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Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, [1909], 20 tipped-in colour plates, a little light toning to text, original cloth gilt, spine lightly faded, 4to, together with The Golden Cockerel, by Alexander Pushkin, Limited Editions Club, New York, [1949], colour illustrations by Edmund Dulac, original cloth gilt, glassine wrapper, contained in original chemise (spine torn), slipcase (some tears and small loss), folio, limited signed edition 142/1500, plus Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme, by Arthur Ransome [1919], 12 tipped-in colour plates by Thomas Mackenzie, a little light spotting, contemporary ownership inscription, top edge gilt, original pictorial cloth, 4to, with six others including Richard Wagner's Parsifal, illustrated by Willy Pogany, [1912], Florence Upton's The Golliwogg's Air Ship, [1902], and Jean de Brunhof's Babar's Travels, 1935, and The Story of Babar the Little Elephant, 2nd English edition, 1934, and three Louis Wain annuals for 1913 & 1921 (2 copies)Qty: (11)
An album of approximately 320 various postcards, illustrated by Louis Wain, Hester Margetson, Margaret Tarrant, Sydney Carter, etc. IMPORTANT: Online viewing and bidding only. No in person collections, an additional charge of £15 (inc. VAT) applies to this lot to cover postage to registered address.
Mental Health.- Bedlam.- Bowen (Thomas) An historical account of the origin, progress, and present state of Bethlem Hospital, founded by Henry the Eighth, for the cure of lunatics, and Enlarged by subsequent Benefactors, for the Reception and Maintenance of incurables, first edition, engraved frontispiece by W. Sharp after Stothard, C1 ink correction to notes, frontispiece with some foxing and offsetting on to title, disbound, 4to, no printer, 1783.⁂ Rare in commerce. It was published by order of the governors of the hospitals of Bethlem and Bridewell. Bethlem is one of the oldest psychiatric hospitals in the world, having been founded as a general hospital in 1247 in the City of London, and from the late 14th / early 15th centuries being specifically associated with the insane. It was around this time that it became more commonly referred to as 'Bedlam'. Notable patients included the artists Richard Dadd and Louis Wain, and the architect Pugin.
[CHILDRENS] Wain, Louis. Cats at Play, The Alexandra Publishing Company, London, no date, pictorial boards, frontispiece and a further three colour plate illustrations, further text illustrations (one with neat juvenile colouring0, quarto (spine slightly faded; upper board with some soiling).
[CHILDRENS] Louis Wain's Annual 1913, Shaw, London, as dated, pictorial stiff paper covers (spine strip with losses at either end; rubbed), six tipped-in colour plate illustrations (five creased), further text illustrations, period advertisements, quarto; Parkin, Michael. Louis Wain's Edwardian Cats, first edition, Thames & Hudson, London, 1983, boards, dustjacket, colour and black and white illustrations throughout, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, square octavo; and three other works of feline interest (Rodney Dale's Louis Wain with damp stained lower board and rear dustjacket), (5).
[CHILDRENS] Wain, Louis, Foster, W., & Thompson, G.H., illustrators. Very Funny, Scott & Sleeman, London, no date, cloth backed pictorial boards, frontispiece and a further four colour plate illustrations, text illustrations throughout, small quarto, (corners and edges worn; lower board water marked); Winder, Blanche, & Rountree, Harry, illustrator. Aesop's Fables, Ward, Lock & Co., London, no date, fawn cloth with pictorial onlay, forty-four colour plate illustrations (including frontispiece, as called for), 4 pp. publisher's list, small quarto; and four other works, (6).
* Prints & engravings. A mixed collection of forty-six prints, mostly 19th century, engravings, lithographs and chromolithographs, including British topographical views (mostly London), historical scenes, genre, botany, natural history, cartoons, dogs, juvenile (Louis Wain), porcelain and china and maps, including three 'miniature' Morden maps of Kent, Middlesex and Oxfordshire, all framed and glazed, various sizes and condition (Qty: 46)NOTESAll the images are ex Harrods stock and are well framed.
A collection of Edwardian postcards to an album to include topographical interest, greetings cards to include three Louis Wain, coloured photographic portraits, black and white portraits stars of the stage, large quantity (approx. 500) For condition information please view this lot on our website HERE
ARTHUR BURNABY: DAYS IN CATLAND WITH LOUIS WAIN PANORAMA, London, Raphael Tuck, circa 1903, folding concertina formed panorama, 4 coloured plates, 14 coloured card figures of cats, numbered to fit into the corresponding splits, some repairs, restoration and faults, pocket flap replaced, oblong 4to, original pictorial front cover
The Bristol Cat & Dog Pottery, a group of tea wares decorated by Louis Wain with black cats and dogs on grass with text, to include two cups, a saucer, a side plate, a sugar bowl and a milk jug, height of jug 2.5insCondition Report: Losses to green enamel on cream jug, one cup is cracked through base of the handles
Ephemera, a collection of mixed ephemera to include an illustrated autograph album (approx. 10 decorated pages), small qty. rail tickets (poss. WW2), Weetabix 3-D viewer with 8 animal cards, Liebig advertising menu, 12 Gilbey's Horoscope beer mats, La Cartolina Che Canta Fonoscope, framed Louis Wain print 'Milk Has Gone Up', 1920s docket 'Parcels Delivered By LM&S', a signed photo of Chuck Yeager (first man to break the sound barrier), Pink Floyd art poster, page from The Sphere 1907 entitled 'How The Advocates Of Women's Suffrage Marched Through The Muddy Streets Of London' (tear to bottom) etc. (gen gd) (qty.)
RE-ENTERED LOT - SEE NOTE, Collectables, Children's Books, 'Book of Toys For Girls and Boys' circa 1890 Frederick Warne (hand stitched repair to spine, foxing and nibbled edges), 'Bimbo the Cat' mechanical story book circa 1925 poss. Louis Wain (fair, some creasing to ear), 'Our Toys' Nelson and Sons Ltd 1960 (fair) (3)

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