1924 Bill the Minder

Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

A lovely 1920s edition of Robinson's classic work, in the original unclipped dust wrapper.

Illustrated with a tipped in colour frontispiece, and fifteen colour plates, alongside numerous vignette illustrations. Collated, complete.

This work follows the adventures of a child called Bill, who, along with his cousins, meet a variety of unusual people. These characters include The King of Troy, The Doctor and The Respectable Gentleman. Each of these interesting people are given their own illustrative depiction, bringing to light their often dramatic appearances.

This work was was both written and illustrated by English cartoonist and illustrator William Heath Robinson. He became well known in the early 1900s, particularly for his whimsical drawings of elaborate machinery. This recognition was to such an extent that the term 'Heath Robinson Contraption' was cited in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1917.