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TIMLIN, WILLIAM South Africa, a series of pencil sketches.
London A. & C. Black Ltd. , 1927 Hard Cover Good
With an introduction by G.E. Chittenden. 46 pages, 24 plates, cloth, backstrip frayed otherwise very good. From the website of Northumbria University, School of Arts & Humanities: WILLIAM TIMLIN (1892 - 1943) was born in Ashington and studied art in Newcastle. The family emigrated to South Africa in 1912. There Timlin designed a number of major buildings in Kimberley. He wrote stories and composed music as well as painting. Curiously, Timlin once shot a snowy owl and was so remorseful that he began to incorporate a snowy owl into the monogram he placed on his works. His reputation rests entirely upon one book The Ship that Sailed to Mars (1923). Despite its title, it is a pure fantasy, notable for its exotic descriptions and beautiful illustrations. It is regarded as a rare classic today. At the time of his death, Timlin was working on a book The Building of a Fairy City. This remains unpublished, though some of the art work has been issued as postcards.
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40.00 USD
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