Roger Quarm & John Wyllie - 'W.L. WYLLIE - Marine Artist, 1851-1931'

London: Chris Beetles Ltd. 1981. First Edition. 143pp. including detailed lists of works exhibited at The Royal Academy and elsewhere, detailed chronology, numerous superb colour and black & white plates. "This book presents a balanced and thoroughly illustrated general assessment of an artist surely to be seen in the great tradition of British marine art ... 126 illustrations, 13 of them in colour, provide an overall view of Wyllie's art more comprehensive than any yet seen." Original black cloth/gilt in pictorial dustwrapper. 28.5cms x 21.5cms.

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Wyllie, W.L. & Mrs. M.A. - 'London To The Nore'.

First edition, 1905.
Published by A. & C. Black, London.
260pp., 60 fine tissue-guarded colour-plates.
Pages uncut, top edge gilt. Some browning and foxing to prelims and last few pages. Minor corner wear. A nice, tight example of a scarce book in the original pictorial tan cloth/gilt.
Size: 233 x 177 mm.

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Wyllie, W.L. - 'Sketch Book'.

Cassell & Company Ltd. 1908 First Edition. 58pp., 24 fine 'tipped-in' colour-plates. Original, slightly grubby buff cloth binding, otherwise a very nice tight copy. Complete with the usually missing strap. Size: 190 x 250 mm.

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Wyllie, W.L. - 'Marine Painting In Water-colour'.

Cassell & Company Ltd. First Edition. Not dated, but 1901. 60pp. plus 4pp. advertisements, 24 fine 'tipped-in' colour-plates. A very nice, tight copy in the original slightly grubby blue/green cloth. Size: 187 x 247 mm.

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Wyllie, M.A. (wife of W.L. Wyllie) - 'Norway And Its Fjords'.

London, UK: Methuen & Co. 1907 First Edition. 315pp., 16 colour-plates by W.L. Wyllie and 17 other illustrations. Ink inscription from Wyllie's daughter Aileen on reverse of frontispiece - "To Ray because he remembers them. His uncle was one of Daddy's greatest friends. Aileen Wyllie." Some browning to prelims and last couple of pages. Very minor marks to the original red cloth with gilt decorated spine. Size: 197 x 128 mm.

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Wyllie, W.L., Owen, C. & Kirkpatrick, W.D. - 'More Sea Fights Of The Great War - Including The Battle Of Jutland'.

Cassell & Company Ltd. 1919 First Edition. 172pp., 24 fine colour-plates and 26 black & white plates by W.L. Wyllie. Some light foxing throughout and to page extremities. Hinges tender. Original blue cloth with black titles to upper cover and gilt titles to spine. A couple of inoffensive light stains to upper and lower cover. Generally a good copy in the original dustwrapper with pictorial onlay. Dustwrapper head & tail a little ragged as is the pictorial onlay. Size: 250 x 200 mm.

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Wyllie, W.L. (Illustrator); Allen, Grant - 'The Tidal Thames'.

Cassell & Co., London. First and only edition. Not dated (but 1884). The first and most sought after book illustrated by Wyllie. Was published originally in 5 separate divisions as shown and later bound together in 1 volume. Both are very hard to find, this 5-division set being extremely scarce. Each division contains 4 very fine full-page photogravure plates printed on India paper together with descriptive letterpress and text (a total of 20 fine plates). Each division is bound in the original pictorial cloth-backed terracotta boards.

This is an unusually fine set. Indeed, the best set we have seen in 25 years. These large format books measuring 448 x 348mm were supplied to subscribers only and are very difficult to find in any condition. This is a rare opportunity to purchase Wyllie's most sought-after work. One of the plates ('A Corinthian Yacht Race') is shown above.

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