The Google Book

The Google Book is an illustrated book of children's verse by Vincent Cartwright Vickers. The original 1913 limited edition Originally published in 1914 by J. & E. Bumpus, Limited, London, at Vickers' expense in a limited edition of 100 copies. The book has surrealist illustrations of various imaginary birds, such as the Poggle and the Swank, alongside short poems about them. The Google of the title is a strange creature that lives in a pool in a beautiful garden and at night prowls the land where the birds live. The 1931 trade edition This was issued in a trade edition by the Medici Society in London in 1931. 'This version was a selection of the original poems and images, losing eight spreads' The 1979 edition This was published by Oxford University Press in 1979. This slimmed down version removed a further three images.