THE VINTAGE RANDOLPH CALDECOTT COLLECTION ~~~~~~~~ A truly unique and wonderful
collection of 33 rare, out-of-print books compiled together for the first time
on DVD DATA DISC featuring the wonderful children’s books and illustrations of RANDOLPH CALDECOTT. Randolph Caldecott was an English
artist and book illustrator born in Chester
on 22nd March 1846. He is widely considered to be among the most
prolific and most influential children’s book creators of his generation, and
along with Walter Crane and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors
to the child’s nursery motif that the genre of English children’s illustrated
literature would exhibit in its developmental period in the latter 19th
century. Caldecott also illustrated novels, accounts of foreign travel and made
humorous drawings depicting hunting and fashionable life. Some of the books
contained within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a
valuable library of reference material and wonderful illustrations. Overall, an
absolute must for anyone with an interest in Randolph Caldecott and vintage book
illustration. The full list of titles included speaks for itself…. This superb compilation of
33 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 100’s of pages of great
content and fabulous illustrations for the reader. All of the books have been
scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to read on
your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader.
You can also print entire books or select pages. This is without doubt the
most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by
rare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
A frog he
would a-wooing go - R. Caldecott (1883) A sketch-book
of R. Caldecott's - R. Caldecott (1883) An elegy on
the death of a mad dog - O. Goldsmith (1879) Baron Bruno;
or, The unbelieving philosopher, and other fairy stories - L. Morgan (1875) Breton
folk an artistic tour in Brittany - H.
Blackburn (1881) Come lasses
and lads - R. Caldecott (1905) Hey diddle
diddle and Baby bunting - R. Caldecott (1882) Jack and the
bean-stalk - H. Tennyson (1886) Jackanapes -
J. Ewing (1884) Jackanapes,
Daddy Darwin's
dovecot, and other stories - J. H. Ewing (1893) North Italian
folk; sketches of town and country life - A. Carr (1878) Old Christmas
and Bracebridge Hall - W. Irving
(1886) Old
Christmas, from the Sketch book of Washington Irving - W. Irving
(1886) R.
Caldecott's picture book Vol. 1 (1901) R. Caldecott's
picture book Vol. 2 (1901) R.
Caldecott's second collection of pictures and songs - R. Caldecott (1895) Randolph Caldecott -
a personal memoir of his early art career - H. Blackburn (1886) Ride a-cock
horse to Banbury & A farmer went trotting upon his grey mare - R. Caldecott
(1884) Sing a song
for sixpence - R. Caldecott (1893) Some of
Aesop's fables - with modern instances shewn in designs by Randolph Caldecott (1883) Sporting
society or, Sporting chat and sporting
memories; stories humorous and curious, etc. Vol. 1 - F. Russel (1897) Sporting
society or, Sporting chat and sporting
memories; stories humorous and curious, etc. Vol. 2 - F. Russel (1897) The diverting
history of John Gilpin - W. Cowper (1878) The farmer's
boy - R. Caldecott (1881) The fox jumps
over the parson's gate - R. Caldecott (1883) The great
Panjandrum himself - R. Caldecott (1902) The Hey
diddle diddle picture book - R. Caldecott (1901) The house
that Jack built - R. Caldecott (1878) The milkmaid
- R. Caldecott (1892) The Panjandrum
picture book - R. Caldecott (1907) The queen of
hearts - R. Caldecott (1881) The three
jovial huntsmen - R. Caldecott (1892) What the
blackbird said - H. Locker-Lampson (1881) An absolute must
for anyone with an interest in Randolph
Caldecott and vintage book illustration – an unbelievable treasure trove of beautifully
illustrated books for a very small price! Quick Delivery –
Free postage within the UK! All of the files are
hi-resolution scans presented in pdf format, easy to read on your computer,
laptop, tablet, smartphone, or any modern Kindle / ebook reader that can read
pdf files. All files can be printed or transferred between devices. For some devices you may need to convert the pdf files. A free program
called Calibre can be used to do this and can be included on the DVD if
requested. Please note that this is a data DVD disc that will contain all of the
books, documents and material listed in this auction. It will work in a laptop
or computer (including MAC) but will NOT work on a normal DVD player, X-Box or
audio CD player. ** Main
photo is for illustration purposes only – other photos are example pages from
the books included on the disc **
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