WINTER SPORTINGS Arkell 1929 LEWIS BAUMER Colour Illustration Skiing Switzerland
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LEWIS BAUMERLONDON: HERBERT JENKINS
1929First edition.
Humorous verses about skiing and other winter sports in Switzerland, charmingly illustrated with many full page colour drawings by Lewis BaumerReginald Arkell (October 14 1881 – May 1, 1959) was a British script writer and comic novelist who wrote many musical plays for the London theatre.Lewis Christopher Edward Baumer (August 8, 1870 – October 25, 1963) was an English carica...turist who worked for more than fifty years for the British magazine Punch.21 x 18 cm. 79 pp.Very good condition, most of front free endpaper removed leaving a 3 cm wide strip along the inner hinge. Light dust spotting to top edge, otherwise very clean, binding firm.