Cosy-Cot farm: with
pictures and verses the children to charm.
Publisher: London; New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons,
[192-] No. 1501
Two double-page
pop-ups.
Front cover: Painting
Copyright 1895 Printed in Saxony
Tuck trademark on
front and back covers "Clifton Bingham"--P. [15].
7.75 x 8.75 in.
Condition: Pop-ups
are all original, complete, and without tears. Front and back covers in very
good condition with little edge wear or scratches. Original spine in excellent
condition with a small color fading at the bottom. Original fly sheets in clean good condition
have been reattached. There is a very
neat gift inscription. The pages have been reattached, some age yellowing and
minor foxing. Basically all are in good condition and the book is tight, clean
and well preserved. The paste-on front cover picture is bright and clear. Original fly sheets in clean good condition
have been reattached. There is a very
neat gift inscription.
Book Description:
The title page states
"Cosy-Cot-Farm with Pictures and Verses the Children to charm." The last page has the name of Clifton Bingham
(1859-1913).
Bingham was a
prolific writer and artist who worked for Nister as well as Tuck. The small
book has sixteen pages with delightful drawings,pleasing stories and
verse as well as 2 splendid double-page pop-ups. Yes, it will charm.
Cover: Two pretty
smiling children look out an open window while a horse, chickens and chicks
walk around. A large dog watches from
the door of the flower and vine covered brick house..
Pop-up 1: "Morning
at The Farm" has a farm and large building in the background. In the first pop-up a man and a boy in very
fine riding dress are ready to go riding on very handsome fully saddled horses
while waiting (apparently somewhat impatient) to get out of the farm yard. A
young boy anxiously works to move the sheep out of the way with outstretched
arms as three donkeys stand nearby. The top pop-up shows a large group of sheep
with several chickens and geese walking around seemingly unaware or unconcerned
of any possible tension behind them.
There is a small repair in background of the roof line and a crease in
the sheep group from an earlier mis-fold.
All parts are original and the colors are clear and bright.
Pop-up 2: "Breakfast
Time" is the second pop-up scene of more complex detail and in near
perfect condition. The background is a fine farm house in the distance and a
nice cow shed. The pop-ups are rich in
color with many animals and people. Look
at the picture to appreciate the details of this very charming, busy group. In
the first pop-up two large horses drink at a trough with a large pump. A boy plays with a dog as two large cows are
walking away, In the top pop-up children
feed the geese, a woman gives a bucket of drink to calves while goats, other
geese and turkeys stand by waiting their turns to eat. There is a sense of well-being in all aspects
of the scene, an interesting comparison to the seeming tension of the first
pop-up in both pop-ups all parts are original, in near fine condition and in
excellent working order.
It is interesting to
note that although the sepia illustrations and verses are different the same
two pop-ups appear in Tuck's "Playtime Pictures" (c.1890.). This was
not an unusual practice as no copyright restriction prevented multiple uses of
images even among different publishers.
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