Snaffles [Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne] — More Bandobast

London, Collins, 1936 . First edition. Cloth. A beautifully illustrated first edition work of sketches of sporting life in 1930s India by Snaffles, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition of this work, in the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.Illustrated throughout with vignette and full plate illustrations. With twelve beautiful and brightly coloured plates tipped in. Collated, complete.A volume of sketches taken by Snaffles on his second trip to India, a follow up to his first trip in 1928, which resulted in the popular work 'My Sketch Book in the Shine&apos.This is the work of Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne, an English painter known for his humorous work and for his outstanding draughtsmanship and depiction of the horse in action. Snaffles specialised in water colours and drawings sold as prints which, at least initially, were hand-coloured by the artist and his sisters. His subject matter was invariably military, racing or hunting and equestrian scenes, or some combination of these. Many of his most famous pictures contrast or combine military life with the peacetime pursuits of racing and hunting. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, bright, with back strip a touch age toned, with small spot to head of front joint, and with light spotting to fore edge of front board. Light spotting to text block fore edge. Dust wrapper back strip lightly age toned, with minor closed tear to front wrap tail, light edgewear to back strip head, and light spotting to wrap fore edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally bright, with instances of light spotting to page perimeters. Near Fine . Ill.: Snaffles [Charles "Snaffles" Johnson Payne]. Near Fine/Near Fine.