Frank Lockwood — The Frank Lockwood Sketch Book

London, Edward Arnold, 1898. Cloth. A collection of the caricatures and sketches by Sir Frank Lockwood, an English lawyer and M.P. containing a letter with illustrations by the author's brother as a young boy. Frank Lockwood was a Liberal politician who sat as M.P. for the City of York for thirteen years until his death in 1897. He delighted in drawing caricatures, and illustrated for Punch until his death.This work was published posthumously and the sketches within collected from various prominent friends and colleagues whom possessed copies of Lockwood's sketches.Containing a letter from Charles James Lockwood, most likely the brother of the author. The letter is addressed from Charles to a school-friend to bid him a Merry Christmas; it discusses the Christmas gifts received by Charles and his brother Frank, who received an illustrated 'Robinson Crusoe&apos. The letter has a number of delightful illustrations, and predates the work by some time, although it is sadly undated. It has been bound into the work using string.A lovely collection of witty sketches, containing a remarkable letter from the author's brother as a young boy. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with some bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with just the odd mark. Very Good . Ill.: Frank Lockwood. Very Good .