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Title: Phil May's Gutter-Snipes: 50 Original Sketches in Pen & Ink

Illustrator: Phil May

Release date: March 12, 2012 [eBook #39110]

Language: English

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PHIL MAY'S
GUTTER-SNIPES


Cover of Phil May's Gutter-Snipes

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PHIL MAY'S GUTTER-SNIPES

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The impressions herein are extra carefully printed as PROOFS on fine paper, and the issue is limited to one thousand and fifty copies, of which this is No. 462.

A paper-covered edition, on thinner paper, at a popular price, will follow.


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GRACE! Frontispiece



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PHIL MAY'S GUTTER-SNIPES  50 Original Sketches in Pen & Ink  LONDON: THE LEADENHALL PRESS, LIMITED. (THESE SKETCHES xxHAVE BEENxx ARE SEPARATELY COPYRIGHTED)

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COPYRIGHT 1896
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.


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DEDICATION: THIS TO THAT.



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DRAWINGS1 GRACE! FRONTISPIECE2 TITLE.3 DEDICATION.4 INTRODUCTION.5 SHUTTLECOCK.6 A GUTTER-BALL.7 PLAYING AT SOLDIERS.8 WATER-WORKS.9 A GAME AT BALL.10 LONGING FOR LICKINGS.11 LUXURIES.12 "ORRIBLE AND RE-VOLTIN' DETAILS, SIR!"13 PLUNDERERS.14 LOST.15 HOMELESS.16 THE SLIDE.17 THE FIRST SMOKE.18 BROTHER ARTISTS.19 BITS & SCRAPS.20 PEG-TOP.21 TANTALIZING!22 SEE-SAW.23 HONEY-POTS.24 SNOWBALLING.25 "BOX O' LIGHTS, MY LORD?"26 MUDLARKS. 27 A SWELL.28 BUTTONS.29 FAIRIES.30 "WHIP-BEHIND."31 "WILL IT BE ME?"32 "'EAR Y'ARE SIR!"33 "THREE SHIES A PENNY."34 "GIVE US A BITE."35 WHAT BETSY-ANN MAKES OF IT.36 HOP-SCOTCH.37 MARBLES.38 OLD FRIENDS.39 AN ADEPT.40 "REMEMBER, REMEMBER!"41 PLAYING AT HORSES.42 "SWEEP YOUR DOOR AWAY, MUM?"43 A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.44 HIDE & SEEK.45 TWO PENNORTH.46 RUGBY RULES.47 LITTLE MOTHERS.48 WHISTLING THE LAST NEW TUNE.49 A MISUNDERSTANDING.50 LEAP-FROG.51 BOB-IN-THE-CAP.52 TIP-CAT.53 ACROBATS.54 GUTTER GYMNASTICS.



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June 30th. 96.   My Dear Tuer  Here is the last of the Gutter snipe drawings and sorry I am to leave them! Children of the gutter roam about free and are often hungry, but what would one give for such appetites? You and I smoke big cigars while they all too soon, poor little chaps smoke what you and I and others throw away. Sometimes I wonder whether they don't lead the happier lives?  Yours always  Phil May



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SHUTTLECOCK.



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A GUTTER-BALL.



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PLAYING AT SOLDIERS.



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WATER-WORKS.



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A GAME AT BALL.



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LONGING FOR LICKINGS.



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BOY. "NO? WHY DON'T YOU NEVER TREAT YOURSELF TO NO LUXURIES, GUVNER?"



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"ORRIBLE AND RE-VOLTIN' DETAILS, SIR!"



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PLUNDERERS.



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LOST



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HOMELESS



[Pg 36]

THE SLIDE.



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THE FIRST SMOKE.



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BROTHER ARTISTS.



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BITS & SCRAPS.



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PEG-TOP.



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TANTALIZING!



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SEE-SAW



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HONEY-POTS



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SNOWBALLING.



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"BOX O' LIGHTS MY LORD?"



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MUDLARKS. "CHUCK US A COPPER!"



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A SWELL.



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BUTTONS.



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FAIRIES.



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"WHIP-BEHIND."



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"WILL IT BE ME?"



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"'Ear y'are Sir!"



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"THREE SHIES A PENNY."



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"GIVE US A BITE."



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WHAT BETSY-ANN MAKES OF IT.  DEPARTING GUEST. "WILL YOU CALL ME A CAB?"  BETSY-ANN. "ANSOM, FOUR-WHEELER OR MOVER, SIR?"  (A TIMES CORRESPONDENT SUGGESTS THAT THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE BE CALLED AN "AUTO-MOVER")



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HOP-SCOTCH.



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MARBLES.



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OLD FRIENDS.



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AN ADEPT.



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"REMEMBER REMEMBER!"



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PLAYING AT HORSES.



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"SWEEP YOUR DOOR AWAY MUM?"



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LITTLE MOTHERS.



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WHISTLING THE LAST NEW TUNE.



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A MISUNDERSTANDING.



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LEAP-FROG.



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A DAY IN THE COUNTRY.



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HIDE & SEEK.



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TWO PENNORTH.



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RUGBY RULES.



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BOB-IN-THE-CAP.



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TIP-CAT.



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ACROBATS.



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GUTTER GYMNASTS.

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PHIL MAY'S  A B C  FIFTY-TWO ORIGINAL DESIGNS forming TWO HUMOROUS ALPHABETS from A TO Z  LONDON THE LEADENHALL PRESS LIMITED.  Each initial has been separately copyrighted.  READY IN JANUARY

Transcriber's Notes:

Punctuation and formatting markup have been normalized.

Apparent printer's errors have been retained.

Missing page numbers are attributed to blank pages in the original text.

Some apparent blemishes on the illustrations have been retained to preserve the authenticity of the original pen and ink drawings.

Illustrations appear in the same order as the original. In some cases (Illustrations 43-50), this varies from the order stated in the Table of Drawings.

Page 6, The words struck out on the title page have been surrounded by "xx" in the alternative text tag to show the strikethrough.

Page 12, Period added. (You and I smoke big cigars while they--all too soon, poor little chaps--smoke what you and I and others throw away.)