The Ship That Sailed to Mars
Harrap, 1923.
First edition. 4to. Original quarter japon, gilt lettered and decorated spine, grey paper covered boards. With the original printed dustwrapper. Forty-eight mounted colour plates, and forty-eight mounted pages of calligraphic text. A near fine book, small patch of rubbing to the upper corner. In a very good dustwrapper indeed.
The book was produced in Great Britain, and published simultaneously in Britain and America. Born in Northumberland, Timlin (1892-1943) began his art training in the north east of England but completed it when his parents emigrated to South Africa, where he studied art and practised as an architect. The Ship That Sailed to Mars is his only published book, a fantastical illustrated gift book that rivalled those of Rackham, Dulac, Goble and Nielsen. The book was published in Britain by George Harrap, who had earlier published Willy Pogany, and they followed a similar format here, reproducing Timlin's original calligraphic text mounted, like the plates, on grey matte paper. "Fantasy with its roots in the fairy tale, describing the building of a space-flying sailing ship, its voyage to Mars and the monsters encountered en route... This unique book, highly sought-after by collectors of fantasy, illustrated books and South Africana" (Locke).
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