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AINSLIE, KATHLEEN: : "Me and Catherine Susan"

LONDON.CASTELL BROTHERS LTD.,[nd, circa 1903]

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UK,16mo wraps with silk ties,1st edn. [Though designed in England and published by Castell Brothers Ltd.,(London) circa 1903,(British Library's accession date),the book was printed in Bavaria.] UK,16mo (approx 5½' x 4¼ ',140 x 115 mm) with colour bright,colour chromolithographic illustrated card covers with tasselled silk tie,and grey lettering to front cover only.Covers aged/toned with inevitable wear+rubbing to extremities and also some minimal surface colour rubbed off the spine too, and some other negligible creasing - no major nicks or tears present.Rear cover externally with small fluid stain and a couple of black ink spots,whilst internally - residue of a fluid stain to top corner with similar to concomitant area of the last page of book opposite and some minor foxing to both.Front card cover with 3 inked (owner's?) capital initials,again,a faint residue of a fluid stain,along part of the fore-edge with similar stain to concomitant fore- edge of title page opposite and some foxing to both.UK,16mo wraps with silk tie,undated 1st edn,36pp [unpaginated - includes title page but excludes the covers] includes unillustrated title page,20 colour chromolithic page illustrations - all by Kathleen Ainslie - each illustration facing some simple one or two sentence handwritten text - with the exception of the centre pages which have single sentence text written to either the top or bottom of the respective illustration,the last illustration to reverse of the last page of colour illustration with a b/w line illustration of a single doll off to post a letter in a postbox in the distance.Postbox has previous owner's(?) childish red pencil colouring.Contents top, bottom and fore-edges all with varying degrees and intensity of ageing/toning and from the aforementioned fluid stains to fore-edges some blleding through to just a few more pages each. Described hard,but fairly and honestly - still an accetable copy of an uncommon title. Assumed to be the first title in this series about a couple of jointed,wooden,undressed Dutch dolls (they are clothed in some of the illustrations!) with 20 delightful colour plates depicting the everyday life of the doll twins: having tea parties,washing up,playing games (badminton),dressing up after an invite for a party,playing the fiddle (though in reality,a cello is illustrated!),etc. Kathleen Ainslie (b.1883 - d. 1935 - active 1903-10.) Author and illustrator of curious little (16mo Christmas stocking-sized) children's books, which,with their handwritten texts and Dutch doll characters,show the influence of the Uptons' [Florence Kate - illustrator and originator of the Golliwog and Dutch Doll escapades and of Bertha,her mother,the writer of the rhymes for them.] slightly earlier 'Golliwog' series.The drawings are obviously the work of an amateur,but there are several delightful endpaper designs.The particular title 'Votes for Catharine Susan and Me.' satirises the female emancipation movement.She is thought to have produced around 25 titles for Castell Brothers and produced work for the 'Little Folks.' periodical. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item,for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,16mo wraps with silk ties,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.