The Google Book

Written and illustrated by V.C.V.

VICKERS, V.C.

THE GOOGLE BIRD - AN ENDANGERED SPECIES

VICKERS, V.C. The Google Book Written and illustrated by V.C.V.

J & E Bumpus, 1913.

First edition. Large 4to. Number 29 of only 100 copies, SIGNED by the author. Quarter white buckram over blue boards. Both spine and upper cover lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Lear-esque style poems about rare birds, a black and white vignette on the title page and 34 magnificent tipped in colour plates, four with almost imperceptible corner creases. Plates are in deep, striking colours, somewhat reminiscent of some of Detmold's work. A very good copy, boards a little dusty. An appealing copy of this rarity.

This is one of the great rarities amongst the collectable illustrated books of the Golden Age. Vincent Cartwright Vickers was Director of the Bank of England, who sadly died age 39. The Google is a magical bird creature that inhabits the Land of Google, which can be visited by children in their dreams.

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