BLACKWOOD Lord Basil Temple ‘BTB’ (1870-1917)
BLACKWOOD Lord Basil Temple ‘BTB’ (1870-1917) ‘A Python I should not advise / It needs a Dr for its eyes / and has the measles yearly…’’. Pen and ink drawing to illustrate ‘The Python’, ‘More Beasts (For Worse Children)’, Hilaire Belloc (‘H.B’), Publ. Edward Arnold, 1897. From 1898 by Duckworth. Inscribed verso. Also ‘E. Arnold / 11538 / 4.5x7.5’ and numbered ‘1’. 7.5x10.5 inches. £2500 the set of five.
BLACKWOOD Lord Basil Temple ‘BTB’ (1870-1917) ‘Allow no music near its cage…’ Pen and ink drawing to illustrate ‘The Python’, ‘More Beasts (For Worse Children)’, Hilaire Belloc (‘H.B’), Publ. Edward Arnold, 1897. From 1898 by Duckworth. Inscribed verso. Also ‘E. Arnold / 11538 / 4.5x7.5’ and numbered ‘2’. 7.5x10.25 inches. £2500 the set of five.
BLACKWOOD Lord Basil Temple ‘BTB’ (1870-1917) ‘…and if he flies into a rage / chastise him most severely…’ Pen and ink drawing to illustrate ‘The Python’, ‘More Beasts (For Worse Children)’, Hilaire Belloc (‘H.B’), Publ. Edward Arnold, 1897. From 1898 by Duckworth. Inscribed verso. Also ‘E. Arnold / 11538 / 4.5x7.5’ and numbered ‘3’. Verso: Fragment of ‘The Frozen Mammoth’, and Head of a Man. 6x9.25 inches £2500 the set of five.
BLACKWOOD Lord Basil Temple ‘BTB’ (1870-1917) ‘I had an aunt in Yucatan / Who bought a python from a man…’ Pen and ink drawing to illustrate ‘The Python’, ‘More Beasts (For Worse Children)’, Hilaire Belloc (‘H.B’), Publ. Edward Arnold, 1897. From 1898 by Duckworth. Inscribed verso. Also ‘E. Arnold / 11538 / 4.5x7.5’ and numbered ‘4’. 7.5x10.25 inches £2500 the set of five.
BLACKWOOD Lord Basil Temple ‘BTB’ (1870-1917) (The) ‘snake is living yet.’ Pen and ink drawing to illustrate ‘The Python’, ‘More Beasts (For Worse Children)’, Hilaire Belloc (‘H.B’), Publ. Edward Arnold, 1897. From 1898 by Duckworth. Inscribed verso. Also ‘E. Arnold / 11538 / 4.5x7.5’ and numbered ‘5’. 7.5x10.25 inches. £2500 the set of five.