William Timlin, The Ship that Sailed to Mars
Written in 1919 and published in 1923. The book contains 48 color illustrations, alternating with 48 leaves of calligraphic text.
Only 2000 copies of the book were produced. 250 were distributed in the United States by Stokes of New York. Originally selling for two guineas, or twelve dollars, original copies are now worth thousands of dollars.
Alan Horne in The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators describes the book as a masterpiece and “the most original and beautiful children’s book of the 1920s
(This presentation comes from the online version of the book with the text (not long) and all the illustrations. The connection of the online version fails often, try at different hours. Or see a lot of these illustrations here on this blog. )
