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Motoritis or Other Interpretations of the Motor Act -
Charles Chas Crombie (illustrator)
1906 - Simpkin, London - First Edition
A superb rare and large (38 x 27.5 cm) folio. ‘Motoritis’ contains twelve colour plates of humorous ‘Other Interpretations’ of the newly passed 1904 Motor Car Act. Section 1 of the Act introduced the crime of reckless driving, which Crombie aptly illustrates in the third plate.
Produced for ‘Perrier’ ‘The Champagne of Table Waters’, with additional colour plate advertisement for them, and bottle labels to the verso of each of Crombie’s illustrations.
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Price HK$ 8,000
1906 - Simpkin, London - First Edition
A superb rare and large (38 x 27.5 cm) folio. ‘Motoritis’ contains twelve colour plates of humorous ‘Other Interpretations’ of the newly passed 1904 Motor Car Act. Section 1 of the Act introduced the crime of reckless driving, which Crombie aptly illustrates in the third plate.Produced for ‘Perrier’ ‘The Champagne of Table Waters’, with additional colour plate advertisement for them, and bottle labels to the verso of each of Crombie’s illustrations.
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Price HK$ 8,000
Full Tilt - The Sporting Memoirs of Foxhall Keene -
Alden Hatch
1938 - The Derrydale Press, New York - First Edition, number 691 of 950 limited copies
‘Full Tilt’ is the perfect description of the life of Foxhall Parker Keene [1867-1941], one of America’s most outstanding all-round sportsmen of the first half of the 20th century. World and Gold Medallist Polo player, U.S. open golfer, pioneer race car driver, thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder, boxer and American football player at Harvard.
Having a father who was president of the San Francisco Stock Exchang obviously assisted with this..
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Price HK$ 1,200
1938 - The Derrydale Press, New York - First Edition, number 691 of 950 limited copies
‘Full Tilt’ is the perfect description of the life of Foxhall Parker Keene [1867-1941], one of America’s most outstanding all-round sportsmen of the first half of the 20th century. World and Gold Medallist Polo player, U.S. open golfer, pioneer race car driver, thoroughbred race horse owner and breeder, boxer and American football player at Harvard.Having a father who was president of the San Francisco Stock Exchang obviously assisted with this..
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Price HK$ 1,200