Lot 49
49
LEE, Tom W. (illustrator). "The A. B. C. of C. & B.'s," [title on spine], [no place:] 1907, 4° (342 x 260mm), 13 original pen-and-ink and watercolour designs on card, mounted on guards throughout, bound in a contemporary half roan gilt album with "Pettit & Cox" label (rubbed).
LEE, Tom W. (illustrator). "The A. B. C. of C. & B.'s," [title on spine], [no place:] 1907, 4° (342 x 260mm), 13 original pen-and-ink and watercolour designs on card, mounted on guards throughout, bound in a contemporary half roan gilt album with "Pettit & Cox" label (rubbed).

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LEE, Tom W. (illustrator). "The A. B. C. of C. & B.'s," [title on spine], [no place:] 1907, 4° (342 x 260mm), 13 original pen-and-ink and watercolour designs on card, mounted on guards throughout, bound in a contemporary half roan gilt album with "Pettit & Cox" label (rubbed).

Lot Essay

The album, through illustration and verse, extols the qualities of various Crosse & Blackwell products in alphabetical order, with two letters to each page. It is not known whether it ever achieved publication, though some of the pages bear what appear to be printer's notes in pencil.

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