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Magic painting book - MYSTERY PAINTING Just Clean Water and a Brush

Title: MYSTERY PAINTING Just Clean Water and a Brush
Description: Leeds (but not here stated), Alf Cooke "Printed and Published in the British Isles" 1935 approx. Illustrated to each page with 12 pages neatly gone over with clean water thus the hidden colours have been exposed but without any "running" of colors or stai. 177x158mm green card with peg doll & teddy-bear dancing to recorder playing child. Inside of both covers is black/white illustrated poem. First page with instuctions for a practice painting (neatly done), other pages show toys in a boat, circus elephant act, Japanese tea ceremony etc. Hidden figures in 4 of the pictures. All 12 are very neatly done without any water residue stains. *Date of publication suggested by the original cataloguer of the Opie Collection. The publisher's name Alf Cooke appears in a tiny symbol at foot of inside back cover. Alf Cooke was an important producer of playing cards & card games in the UK during the period 1920-1970.

Keywords: magic painting watercolour childrens

Price: GBP 20.00 = appr. US$ 28.56 Seller: Abbey Antiquarian Books
- Book number: J73674

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