, polo and pigsticking. This is the work of Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne, an English painter known for his humorous work and for his outstanding draughtsmanship and depiction of the horse in action. Snaffles specialised in water colours and drawings sold as prints which, at least initially, were hand-coloured by the artist and his sisters. His subject matter was invariably military, racing or hunting and equestrian scenes, or some combination of these. Many of his most famous pictures contrast or combine military life with the peacetime pursuits of racing and hunting.With an attractive inscription to the front endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart and bright, with light shelf wear to spine head and tail. Dust wrapper reinforced with tape to reverse. General edgewear, with a tear to foot of back strip and a closed tear to fold at rear joint. Contemporary inscription to front free endpaper. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 783F38
- Title
- My Sketch Book in the Shiny
- Author
- Snaffles [Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne]
- Illustrator
- Snaffles
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gale and Polden
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 12.5" by 10"
- Keywords
- India Sports Hunting Sports
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- Tail
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- Vignette
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...