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Cornish and other pottery;   Cottage Rose trinkets;   flatware;  Louis Wain book plate;   etc

Four Louis Wain 1920s Playbox Annuals and other vintage childrens books

Louis Wain: an interesting collection of postcards. (approx 91)

Louis WAIN (1860-1939) 'Wonderland Wonders' by john Isabel F.E.S, publ. London: Home Words Office; 'Peter Cat O' One Tail', 1892; 'In Animal Land with Louis Wain', publ. London: S. W. Partridge & Co. together with 'Louis Wain' by Brian Reade, publ. V&A; 'Louis Wain the man who drew Cats' by Rodney Dale, publ. William Kimber and The Captian Magazine 1900 (6)

In the manner of Louis Wain (1860-1939), comical cat scene with hunting themes. Watercolour on paper. Framed behind glass. Signed lower left 'Louis Wain'. Size incl. frame, Height: 34cm Width: 29cm

A collection of twenty-three Louis Wain postcards.Condition Report: All in similar condition, cent corners, dirt marks and foxing, some with water damage, two have not been posted/ written on, we believe the post card 'come along girls' is possibly a reproduction.

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939), I Like a Little Break, signed l.l., titled verso, pen, ink and watercolour, 27.5 by 21.5cm, framed. Provenance: with Michael Parkin Fine Art, London, and Chris Beetles, London. Exhibited: York City Art Gallery, 1986, No.25

After Louis Wain, a watercolour on circular ceramic panel, "T'is The Hungry Cat That Knows Content What's For Dinner, Pigeons? - No, Rats - Bah! I Am Sick Of Rats", 47cm x 47cm overall, pine-framed

A Collection of Various Ephemera to Comprise Louis Wain Print, Coronation Books, Newspapers etc

LOUIS WILLIAM WAIN (English, 1860 - 1939); print, 'The Wedding Breakfast', 23 x 49cm, framed and glazed.

LOUIS WAIN (Illustrator); Full of Fun, undated, Ernest Nister, together with, AUNT LOUISA; Fairy Tales and Wonder Stories, undated, together with six other children's book and annuals, and Plymouth and Plymothians, Photographs and Memories, 1974, first reprint (9)

LOUIS WAIN (1860-1939); oil on canvas, study of cat and two kittens, signed, indistinctly inscribed in pencil to the stretcher, 25.5 x 36cm, framed.Condition Report: the frame is very worn with chips to the wooden gilded sides, the canvas has two puncture holes in it , and is in need of cleaning

Louis Wain for Max Emanuel and Co., A Lucky Sphinx Cat, design registered 1914, modelled as a cubist Egyptian figure, printed mark MADE IN ENGLAND and three stacked rifles (Mitterteich), black painted registration number 638316, Louis Wain on back leg, 11.5cm highThese models are from a group of nine which were produced for Max Emanuel and Co., and were launched at a private view at their showrooms. Crazed. Back left paw has paint loss and a visible hairline. Right ear shows different clou under ultraviolet light. Paint scratches and scuffs, dirty and dusty. Black paint has brush marks and areas that are rough. See extra images.

Mary Jenkins, Owls, oil paintings, oval, signed and dated '85, 24 x 19cm. Louis Wain print, Colburn's Mustard advertisement, Cash's woven picture, etc, all owl-themed (7).

Eighteen assorted children's & illustrated titles, including Arthur Rackham: 'Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures', London, William Heinemann, 1913, 1st trade edition, 44 tipped in colour plates complete, 4to, original pictorial cloth gilt; Louis Wain: 'Louis Wain's Great Big Midget Book', London, Dean & Son, [1934], frontis + numerous full page and in text b/w illustrations complete, square 16mo (11 x 10cm), original pictorial boards (later laminated), inner joints reinforced. Louis Wain's last book printed in his lifetime; it was done with the assistance of his sister, Claire, whilst he was a patient at Napsbury Hospital, near St. Albans in Hertfordshire, a psychiatric establishment where he spent the final 15 years of his life; W. Heath Robinson (ill.): 'Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales', L, Hodder & Stoughton for Boots the Chemists, [nd], c.1930, 16 tipped in colour plates + 75 b/w ills. by W. Heath Robinson complete, 4to, orig. pictorial cloth gilt, dust wrapper; Kate Greenaway: 'Almanack for 1924', L, Warne, [1924], 1st edition thus, 24pp, colour illustrated throughout, being reproductions from the first 1883 Almanack, 10 x 7.5cm, original quarter cloth, pictorial paper covered boards; Spielmann & Layard: 'Kate Greenaway', L, A & C Black, 1905, 1st edition, colour frontis + 52 colour plates + numerous b/w plates etc complete, orig. dec. cloth gilt, top edge gilt; Charles Ricketts: 'Unrecorded Histories', L, Martin Secker, 1933, limited edition, one of 950 copies, 6 illustrations by Ricketts complete, original decorative cloth gilt, top edge gilt, ; Friedeswith Huddart (ill.): 'The Hound of Heaven: Ten Drawings for the Poem of Francis Thompson', L, Chatto & Windus, 1914, limited edition, number 44 of 50 copies only, signed by the illustrator, 10 mounted plates complete, each with printed captioned tissue guards, large 4to (31 x 25.5cm), orig. vellum gilt (worn); Waring & Gillow (pub.): 'The Artistic Evolution of the English Home', c.1900, limited edition, No.30 of 300 copies, inscribed by the publisher to verso of limitation page, 24 remarque proof photogravure plates complete, 4to, original vellum gilt (slightly worn); Helen Stratton (ill.): 'The Lily of Life', L, Hodder, [1913], 18 tipped in colour plates complete, 4to, orig. cloth gilt, top edge gilt, plus 9 others including Charles Brock, D.G. Rossetti etc, and a mounted b/w Louis Wain print of cats (19)

WAIN, Louis (Illust.). The Cat Scouts, A Picture-Book for Little Folk, Verses & Tales by Jessie Pope, first edition, 48pp., illustrated endpapers, internally very well-preserved, clean & bright, a few small marks in places, sewn text-block becoming loose, neat early gift inscription, boards marked & worn, London: Blackie & Son Ltd., [1912]

One box of Poetry and Prose books, including "Cats" NOT by Louis Wain, Duckworth 6th impression 1918.

Louis Wain: an old oak framed panoramic coloured print, depicting a group of cats on a rustic seesaw

Louis Wain (attributed): a gilt framed antique watercolour, depicting a cat licking its lips after feeding from a dish - signed and bearing remains of old provenance inscription on paper stuck to the backboard stating 'An Original, given by Louis Wain to Brenda Girvin, I think for a reproduction in.... Given by her to me. (signed) Lionel S. Lewis' - 16.5cm X 24cm (Brenda Girvin being author of 'The Lower Forth' and other children's titles. Lionel Smithett Lewis being a member of the late Victorian Church Anti-Vivisection League, later Vicar of Glastonbury)

An original Louis Wain pencil sketch - 14cm x 11cm CONDITION REPORT Our team of trusted experts are on hand to help and always endeavour to provide an accurate judgement. The ultimate responsibility lies with the buyer however, and we recommend that you make every effort to inspect the lot yourself.To that end, we have provided a number of additional images for your attention to showcase the lot in more detail.

An early 20th Century child's play tea set with Louis Wain style cat detail, incomplete set , damage to 1 cup , see images

Postcards, Louis Wain, 5 illustrated Wain postcards sold with a framed and glazed Louis Wain cartoon from The Sketch Magazine 1896 (postcards with some faults, fair/gd). Unsuitable for posting, BUYER TO ARRANGE COLLECTION.

Scrap Books, a collection of 6 large format late 19th/early 20thC scrap books containing greetings cards, original art work, paper mosaics and scraps. Subjects include anthropomorphic, Father Christmas, flowers, Bonzo, Felix, military, probably Louis Wain, fashion etc (albums poor, contents gen gd)

Attributed to Louis Wain (British, 1860-1939) - Various sketches of cats - Pen and ink drawings on a single sheet of paper - 26 x 38cm - 42.5 x 53.5cm framed Condition Report Examined out of the frame - not signed. Paper foxed throughout and somewhat crinkled in the lower corners and around the edges. Colours slightly faded. Paper attached to the backing with two pieces of tape in the upper corners.

Louis Wain (1860-1939) [Cat Orchestra] "Be it ever so humble there is no place like home" Design for postcard from Louis Wain's “Valentine's Series”, c.1905, in pencil and watercolour on paper, with title in pencil to lower margin and “title here in sky” in pencil to upper margin, 27.5 x 37cm, signed, framed and glazed T.R. Callan, Ayr, lot 152.

A QUANTITY OF PRINTS TO INCLUDE LOUIS WAIN FRAMED AND GLAZED, A COLLECTION OF GERMAN PRINTS DUFFELDORFER, ETC.,

Louis Wain 'Possession is Nine Points of the Law' Print 29.5x21cms, Dog Biting Cats Tail, Oileograph, Birds in Tree Oval Needlework. (3)

Louis Wain, 'In Louis Wain Land', published circa 1913 by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd, children's book profusely illustrated with Louis Wain black and white, and colour designs. The cover with applied Louis Wain cat print. 15cm height x 19cm wide, together with a hand painted The Bristol 'Cat and Dog' Pottery miniature jug, with 'it is years since we last met' motto, and black and white cat pattern designed by Louis Wain, the base with Edgar Hobbs College Green Bristol oval stamp, 6.3cm high.Condition: Book in poor condition with extensive pencil scribblings foxing and binding on cover coming apart, cover worn as photographed. Jug crazed with some brown stains, a couple of rough unglazed areas to handle.Packing & Shipping Let us take the hassle of sorting out packing and shipping from you. Mark Hill Auctions is delighted to be able offer the buyer an in-house packing and shipping service for this lot. We use UPS for shipping and all packages are sent with a minimum of a tracked service. We do not use any other service such as Royal Mail. Please see below for cost estimates, including packing:UK (Guaranteed Price): £17.51 USA (Estimated Price): £43.00 EU (Estimated Price): £23.00 R.O.W. (Estimated Price): £45.50All above quoted packing and shipping prices will have VAT added at 20%. Unless otherwise indicated above, these are estimates only but we aim to be as accurate as possible. To request packing and shipping, please wait for your invoice to arrive by email and click on the ‘Request Postage’ button on your invoice, or contact us by email requesting packing and shipping for your lot(s). The actual packing and shipping cost will then be added to your invoice and your invoice will be resent to you for payment.IMPORTANT When you request your lot(s) to be packed and shipped, you understand and agree that you are committing to pay for packing and shipping because, in order for us to give you an accurate cost, we need to pack the lot(s) to ascertain the final weight and size. By doing that, we have already incurred cost by spending time and using materials to pack your lot(s). Therefore this charge must be paid, even if you later decide to collect your lot.INSURANCE The above quotes do not include insurance. If you require insurance, please request this when you request your lots to be packed and shipped. We can only know the cost of insurance after the hammer falls as it is only then that we will know the value to be insured.MULTIPLE PURCHASES The estimates above are for this lot only. If you buy multiple lots from this auction, they can be combined where possible into one or more packages - size, shape and weight permitting. For these packages containing multiple lots, you will receive a discount of 17.5% of the total of the applicable quotes listed for those lots.Please note that this packing and shipping service is undertaken entirely at the buyer’s risk. Whilst we take the utmost care to pack items as well as we can, we cannot be held responsible for any damage to, or loss of, items packed and sent to you. By paying for our in-house packing and shipping service, the buyer agrees that any items are sent entirely at their own risk and that no compensation can be offered for any loss or damage. Lots must be paid for in full before they will be released.

A framed Louis Wain print ‘The Lecturer’

Style of Louis Wain (1860-1939), pair of oval watercolours, Comical studies of cats, 12 x 8.5cm, gilt framed. Condition - fair

Early Red Postcard Album containing in excess of 300 cards An early 20th century album containing a good collection of cards - a varied assortment of subject cards including greetings, glamour, literary, animals including pigs and cats - Louis Wain noted. Also includes some real photo topographical and a woven silk 1904 Bradford Exhibition card.

LOUIS WAIN (British 1860-1939), 'The Conductor', lithograph, numbered 5/100 in pencil, 57cm x 82cm overall, framed.

A framed Louis Wain print "What we may come to..." along with three smaller Raphael Kirchner prints

The Story of Tabbykin Town, In School and Play By Louis Wain, 1920 First Edition, Published by C. W. Faulkner & Co., Limited, London. 1920 First Edition. Told by Kitty Cat. Illustrated by Louis Wain. Bound in the original paper wraps with colour tipped in plate to the front wrap. Measuring: 28cm x 18cm. Pagination: 12pp with colour and monochrome illustrations by Wain, Bound in the original brown paper wraps. Tear to the tipped in plate to the front wrap, crease to the upper corner. Small ink name to the head of the title, some bleeding from staples, the two middle leafs detached, tear to the gutter of page 4. some hand colouring to the monochrome illustrations. a few chips to the margins.

An early 20th century ebonised novelty timepiece, carved in the Black Forest manner as a seated cat of Louis Wain inspiration, 5cm clock dial with Arabic numerals, 29.5cm high, c.1920

After Louis Wain (British, 1860-1939) Meowing Catscoloured print41cm x 98cm

Louis Wain (1860-1939) signed watercolour of the dog who ran away with the goose, exhibited in New York art gallery 1986, 40cm x 30cm.

Louis Wain (1860-1939) signed watercolour "The hazards of eel fishing", exhibited cats of  fame and promise 1981, 25cm x 20cm.

Louis Wain (1860-1939) Collection of various prints and plates from annuals to include 'On Mouseport Sands' and a collection of various bird engravings, some with later coloured detailing, published by A Fullarton & CoAt present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in no way indicates a good condition, please contact the saleroom for a condition report. 

A Louis Wain print The End Of The Holidays

Over five hundred postcards, Edwardian and after, to include images of Captain Scott, his team and expedition to the South Pole, Shackleton, Kitten Suffragette (1908) 'I want my Vote!', humour by Louis Wain, Donald McGill, G.E. Studdy etc military humour, S. Barham Peter Pan cards, animals from the Zoological Gardens Regent’s Park, images of officers, parades etc at Beaumont College, topographical including local interest, fox hunting photographic cards, greetings etc 

Aldin, Cecil (ill): a collection of volumes to include Emanuel: A Dog Day. 1904 reprints, with 28 colour plates. Pictorial boards, rubbed; Emanuel: The Snob. Lawrence & Bullen, 1904, 1st. Edn. Complete with 19 colour pales. 4to. Original pictorial covers. With tears to the spine, o/w Good+; Doggie And His Ways. Henry Frowde, no date, 1st. Edn. Pictorial card covers, prize label to front pastedown, Very good; Gyp's Hour of Bliss. No Publisher, no date, 4to. Pictorial card covers and 32 pages, with a coloured / coloured-in illustration to each page. First published in hard back by Collins in 1919. Stapled together, staples rusty and last couple of pages a little loose, o/w vg; Chalmers: Forty Fine Ladies. 1929, 1st. Edn. DW, 4to. VG; Just Among Friends, Pages from My Sketch Books. Eyre And Spottiswoode, 1934, 1st. Edn. 4to. Covers rubbed, Good+; Wonderland Wonders. Home Words Office, no date, 1st. Edn. With illustrations by Cecil Aldin, Louis Wain, etc. Original boards. Lower cover damp stained; o/w VG; Masefield: Right Royal, 1922, 1st. Illustrated edition; The Cecil Aldin Book. 1932, 1st. Edn. 4to. Very Good; The Bunch Book, For Dog Lovers Only. 1939, reprint. (10)

Louis Wain (British, 1860 - 1939), 19th / early 20th century original cartoon of cats playing golf, chromolithograph, 35 x 55cm, framed and glazed

Twenty two artist signed and humour postcards including one Louis Wain cat postcard

Wain (Louis, illustrator). "Tinker, Tailor". Stories by Edric Vredenburg, London: Raphael Tuck, [1914], 12 colour plates, illustrations, a few minor spots, contemporary presentation inscription, 'Owner of this Book' box completed, rear hinge showing, original cloth-backed boards, upper cover with mounted colour illustrations (small marginal tear and loss to top left corner), a little rubbed with small light stains, 4to, together with Cowham (Hilda, illustrator). Curly Heads and Long Legs. Stories by Edric Vredenburg and others, London: Raphael Tuck, [1914], 12 colour plates, illustrations, rear hinge tender, contemporary previous owner inscription, original cloth-backed boards, mounted colour illustration to upper cover, edges a little rubbed, 4to, with others including Little Brown Bear, by Elizabeth Upham, illustrated by Marjorie Hartwell, 1942, Josephine's Christmas Party, illustrated by Honor C. Appleton, circa 1950, Spike Milligan's Silly Verse for Kids, 1959, Little Red Riding Hood, Peepshow pop-up book, illustrated by Linda Griffith, 1975, and The Turner Gallery. A Series of One Hundred and Twenty Engravings from the Works of the Late J. M. W. Turner, 3 volumes bound in 2, circa 1880 QTY: (16)

* Wain (Louis, 1860-1939). Profile of a cat’s head with bow-tie, no date, c.1911, pen and ink on a manilla envelope, signed ‘Louis Wain’ beneath, the unused envelope somewhat browned and creased, torn with loss at foot, well away from the drawing and signature, 220 x 100 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:An accompanying manuscript provenance note indicates that this was obtained by James Thomas Benjamin when he was employed by George Newnes limited in the Strand, London, c. 1911. ‘One day when I was about five years old, Louis Wain called at my father’s office on business. During the course of conversation my father asked Louis Wain if he would kindly draw a cat for his young son (referring to me [Ernest Ainsworth Benjamin]) and he obligingly drew it on a manilla envelope as you can see. This is the original and it has been in my possession ever since’, signed by Ernest Benjamin and dated 2 March 1989.

A 'Louis Wain' Pottery Model of 'Lucky Knight Earrant Cat', modelled as a cubist figure holding a shield and feathered helmet, painted meow meow notes, signed, 14cm high - back section in pieces. (A/f)yes all pieces there apart from small edges/chippings Very damaged – back broken, front appears ok, some crazing.

An Album of early 20th century Picture Postcards to include; Bonzo, Louis Wain, Mabel Lucie Attwell, Satirical, topographical views some of Bradford noted etc, approximately 140.

Louis Wain for Paragon China, a Tinker Tailor series baby's plate, printed with the Busy Tailor in blue, green and yellow, 18cm diameter

Helen ScourseA kingfisher on a branch above a stream in a wooded landscapeWatercolourSignedTogether with five other watercolours by Helen Scourse, two watercolours by David Pole, a watercolour by Hona Owen, a Louis Wain print and another painting of a Kingfisher in flight

Louis Wain (1860-1939)' What we are about to receive' Cats mouse pie and beetle banquet colour print 49cm x 15.5cm. Framed and glazed 63 x30.5cmLocation RWFIf there is no condition report shown, please request

Trade silk, Jackson's Hats & Boots, Louis Wain Cat Cartoons, type, Cricket Match, 'M' size (slight fraying, gd) (1)

Postcards, a subject mix of 18 cards inc. Gruss Aus cards from Cape Town (trimmed), Port Said (2), Cairo, Simla, McGill comic (4), Suffragette comic (2), HTL, Louis Wain 'A Coon Song', Gruss Aus Ost-Afrika, football comic (2), and advert for prams (mixed condition)

AFTER ROBERT MORDEN "Staffordshire" hand coloured map, 43 cm x 37.5 cm and AFTER LOUIS WAIN "The good puss" colour lithograph, 39.5 cm x 60 cm (2)

After Louis Wain, a hand-coloured print of three cats, 5.25" x 7.5" (13 x 19cm), (unframed).

Cecil ALDIN (ill): The Romance of the Road. 1928, 1st. Edn. Folio, with colour plates, road maps and a large folding map in the front pocket. Covers a little spotted; Wonderland Wonders. Home Words Office, no date, 1st. Edn. With illustrations by Cecil Aldin, Louis Wain, etc. Original boards; My Pets and their ways. Henry Frowde, no date, inscribed 1910. Illustrated by Aldin and others. Pictorial boards; rubbed; inner hinges cracked. The foredge of one page torn, with small loss; Just Among Friends. Eyre And Spottiswoode, 1935, 1st. Edn. 4to. Covers rubbed, inner hinges cracked; Good+; Maeterlinck: My Dog. George Allen, 1913, 1st. Edn. 6 colour plates plus colour plate to upper cover. VG; Howe-Nurse: Berkshire Vale. Oxford, Blackwell, 1927, 1st. Edn. Folio. VG; Hayward: The Other One. Pearson, 1901, 1st. Edn. With cover design and four plates by Aldin. Lacking front blank; Fife: Scarlet Blue and Green. Macmillan, 1932, 1st. Edn. 4to. Pictorial boards gilt. Tears to spine; Old Inns. Heinemann, 1921, 1st. Edn. 4to. VG; Ratcatcher to Scarlet. Eyre and Spottiswoode, no date (1926), 1st. Edn. 4to. Rebound, preserving part of the spine and upper cover, o/w VG+ (10)

Louis William Wain (British, 1860-1939), Pop, signed l.l., titled verso, watercolour and bodycolour, 17.5 by 18cm, framed. Provenance: with Chris Beetles, London. Exhibited: York City Art Gallery, 1986, No.20

Americana. Twain (Mark), Pudd'nhead Wilson: A Tale, first edition, first impression, London: Chatto & Windus, 1894, half-title, portrait frontispiece, publisher's catalogue bound-in at rear, original publisher's pictorial red cloth, uncut, contemporary Haarlem bookseller's ticket, 8vo; another copy, variant publisher's binding, uncut, 8vo; idem, Tom Sawyer Abroad, first UK edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1894, half-title, frontispiece, publisher's catalogue bound-in at rear, original pictorial cloth, uncut, 8vo; Owen (Mary Alicia), Owen (Juliette A., illustrator), & Wain (Louis, illustrator), Old Rabbit, The Voodoo, and other Sorcerers, first UK edition, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1893, half-title, in-text illustrations, original pictorial cloth, 8vo; Baum (L. Frank) & Neill (John R., illustrator), The Scarecrow of Oz, first edition, Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1915, colour frontispiece, b/w illustrations, original pictorial binding, worn, 4to; & Gould (Chester), Dick Tracy: Detective and Federal Agent, New York: Dell Publishing Company, 1936, comic book-type illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, 12mo, (6)

Louis William Wain (English, 1860-1939) Cat studypen and inksigned25 x 20cm Ink on paper now with a a distinct acid line where the original mount sat, paper evenly discoloured, darker around the margins with some spotting lower left and fraying at the edges, but overall fair condition, not framed or mounted.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

A pen and watercolour cartoon/sketch bearing the signature Louis Wain, of a cat wearing a tuxedo, 24.5cm x 19.5cm, housed in early 20th century oak frame