Book and Ephemera Auction - Day One

WALT DISNEY, limited edn Snow White col’d litho with film cel, limited edn of 2500 circa 1998, with sigd cert, approx 19” x 15”, gilt frame + MIKE...

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A Packet: good quantity Three Colour Process Drawings for Magic Painting Books. ...[more]

A Packet: good quantity Three Colour Process Drawings for Magic Painting Books. ...[more]

THE MAGIC PAINT BOOK, nd, Nos 23-26, 34, 39, 44, 54, 64, 69 + Nos 55-58 and 63-66 in 2 bnd vols, British Patent No 215993, all with no ills col’d,...

A Packet: good quantity Three Colour Process Drawings for Magic Painting Books. ...[more]

MAGICAL PAINT BOOK, Nos 12 and 74, obl 4to, orig pict wraps +MAGICAL PAINTING BOOK, No 46, obl, 4to, orig pict wraps + HIDDEN COLOUR PAINT BOOK, N...

BARBARA CONSTANCE FREEMAN (1906-1999), orig watercolour artwork for HIDDEN COLOUR PAINT BOOK, Nos 39, 42, 54, 57 and 64, 8 ½” x 12”; together with...

BARBARA CONSTANCE FREEMAN (1906-1999), orig watercolour artwork for HIDDEN COLOUR PAINT BOOK, Nos 68, 73 and 75, 8 ½” x 12”; together with Publish...

M JOYCE DAVIES, orig watercolour artwork for HIDDEN COLOUR PAINT BOOK, Nos 34, 37, 44, 47-48 and 53, 8 ½” x 12”; together with Published Books, No...

M JOYCE DAVIES, orig watercolour artwork for HIDDEN COLOUR PAINT BOOK, Nos 58, 63 and 71, 8 ½” x 12”, all British Patent Nos 215993, all with no i...

SYLVIA ISMAY VENUS (1896-2000), orig watercolour artwork for MAGIC PAINT BOOK, Nos 41, 45, 50 and 52, 12” x 8 ½”, all with orig Published Books, B...

SYLVIA ISMAY VENUS (1896-2000), orig watercolour artwork for HIDDEN COLOUR PAINT BOOK, Nos 59-62, 65, 8 ½” x 12”; together with the Published Book...

SYLVIA ISMAY VENUS (1896-2000), orig watercolour artwork for HIDDEN COLOUR PAINT BOOK, Nos 35, 38, 41, 45 and 56, 9” x 12” (3), 9 ¾” x 12 ¼” (1) a...

ANON, orig watercolour artwork for MAGIC PAINT BOOKS, Nos 35-38, 42, 12” x 8 ½”, with the Published Books, British Patent No s 215993, all with no...

ANON, orig watercolour artwork for MAGIC PAINT BOOK, Nos 21-22, 29 and 31, 11” x 8”, with Published Books, British Patent Nos 215993, all with no ...

ANON, orig watercolour artwork for MAGIC PAINT BOOK, Nos 11-13, 15 and 18, 11 ¾” x 8 ½”. ...[more]

ANON, orig watercolour artwork for MAGICAL PAINTING BOOK, Nos 43-45, 15 ½” x 10 ½” (2), 10 ½”x 15” (1); together with Published Books, British Pat...

A Packet: assorted MAGICAL PAINTING BOOKS and others similar + assorted items re Magic Painting. ...[more]

ARTHUR MEE (ed): THE CHILDREN’S TREASURE HOUSE, [1926-28], vols 2-12 (of 12), 4to, orig hf cf, spines gt in compartments, housed in glazed fronted...

A Small Box: collection circa 25 ttls, all ill Edgar George Norfield (1895-1977), including PEARL S BUCK: THE CHRISTMAS GHOST, 1962, orig cl, d/w;...

A Small Box: Children’s, mainly ENID BLYTON. ...[more]

MECCANO MAGAZINE, 1950-54, compl, orig wraps, iss for January 1951 top wrap with part loss ...[more]

CYRIL KENNETH BIRD “FOUGASSE”, 13 ttls: YOU AND ME, 1948, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; US, 1951, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; THE NEIGHBOURS, 1954, 1st edn, o...

BOYS OWN PAPER, 1885-88, good quantity assorted iss, bnd and loose. ...[more]

A Box: RUPERT Annuals and other Rupert ttls. ...[more]

A Small Box: THE GEM, 65 assorted iss, 1930s + small quantity other pre-war story papers. ...[more]

EDWARD ARDIZZONE: TIM TO THE LIGHTHOUSE, 1968, 1st edn, 4to, orig pict bds, d/w. ...[more]

CHARLES DICKENS: THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, ill Frank Reynolds, L, The Westminster Press, circa 1927, 20 col’d plts as list, 4to, ...

ANDREW LANG: THE GREEN FAIRY BOOK, Folio Society, 2009, 1st Folio Society Edition, 4to, orig decor cl gt, s-c ...[more]

RICHARD ADAMS: WATERSHIP DOWN, 1973, 2nd edn, orig cl, d/w, ex lib ...[more]

ENID BLYTON, 11 ttls: FIVE GO OFF IN A CARAVAN, 1946, 1st edn, orig cl, part d/w; FIVE ON KIRRIN ISLAND AGAIN, 1947, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w (tatty)...

PETER PARLEY’S ANNUAL, L, 1869, orig decor cl gt worn ...[more]

CHARMIAN HUSSEY: THE VALLEY OF SECRETS, ill Christopher Crump, 2003, 1st edn, sigd by author and artist who has added orig pen and ink ill of a fl...

MARGARET GILMOUR: AMELIARANNE GIVES A CONCERT, 1944, 1st edn, orig pict bds, d/w + ETHELBERTA MORRIS: AMERLIARANNE BRIDESMAID, 1946, 1st edn, orig...

MURIEL LEVY, 5 ttls: THE ADVENTURES OF WONK THE SNOWMAN, 1948, 1st edn, “Ladybird” Book, orig pict bds, d/w; LES AVENTURES DE POUF LE CIRQUE, [195...

W E JOHNS, 2 ttls: THE AIR VC’S, [1935], 1st edn, 38 pp cat advts at end dtd Autumn 1935, orig cl; BIGGLES IN THE GOBI, 1953, 1st edn, orig cl, d/...

DANIEL DEFOE: THE LIFE AND STRANGE SURPRISING ADVENTURE OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, L, Cassell Petter & Galpin, [1865], 4to, orig decor cl gt, rebkd. .....

DINAH MARIA CRAIK: THE FAIRY BOOK, ill Warwick Goble, 1913, 1st edn, 32 col’d plts as list, orig decor elaborate cl gt. ...[more]

THE COCOCUB NEWS, Cadbury Bros, 1936-37, 16 orig iss, 4to, orig pict wraps (16) ...[more]

CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON “LEWIS CARROLL”: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND – THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, NY, Random House, 1946, “Special” Edition,...

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, 2 ttls: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, ill A Rackham, 1977, 4to, orig cl gt, d/w; THE TEMPEST, ill A Rackham, NY, 1993, orig cl b...

BRIAN WHITE: DAILY MAIL NIPPER ANNUAL, [1936], 1937-39, obl, 4to, orig pict wraps worn (4) ...[more]

THE NURSERY A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR YOUNGEST READERS, Boston 1868-71, 1875-76, 29 assort iss, orig wraps worn, a few lacking lower wrap (29) ...[m...

BEATRIX POTTER, 3 ttls: GINGER AND PICKLES, 1909, 1st edn, orig pale olive green bds, pict paper label, lacks bkstrip; CECILY PARSLEY’S NURSERY RH...

BEATRIX POTTER: THE ROLY-POLY PUDDING, 1908, 1st edn, 2nd printing, orig cl, pict paper label worn. ...[more]

BEATRIX POTTER, 3 ttls: THE TALE OF MRS TITTLEMOUSE, 1910, 1st edn, 16 mo, orig blue grey boards, pict paper label worn; THE TALE OF MR TOD, 1912,...

KATE GREENAWAY: ALPHABET, circa 1885, orig yellow glazed pict wraps, Schuster 1c ...[more]

A Packet: fourteen ARTHUR RACKHAM Coloured Book Prints from small format edn of “PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS” ...[more]

HELEN GRAY CONE: BONNIE LITTLE PEOPLE, L, [1893], 6 chromo litho plts from the 1st edn USA Sheets, fo, orig cl bkd pict bds worn and soiled. ......

RUPERT ADVENTURE SERIES, [1950, 1954-55, 1957-58, 1960-62], Nos 7, 19, 21-22, 24 (2), 26, 31-32, 35, 42, 45-46, 4to, orig pict wraps (13). ...[m...

ADOLPHE ARMAND BRAUN: THE CHILD IN ART AND NATURE, [1921], 1st edn, 4to, orig pict wraps worn ...[more]

JAMES BOSWELL: BOSWELL’S LONDON JOURNAL …. JOURNAL OF MY JAUNT …., Ed F A Pottle, 1951, (1050), numbered, 2 works in 1, orig vell bkd cl gt, v wor...

JOHN GARDNER, 3 ttls: JAMES BOND IN …… THE MAN FROM BARBAROSSA, 1991, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; BROKENCLAW, 1991, Guild Edition, orig cl, d/w; JAMES ...

GILBERT FRANKAU: ONE OF US A NOVEL IN VERSE, ill Anne Harriet Fish, 1907, 1st edn, 9 plts as list, orig cl bkd bds ...[more]

DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE: THE FIRST LADY CHATTERLEY, np 1945, 4th printing, orig wraps worn with loss, leaves v browned and brittle ...[more]

GRAHAM GREENE, 10 ttls: THE OLD SCHOOL, 1934, 1st edn, orig cl; THE LOST CHILDHOOD AND OTHER ESSAYS, 1951, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; THE QUIET AMERIC...

HENRY JAMES, 2 ttls: THE OUTCRY, 1911, 1st edn, orig cl gt, ex Mudie’s lib; THE MIDDLE YEARS, 1917 1st edn, review slip loosely inserted, orig cl ...

PAUL SCOTT: A DIVISION OF THE SPOILS, 1975, uncorrected proof, orig wraps, d/w, typed letter sigd to Harry Keating re his review of the book loose...

JOHN BOWEN: AFTER THE RAIN, 1967, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w; together with advance proof, orig wraps (2). ...[more]