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Click here to subscribeJoyce (James) Pomes Penyeach, first edition, errata slip tipped-in at end, original printed pale green boards, "Price Two Shillings" label to lower cover, spine sunned, light surface soiling to covers, still an excellent copy overall, [Slocum & Cahoon A24], 16mo, Paris, Shakespeare & Company, 1927.
NO RESERVE Kerouac (Jack) Book of Dreams, San Francisco, City Lights, 1961 § Horovitz (Michael) Bank Holiday, one of 25 copies signed by the author from an edition limited to 1000, illustrations, The Latimer Press, 1967 § Burroughs (William) White Subway, limited edition, illustrations, Aloes seolA, [1973], first editions, original printed wrappers, all a little rubbed and soiled; and 4 others, Beat poetry/San Francisco, including volume 1 number 2 of the Evergreen Review and another signed by Joyce Johnson, 8vo (7)
Kingsley (Charles) The Water Babies, first edition, first issue, with L'Envoi f., frontispiece & 1 plate by Paton, 1f. publisher's advertisements, 1f. author's book list at front, bookseller's label to front pastedown, ownership inscriptions to front endpaper, some browning and foxing, original green cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, rebacked preserving original backstrip, a little worn at corners, 8vo, London & Cambridge, 1863.
Kipling (Rudyard) Kim, 'Colonial Library Edition', signed by the author to title and with his name scored out, frontispiece & plates, 1901; Traffics and Discoveries, 1904; The Seven Seas, 1896; Barrack-Room Ballads, 1892, first second printing, others first edition, first and second ownership inscriptions to front endpapers, publisher's catalogues, contents separating a little, original cloth, last two uncut, bumped and rubbed, each but first spine faded; and 3 others, 8vo & 4to (7)
NO RESERVE Lewis (C.S.) [The Space Trilogy], comprising Out of the Silent Planet, ?second US edition, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, 1944; Perelandra, first American edition, endpapers a little browned, upper hinge splitting a little, 1944; That Hideous Strength, first edition, ink ownership stamp, also ink inscription and a little ink staining to front free endpaper most ff. even browning, hinges pulling, vestiges of dust-jacket stuck to pastedowns, 1945, original cloth, all a little bumped, last rubbed, first and second spine faded, last cocking; and 5 others, Lewis, 8vo (8)
Lewis (Ted) Jack Returns Home, first edition, original boards, dust-jacket, very light toning to spine, short tear to head of upper joint, corners a little chipped, light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, still an excellent copy overall, 8vo, 1970.⁂ Rare, the basis for the classic 1971 film Get Carter.
Mackenzie (Compton) Thin Ice, first edition, signed and inscribed by author, original cloth, slight bumping to spine head, dust-jacket, lightly faded spine, very slight creasing to top edge, 1956 § Mantel (Hilary) Eight Months on Ghazzah Street, first edition, signed by author, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to extremities, 1988; and 3 others, first editions, 8vo (5)
NO RESERVE McEwan (Ian) Saturday, signed and numbered by the author from a limited edition, 2005 § Wells (H.G.) Certain Personal Matters, publisher's catalogues at front and end, ownership inscription to front endpaper, 1987 § Burgess (Anthony) The End of the World News: An Entertainment, 1982; The Kingdom of the Wicked, bookplate to front pastedown, 1985 § du Maurier (Daphne) Hungry Hill, 1943, first editions, original cloth, a little bumped, second spine darkened, third, fourth, and fifth dust-jackets, last soiled and with a few creases, third price-clipped, first slip-case; and 27 others similar, 8vo (32)
NO RESERVE Millay (Edna St. Vincent) A Few Figs from Thistles: Poems and Four Sonnets, first edition, half-title, original green printed wrappers, deckle edges, with loss, a little fading and soiling, New York, 1920.⁂Millay's second collection: the first publication in Frank Shay's Salvo series.
Cain (James M.) Three of a Kind, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, second issue dust-jacket, with upper flap clipped at head and stamped $2.50 at foot, spine and panels a little browned, light chipping to spine ends and corners, upper cover a little rubbed, New York, 1943; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (3)
O'Casey (Sean) The Silver Tassie, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Joe Cummins on endpaper, portrait frontispiece, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, spine a little browned, 8vo, 1928.⁂ Joseph Cummins worked as a surgeon at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin where O'Casey was treated for an ulcerated cornea when in his early twenties. Cummins took a personal interest in the young writer and the two remained friends afterwards.
NO RESERVE Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, upper hinge splitting, original cloth, corners and spine ends bumped, a little soiling, spine and board margins faded, slight cocking, 1949; The Road to Wigan Pier, illustrations, pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper, original limp cloth, creased and soiled, Left Book Club, 1937, both first edition; and 4 others, Orwell, 8vo (6)
NO RESERVE Peake (Mervyn) Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor, second edition, pictorial title and colour illustrations by the author, a few small spots to title, book-label of Ralph Smith, 1945; Rhymes Without Reason, first edition, colour illustrations by the author, 1944, original cloth, the second with light staining to lower cover, 4to (2)
THATCHER MARGARET: (1925-2013) British Prime Minister 1979-90. Book signed, being a hardback edition of The Downing Street Years, First Edition published by Harper Collins, London, 1993. Signed ('Margaret Thatcher') by Thatcher in bold blue ink with her name alone to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG
THATCHER MARGARET: (1925-2013) British Prime Minister 1979-90. Book signed, being a hardback edition of The Path to Power, First Edition published by Harper Collins, London, 1995. Signed ('Margaret Thatcher') by Thatcher in bold blue ink with her name alone to the front free endpaper. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG
[JOYCE JAMES]: (1882-1941) Irish Novelist & Poet. An unsigned hardback edition of Pomes Penyeach, First Edition published by Shakespeare and Company, Paris, 1927. The 16mo edition bound in the publisher's light green paper boards, with the title printed in dark green and Price One Shilling and the printers name of Herbert Clarke, Paris, to the verso. With the original errata slip lightly tipped in to the page opposite the colophon. Some light age wear, typically most noticeable to the spine, about VG The title of this, Joyce's second collection of poems, is a play on the words 'poems' and 'pommes' (the French word meaning apple) which are here offered at 'a penny each'. It was the custom for Irish tradespeople at the time to offer their customers a 'tilly', or extra serving (in the same way as English bakers had developed the tradition of the 'Baker's Dozen', offering thirteen loaves instead of twelve). The first poem of Pomes Penyeach is entitled Tilly and represents the bonus offering of this penny-a-poem collection, which had originally been rejected by Ezra Pound.
MARX KARL: (1818-1883) German Philosopher, Economist, Historian and Socialist Revolutionary. An extremely rare, brief A.L.S. with his initials K. M., one page, 8vo, n.p. (London), 18th March 1872, to [Maurice La Chatre] 'Cher Monsieur', in French. Marx states that he had forgotten to enclose La Chatre's response with his letter. A few light creases to the edges and corners and a couple of small holes to the lower right corner, none of which affect the text or signature. About VG Maurice La Chatre (1814-1900) French Publisher of Socialist works and the first to publish a French edition of Karl Marx's work Das Kapital.
Bible; hieroglyphic. A New Hieroglyphical Bible, for the Amusement and Instruction of Children: being a Selection of the most Useful Lessons and most Interesting Narratives ... Embellished with Familiar Figures and Striking Emblems: Elegantly Engraved. To the whole is added a Sketch of the Life of Our Blessed Saviour, the Holy Apostles, etc. Recommended by the Revd. Rowland Hill, 1st edition thus, G. Thompson, 1794, engraved frontispiece and title-page, woodcut illustrations throughout the text, 2 full-page, light staining to lower outer corners of a few leaves, a few other marks, ownership inscription 'J. C. Gething, 1808' to front free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, rubbed, 12mo (13.2 x 8.2 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC T123482; Sabin 53013 for the first US edition (published in Boston later the same year). Hieroglyphic bibles have key words replaced with a rebus for educational purposes. ESTC traces eight copies in UK libraries, and six in the US.
Collodi (Carlo, pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini). Le Avventure di Pinocchio. Storia di un Burattino, 1st edition, Florence: Felice Paggi, 1883, wood-engraved frontispiece and 61 text illustrations by Enrico Mazzanti, 4 pp. publisher's list at end, pp. 15/16 detached with marginal archival paper repair at gutter and upper corner, small tear to frontispiece (not affecting image), some light spotting and toning, stitching tender at front, front endpaper partly excised with presentation inscription, original red cloth gilt, spine faded with small splits to joints and small ink stain, some light damp stains, slight lean, 8vo (Qty: 1)Osborne p. 1007. First edition in book form of the classic tale of a wooden marionette who comes alive and whose nose grows every time he tells a lie. First serialised in Rome in the children's magazine Giornale per i Bambini from July 1881-January 1883, first under the title 'Storia di un burattino' and later 'Le avventure di Pinocchio'. In this version, a tragedy, Pinocchio ends up being hanged for his immoral behaviour, but at the publisher's request the book edition was expanded so that he finds redemption and eventually transforms into a real boy. The author, Florence journalist Carlo Lorenzini took the pseudonym Collodi from the Tuscan town where his mother was born.Provenance: Inscribed to Leone Fenzi (in Italian "A Leona Fenzi, il normo[?] Sebastian, con un buou bacio a felice auguri". Leonel Fenzi was the son of Italian Count Camillo Fenzi (1822-1873), and brother of Ida Copeland (née Fenzi, 1881-1964), who married Ronald Copeland of the Spode-Copeland china company, and became a Conservative MP, defeating Oswald Mosley for the Stoke seat in the 1931 general election. Thus by descent to the present owners.
Collodi (Carlo, pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini). The Story of a Puppet or the Adventures of Pinocchio, translated from the Italian by M.A. Murray, 1st English edition, T. Fisher Unwin, 1892, illustrations by Enrico Mazzanti (misprinted 'C. Mazzanti to title), half title and title printed in red and black, contemporary presentation inscription to half title, patterned endpapers, matching patterned cloth, spine toned and a little rubbed at ends, small light red stain to lower cover, very slight lean, 8vo (Qty: 1)Osborne p. 1007. First published in Italian in 1883. See previous lot.
Darton (William, publisher). The Little Cowslip-Gatherers; or, What a Penny Will Do, by Esther Hewlett (later Esther Copley), 1st edition, [1824], engraved frontispiece (offset to title), with dampstain to upper left corner and small loss to upper blank margin (with two associated short closed tears, slightly affecting image), two engraved plates(somewhat dampstain and marked), all plates with imprint dated 1824, four pages publisher's advertisements at end, generally toned with some spotting, lacking free endpapers, front pastedown with early ink ownership inscription, original red roan-backed boards, worn, 12mo, together with Harvey & Darton (publishers) , Winter Evenings; or, Tales of Travellers, by Maria Hack, 4 volumes, 3rd edition, 1823-1824, engraved frontispiece to each volume (spotted), blank reverse to each frontispiece with early ink ownership name (dated 1845), titles spotted and toned (3 with early ink inscription at head), volume 4 title partly detached and with old sewn repair to tear, variable spotting (often light), most hinges cracked, original red roan-backed boards, worn, 12mo, with nine others similar (some defective) (Qty: 14)First two items: Darton H270 (1) and G427 (3) respectively.
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll'). Alice's Abenteuer im Wunderland, illustrated by John Tenniel, first German edition, Liepzig: Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, first edition, second issue, [1869], wood-engraved plates and illustrations, heavy spotting, all edges gilt, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, a few minor marks, together with Phantasmagoria and Other Poems, by Lewis Carroll, first edition, second issue, Macmillan & Co., 1869, upper inner hinges cracked, all edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed, spine darkened and a little frayed at head and foot, plus Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, sixty-third thousand, Macmillan & Co., 1880, wood-engraved plates and illustrations after John Tenniel, ownership signatures and notes in pen and pencil by Daphne Bath [Daphne Fielding, Marchioness of Bath] to free endpapers at front and rear, all edges gilt, red calf gilt by Bayntun Riviere, slightly rubbed and marked, all 8vo (Qty: 3)First two items: Crutch 72 & 69 respectively.
Doyle (Richard). In Fairyland, A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World. With a Poem by William Allingham, 1st edition, Longmans et al, 1870, 16 full-page colour illustrations, engraved and printed by Edmund Evans, first two plates with small damp-stain to lower blank margin, text printed on rectos only, some spotting and marks throughout, hinge split between frontispiece and half-title (latter becoming loose), endpapers renewed, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, covers marked and slightly bowed, edges rubbed (and a little frayed in places), folio (Qty: 1)Osborne, p.619. "... a folio which is also Richard Doyle's masterpiece: it contains some of the most entrancing children's book illustrations ever made" (McLean, Victorian Book Design , p.184. A book notoriously difficult to find in good condition, due to the usual decay of its original gutta-percha binding.
Meggendorfer (Lothar). Im Sommer, ein Bilderbuch [cover-title], 6th edition, Munich: Braun and Schneider, circa 1890, six double-page panels, mounted onto 12 board/card sections (the first and last sections forming the covers), and joined into one continuous strip to form a panorama, the hand-coloured scene with rhyming couplets beneath, folded concertina style with cloth hinges, paper splitting along most hinges, cover hinges slightly splitting and ends a little worn, variable toning and spotting, 37.7 x 19.1cm unfolded, front cover with hand-coloured pictorial paper label (lightly soiled) (Qty: 1)A rare early edition of this scarce Meggendorfer panorama. Only three auction records found, none being for such an early edition as this. The twelve-panel panorama depicts six continuous scenes of people engaging in a variety of summertime activities, such as a seaside village (with a girl chasing geese) and a country road near a forest (with a team of six draft horses pulling a large covered hay wagon).
Miniature books. The Emperor's New Clothes, by Hans Christian Andersen, Translated and Illustrated by Erik Blegvad, Dallas: Somesuch Press, 1994, half-title, six double-page colour illustrations, blank leaf after first illustration inscribed by Erik Blegvad to Stanley Marcus, colour illustrated endpapers, original maroon cloth, upper cover (very lightly marked) with colour pictorial panel, 71 x 61mm, (limited edition, 126/250 copies), together with The History of Imaginary Spinning Tops, by Nick Bantock, Dallas: Somesuch Press, 1994, half-title, eight tipped-in colour plates, dedication leaf at rear signed by the author, original tan morocco, upper cover with blind-stamped design, spine lightly faded, 72 x 60mm, (limited edition, 234/300 copies), plus Quest for the Best, by Stanley Marcus, New York: Viking Press, 1979, numerous black & white illustrations, original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edges lightly faded, dust jacket, spine and front panel edges faded, front panel top edge somewhat frayed, 77 x 55mm, (limited edition, 790/850 copies), with seven other miniature books, (six from the Somesuch Press) (Qty: 10)Provenance: personal gifts to the owner from Stanley Marcus. Marcus, the former chairman of Neiman-Marcus (a luxury retail store in Dallas, Texas), as well as being an internationally respected businessman was also a well-known local philanthropist. The Somesuch Press was created by Stanley Marcus in 1975, so that he could publish his own work 'Minding the Store' in a miniature edition. Having a deep interest in miniature books, he then continued to publish various titles in miniature form until his death in 2002.
[Topffer, Rodolphe]. The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck, 1st English edition, Tilt and Bogue, [1841], 84 pp., illustrations, occasional light soiling, gutta percha perished, contents loose, original blindstamped cloth gilt, spine a little faded with small split and wormholes, faint ring mark and fading to upper cover, oblong 8vo (Qty: 1)First published in Geneva in 1837 as Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois, by Swiss caricaturist Rodolphe Topffer, this first English-language edition was published a year later in the New York paper Brother Jonathan, thus becoming the first sequential comic-book to be published in the United States.
Card Game. The Improved and Illustrated Game of Doctor Busby, published by W. and S.B. Ives, Salem, Mass., circa 1843 or slightly later, a complete set of twenty hand-coloured lithographed cards (four suits of five cards each), some spotting and finger soiling throughout, versos blank, contained in original cloth slipcase with printed paper label to upper cover and to lower cover, slightly rubbed and soiled and split along one joint, 91 x 64mm, together with a group of 38 'Snap' (?)home-made playing cards, France, 19th century, cards with coloured engravings of monarchs, soldiers, etc. pasted to one side, a little soiling, 100 x 60mm (Qty: 59)The Doctor Busby game is a rare early edition of the first card game published in America. It consists of four suits (pestle & mortar, milk pan, eye, and spade), representing the Busby family, the family of Doll the dairy maid, the Ninny-Come-Twitch family, and the family of Spade the gardener.
Aldin (Cecil). Old Manor Houses, [1923], 12 tipped-in colour plates, numerous illustrations and decorations to text, a few light spots (mainly at fore-margins), bookplate of Eva Christian Hyde Hyde-Thomson, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original vellum-backed boards, both lower corners with some surface loss, some dust-soiling, 4to, together with Greenaway (Kate) , Under the Window , Pictures & Rhymes for Children, 1st edition, [1878], first issue, with no printer's ornaments to ei the r side of 'Edmund Evans' on title, with 'End of Contents' printed at foot of page14, and with the three illustrations dropped from later editions, edges stained yellow, blue endpapers, original blue cloth backed glazed pictorial boards, rubbed and some wear to extremities, small 4to, plus Mack (Lizzie & Mack, Robert Ellice) , Old Father Christmas Picture-Book, Ernest Nister, [1888], chromolithographed plates (some offset onto facing page), stitching showing, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, somewhat soiled with some minor marks, corners slightly showing, small 4to, and eight others, including Teddy Bear and Other Songs from When We Were Very Young, by A.A. Milne, 1926, with dust jacket (Qty: 11)First item: limited edition, 23/380 total copies, signed by the artist, with an original illustration of a dog. Second item: Schuster & Engen 201.1a.
Birmingham School of Printing. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, Illustrations by Robert Bird, Birmingham School of Printing, 1940, engravings to text, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original quarter vellum gilt, Cockerell boards, spine a little yellowed, large 8vo, together with Sleigh (Bernard) , Wood Engraving Since Eighteen-Ninety, first edition, 1932, colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed at extremities, small 4to, plus Baring-Gould (Sabine, editor) , A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes, with Illustrations by Members of the Birmingham Art School under the Direction of A.J. Gaskin, 1895, frontispiece and decorative wood-engraved borders throughout, ownership inscription and bookplate, top edge gilt, remainder uncut, original gilt-decorated cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus other Birmingham School of Printing and Midlands interest, etc. (Qty: 17)
Blyton (Enid). The Island of Adventure, with Illustrations by Stuart Tresilian, first edition, Macmillan & Co., 1944, black & white plates and illustrations including vignette title and frontispiece, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original pictorial boards printed in red and black, pictorial dust jacket (7s.6d.), minor rubbing and small nicks to corners including spines, 8vo (Qty: 1)
Blyton (Enid). Five on Kirrin Island Again, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1947, colour frontispiece, tinted plates and plain illustrations to text, pictorial endpapers, original red boards lettered in black in dust jacket (6/-, with telescope the wrong way round), a little rubbed and marked, minor loss at foot of spines and pale strip of adhesion mark to foot of lower panel, 8vo (Qty: 1)
Blyton (Enid, 1897-1968). Autograph letter signed, 'Enid Blyton', Enid Blyton Green Hedges letterhead, 24 November 1947, to [Robert M.] Holbrow, thanking him for his interesting letter and his remarks on paper and printing, 'I am just beginning (I think!) to make an impression in America. I believe I told you I have 4 publishers there now - Wayne MacNaughton are publishing the "Mystery" series of Methuen's (you have got the 5th of that series to review you told me - "The Mystery of the Missing Necklace") and to their great surprise the first edition sold out at once, and the reviews were so highly favourable that they are anxious to have as many of my Methuen books as possible. (A tall order as Methuens have 40 of my titles!)', continuing with more on the same subject before turning to his news giving his hopes of 'buying a book-trade journal - I join in your hopes - you would really enjoy running that, wouldn't you - and to be editor of a good book trade journal would be a very fine and interesting job', and asking to be put down as a subscriber, giving news of her daughter who 'can now walk a little (very flat-footed, and one foot turns under) and I am really thrilled to see her on her feet again. She is having treatment for her feet now and I hope to have her home for Christmas', the final paragraph asking if he has seen the 'wonderful sales posters Samson Low have done for the booksellers to advertise my second Holiday Book? It is enormous - folds like a screen - has a portrait of me in it by Weiss - and reproduction of the Holiday Book cover - and of course my facsimile signature boldly across it', the final line and closing sentiment with signature written vertically along inner margin of final page, four pages on two leaves of letterhead printed in red, 8vo (Qty: 1)Robert M Holbrow was assistant editor of National Newsagent and originator and editor of the Booksellers Handbook.
Carroll (Lewis, i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). The Nursery "Alice", Containing Twenty Coloured Enlargements from Tenniel's Illustrations to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", London: Macmillan & Co., 1890, [but 1896], coloured frontispiece and 19 colour illustrations after John Tenniel, 3 pages of advertisements at rear, title and frontispiece slightly spotted, old ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, upper inner hinges cracked, original cloth-backed colour pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, slight edge and corner wear, 4to (Qty: 1)Though this appears as a first published edition with 'four shillings' on title-page the printed overstrike 'price one shilling' printed above indicating the later printing has been neatly rubbed away.
Edwards (Monica). Dolphin Summer, with Illustrations by Geoffrey Whittam, first edition, Collins, 1963, black & white illustrations, map endpapers, ballpoint ticks and crosses to author's list of books to half-title verso, original cloth in pictorial dust jacket, minor marks, 8vo, together with two autograph letters signed from Monica Edwards, 1962, to Mr W. Christie, relating to dolphins and the subject of the book, a total of six pages, 8vo, with accompanying postmarked envelopes (Qty: 3)
MacDonald (George). At the Back of the North Wind, Strahan & Company Limited, [1872?], half-title present, letterpress illustrations, some light spotting to first and final leaves, leaf 8-8 with short tear in blank upper margin, stitching strained, hinges sometime strengthened (repair to upper hinge beginning to split), all edges gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, lightly rubbed in places and a few small marks, spine ends a little frayed (and with discreet repair at foot), 8vo (Qty: 1)This undated edition appears to be in all other respects identical to the first edition of 1871; probably, therefore, the first edition sheets issued with a new title-page. NB: Revised estimate, now £150-200
McKee (David). Elmer, 1st edition, Dennis Dobson, 1968, colour illustrations throughout, including rear endpapers, original glazed colour illustrated boards, spine a trifle sunned, lower cover with small residue from sticker to upper outer corner, 4to (Qty: 1)A very good copy of the rare first edition of Elmer , in which David McKee's endearing multi-coloured elephant makes his very first appearance. The book went out of print quite quickly, and not until it was republished in 1989 did Elmer become the international success he is today. Although the 1989 edition appears in commerce quite readily, we have not seen another copy of the first edition at auction. The story, with its message of inclusivity, is arguably just as relevant now as when it was first published, perhaps accounting in part for its enduring popularity. The author went on to write and illustrate at least another 40 books about Elmer, a TV series was produced giving rise the the inevitable attendant range of merchandise, and Elmer is now published in more than 20 languages. More recently a musical puppet show, Elmer The Patchwork Elephant Show , has been touring Britian (in the first few months of 2019), celebrating the elephant that stands out, and embracing the message that it is always best to be yourself.
Nicholson (William). Clever Bill, first edition, [1926], 23 full-page colour illustrations, versos blank, signed presentation copy for Mrs Howard from Mabel Lowe and William Nicholson, inscribed in pink fibre pen by the author to printed presentation panel on front pastedown, a little spotting at front and rear, original pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, boards a little rubbed along lower edges, dust jacket chipped, spotted and soiled, oblong small folio (Qty: 1)
Nicholson (William). Clever Bill, first edition, [1926], 23 full-page colour illustrations, versos blank, a little spotting and dust-soiling at front and rear, old bookshop ink stamp to front flyleaf, original pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, rubbed and soiled and a little chipped, together with The Pirate Twins, first edition, [1929], colour lithographic illustrations and text throughout, original pictorial boards, a little rubbed and marked and slightly soiled on spine, both oblong small folio (Qty: 2)
Peepshow book. My Garden from Weeding Height, by Lois Morrison, self-published, 1993, accordion-folding peepshow , with six cut-out panels (including front face) and back scene, depicting garden flowers and foliage, some of the vegetation spilling out from the sides, mounted within book-form covers, front pastedown with title and imprint, original patterned cloth-covered boards, front cover with inset title label and butterfly, 11 x 21.3cm, extending to approximately 23cm, together with A Werner Laurie Show Book, Series A Number 1: Enid Blyton Presents A Rubbalong Tale, Drawn by Norman Meredith [cover-title], [1950], four pages of text, five leaves of colour scenes to press out, two pages of instructions, the accordion-folding theatre (lightly dust-soiled) attached to the inside rear cover, with its securing paper strip intact, some spotting to edges of inside rear cover, original pictorial boards, dust-soiled, extremities lightly rubbed, rear cover with two small spots of wear, oblong 8vo (Qty: 2)First item: Gestetner collection 340. Limited edition 15/25 copies, signed by the author. Two scarce examples of peepshows in book form. It is unusual to find a Warner Laurie Show Book in its original unused state.
Potter (Beatrix). The Tailor of Gloucester , 1st edition, 1st issue, Warne, 1903, half-title with neat ink manuscript name at head, colour illustrations, stitching somewhat strained, pictorial endpapers, original maroon boards, with inset colour pictorial panel to upper cover, spine faded and boards faded in places, 16mo (Qty: 1)Linder, p.423; Quinby 4. First issue, with single-page endpaper occurring four times.
Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, 1st edition, Warne, 1903, colour illustrations throughout, half-title with early ink signature at head, occasional minor creasing and marks, slight nick in fore-edges, pictorial endpapers, minor surface abrasion to head of front endpapers, stitching strained, original dark blue boards, rubbed in places, with circular pictorial panel inset to upper cover, spine faded, 16mo (Qty: 1)Linder, p.423; Quinby 5. Early (first or second) issue, without 'Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit' on the title page.
Potter (Beatrix). The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, 1st edition, Warne, 1906, fourteen colour illustrations with corresponding text leaves bound concertina-style, two folds very slightly rubbed, title and front pastedown with a few minor marks, original wallet-style olive green cloth binding with dark blue lettering, slot for tab lacking lip, upper cover with mounted colour illustration and tab fastening, 16mo (Qty: 1)Linder, p.426; Quinby 12. The back of the wallet has the words 'London & New York', therefore believed to be the first (November) printing.
Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Jeremy Fisher, early edition, Warne, [1907/8], half-title, colour illustrations, frontispiece detaching at gutter, some minor marks to blank margins, dedication page with early ink ownership name at head, stitching showing in one opening, pictorial endpapers, original red boards with inset colour pictorial panel to upper cover, extremities slightly toned, spine a little frayed at head, in original printed glassine wrapper, toned and chipped, a few closed tears to joints, 16mo (Qty: 1)Linder page 426; Quinby as 10A except without date on front of title page. This copy agrees with Linder's 3rd printing, with pictorial endpapers 2 & 4. The endpaper design 4 was introduced in September 1907, although Quinby Plate III states them as being for the 10A edition of Jeremy Fisher , dated 1906. The accompanying glassine wrapper has The Tale of Tom Kitten as the most recent publication, therefore this volume must have been printed before the first edition of Jemima Puddle-Duck , which was published in August 1908. This copy in rare original condition, with the opaque glassine dustjacket, designed to protect the book during its journey from publisher to customer. Typically, as here, the jacket was printed with advertisements to the rear panel and the flaps, whilst the front panel was left blank, enabling the book to be identified by the visible wording and illustration on the front cover of the binding.
Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse , 1st edition, Warne, [1918], with 'London' printed correctly on the title-page, but also p.39 with quotes before first line and p.51 without quotes before first line, half-title, colour illustrations throughout, pictorial endpapers, original grey-green boards, with inset colour pictorial panel to upper cover, slight toning to spine and board edges, 16mo (Qty: 1)Linder, p.430; Quinby 25.
Robinson (Charles, illustrator). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, Cassell and Company, 1907, eight colour plates, including frontispiece, numerous letterpress illustrations, some full-page, spotted, mostly to first and final leaves and edges, pictorial endpapers, top edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine ends a trifle rubbed, 4to (Qty: 1)A very bright copy of this notoriously difficult first Charles Robinson edition Alice; it was reprinted in 1913 in a slightly smaller format.
Schaller (Charlotte). En Guerre!, 1st edition, Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1914, pochoir illustrations throughout, some full or double page, occasional light marks, half-title and endpapers spotted, one leaf with short closed tear in lower edge, stitching strained, original cloth-backed colour pictorial boards, dusty and marked, edges rubbed (and slight loss to upper edge of lower cover), oblong 4to (Qty: 1)Rare First World War storybook showing children engaged in wartime pursuits, for example, directing toy soldiers from the vantage point of a rocking horse, playing at nurses, writing letters homes, knitting and wool-winding, etc.
Spielmann (M.A. & Layard, G.S.). Kate Greenaway, first edition, Adam & Charles Black, 1905, colour and black & white plates, illustrations to text, top edge gilt, original blind-decorated cream cloth lettered in gilt, minor soiling, 4to, VG (Qty: 1)Limited edition, 317/500 copies, signed by John Greenaway. NB: Without the original sketch by Kate Greenaway normally inserted in copies of this deluxe edition. Revised estimate £100-150
Skilleter (Andrew, b.1948). Original artwork for Greenwitch, The Dark Is Rising Sequence, by Susan Cooper, 1992, acrylics on artist's board, depicting the prone sleeping figure of Jane Drew below a window at which appears a female face in vegetal form (the Greenwitch), with a breeze blowing the curtains and leaf debris inwards, signed lower left, image size 35 x 45cm (13.75 x 17.75ins), sheet size 39 x 50cm (15.25 x 19.75ins), artist's printed label on verso (Qty: 1)Provenance: from the studio of the artist. Cover design for The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper, executed for an edition published by The Bodley Head in 1992; this work for the third title in the series of five.Andrew Skilleter b.1948 Andrew Skilleter studied at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art and maintained a busy career from the 1970s as a versatile illustrator producing hundreds of covers for adult, teenage and children’s books, including a large number for Puffin Books, across numerous genres. His work has also encompassed illustrations for many books, magazines, posters and multimedia publications. Ivanhoe, his first work as author and illustrator for children, was published as a deluxe hardback in 1997. Skilleter has had a long working relationship with the BBC. He is known all over the world for his prolific output of Doctor Who artwork for the BBC and other publishers, work which was showcased in a book published in 1995 entitled Blacklight: The Art of Andrew Skilleter. The artist regards as one of his greatest achievements the seven audio cassette covers for BBC Radio 4’s adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia,dramatisedby Brian Sibley; four of these are being offered in this sale. In an online blog Brian Sibley writes of his delight in having Skilleter as illustrator, saying that the artist brought “an intelligence and a sympathy that complimented the telling of these much-loved tales, coupled with a sensibility as a designer for creating intriguing images that invited the listener to discover the story behind the pictures”. Also offered here are five original dust jacket designs for the classic series The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, published by The Bodley Head in 1992. In an article for ‘Folio Society Magazine’ the author described Skilleter’s dramatic illustration for Under Sea, Over Stone as showing “an evilly threatening Lord of the Dark in a swirling robe”, and praised the artwork for its immediate visual appeal and accurate representation of the text. Paintings by Andrew Skilleter have been exhibited in London and across the UK, including at The Association of Illustrators. Numerous pieces of his work are to be found in private collections in the UK as well as globally. The works of art offered here are being sold direct from the artist himself.
Skilleter (Andrew, b.1948). Original artwork for Silver on the Tree , The Dark Is Rising Sequence, by Susan Cooper, 1992, acrylics on artist's board, depicting a seascape with fantastical golden palace being struck by lightening and being overcome by the roaring sea, and an arrow travelling towards Will and Bran escaping in a listing sailing ship at the base of a large swell, signed lower left, image size 35 x 46.5cm (13.75 x 18.25ins), sheet size 38.5 x 51cm (15.25 x 20.25ins), artist's printed label on verso (Qty: 1)Provenance: from the studio of the artist. Cover design for The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper, executed for an edition published by The Bodley Head in 1992; this work for the final title in the series of five.Andrew Skilleter b.1948 Andrew Skilleter studied at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art and maintained a busy career from the 1970s as a versatile illustrator producing hundreds of covers for adult, teenage and children’s books, including a large number for Puffin Books, across numerous genres. His work has also encompassed illustrations for many books, magazines, posters and multimedia publications. Ivanhoe, his first work as author and illustrator for children, was published as a deluxe hardback in 1997. Skilleter has had a long working relationship with the BBC. He is known all over the world for his prolific output of Doctor Who artwork for the BBC and other publishers, work which was showcased in a book published in 1995 entitled Blacklight: The Art of Andrew Skilleter. The artist regards as one of his greatest achievements the seven audio cassette covers for BBC Radio 4’s adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia,dramatisedby Brian Sibley; four of these are being offered in this sale. In an online blog Brian Sibley writes of his delight in having Skilleter as illustrator, saying that the artist brought “an intelligence and a sympathy that complimented the telling of these much-loved tales, coupled with a sensibility as a designer for creating intriguing images that invited the listener to discover the story behind the pictures”. Also offered here are five original dust jacket designs for the classic series The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, published by The Bodley Head in 1992. In an article for ‘Folio Society Magazine’ the author described Skilleter’s dramatic illustration for Under Sea, Over Stone as showing “an evilly threatening Lord of the Dark in a swirling robe”, and praised the artwork for its immediate visual appeal and accurate representation of the text. Paintings by Andrew Skilleter have been exhibited in London and across the UK, including at The Association of Illustrators. Numerous pieces of his work are to be found in private collections in the UK as well as globally. The works of art offered here are being sold direct from the artist himself.
Skilleter (Andrew, b.1948). Original artwork for The Dark Is Rising, by Susan Cooper, 1992, acrylics on artist's board, depicting a snowy landscape with cloaked rider on a rearing and snorting horse, and a small boy (Will), signed lower left, image size 35 x 46cm (13.75 x 18ins), sheet size 38.5 x 52cm (15.25 x 20.5ins), artist's printed label on verso (Qty: 1)Provenance: from the studio of the artist. Cover design for The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper, executed for an edition published by The Bodley Head in 1992; this work for the second title in the series of five.Andrew Skilleter b.1948 Andrew Skilleter studied at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art and maintained a busy career from the 1970s as a versatile illustrator producing hundreds of covers for adult, teenage and children’s books, including a large number for Puffin Books, across numerous genres. His work has also encompassed illustrations for many books, magazines, posters and multimedia publications. Ivanhoe, his first work as author and illustrator for children, was published as a deluxe hardback in 1997. Skilleter has had a long working relationship with the BBC. He is known all over the world for his prolific output of Doctor Who artwork for the BBC and other publishers, work which was showcased in a book published in 1995 entitled Blacklight: The Art of Andrew Skilleter. The artist regards as one of his greatest achievements the seven audio cassette covers for BBC Radio 4’s adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia,dramatisedby Brian Sibley; four of these are being offered in this sale. In an online blog Brian Sibley writes of his delight in having Skilleter as illustrator, saying that the artist brought “an intelligence and a sympathy that complimented the telling of these much-loved tales, coupled with a sensibility as a designer for creating intriguing images that invited the listener to discover the story behind the pictures”. Also offered here are five original dust jacket designs for the classic series The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, published by The Bodley Head in 1992. In an article for ‘Folio Society Magazine’ the author described Skilleter’s dramatic illustration for Under Sea, Over Stone as showing “an evilly threatening Lord of the Dark in a swirling robe”, and praised the artwork for its immediate visual appeal and accurate representation of the text. Paintings by Andrew Skilleter have been exhibited in London and across the UK, including at The Association of Illustrators. Numerous pieces of his work are to be found in private collections in the UK as well as globally. The works of art offered here are being sold direct from the artist himself.
Skilleter (Andrew, b.1948). Original artwork for The Grey King , The Dark Is Rising Sequence, by Susan Cooper, 1992, acrylics on artist's board, depicting the interior of a cave, with two boys (Will and Bran) standing before the Three Lords enthroned, signed lower left, image size 35 x 45.5cm (13.75 x 17.75ins), sheet size 38.5 x 51.5cm (15 x 20.25ins), artist's printed label on verso (Qty: 1)Provenance: from the studio of the artist. Cover design for The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper, executed for an edition published by The Bodley Head in 1992; this work for the fourth title in the series of five.Andrew Skilleter b.1948 Andrew Skilleter studied at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art and maintained a busy career from the 1970s as a versatile illustrator producing hundreds of covers for adult, teenage and children’s books, including a large number for Puffin Books, across numerous genres. His work has also encompassed illustrations for many books, magazines, posters and multimedia publications. Ivanhoe, his first work as author and illustrator for children, was published as a deluxe hardback in 1997. Skilleter has had a long working relationship with the BBC. He is known all over the world for his prolific output of Doctor Who artwork for the BBC and other publishers, work which was showcased in a book published in 1995 entitled Blacklight: The Art of Andrew Skilleter. The artist regards as one of his greatest achievements the seven audio cassette covers for BBC Radio 4’s adaptation of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia,dramatisedby Brian Sibley; four of these are being offered in this sale. In an online blog Brian Sibley writes of his delight in having Skilleter as illustrator, saying that the artist brought “an intelligence and a sympathy that complimented the telling of these much-loved tales, coupled with a sensibility as a designer for creating intriguing images that invited the listener to discover the story behind the pictures”. Also offered here are five original dust jacket designs for the classic series The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper, published by The Bodley Head in 1992. In an article for ‘Folio Society Magazine’ the author described Skilleter’s dramatic illustration for Under Sea, Over Stone as showing “an evilly threatening Lord of the Dark in a swirling robe”, and praised the artwork for its immediate visual appeal and accurate representation of the text. Paintings by Andrew Skilleter have been exhibited in London and across the UK, including at The Association of Illustrators. Numerous pieces of his work are to be found in private collections in the UK as well as globally. The works of art offered here are being sold direct from the artist himself.
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