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Books - Walter Crane A Flower Wedding 1905, Maurice Sendak In the night kitchen 1970, G Vogel Spring Flowers c.1915, and Edmund Dulac Lyrics pathetic and humorous from A to Z. 1908.

Walter Crane for Morris and Co. (attributed), a pair of Arts and Crafts mahogany pyrography panels, etched in low relief with Preraphaelite allegorical figures Sphaera Imaginationis and Speculum Naturae, designed 1889, set within acanthus carved frames, the panels 76cm x 37cm, overall 106cm x 67cm Note: designed as stained glass panels for the doors to the picture gallery of Aston Webb's Clare Lawn house, they appear in The Architect, 1889, p.312, also reproduced in the Ian Dungavell's article 'Two Arts and Crafts Interiors by Aston Webb', Journal of the Decorative Arts Society, No.21, 1997, p.108 fig.8. The current location of the original panels is apparently unknown

A set of four Arts and Crafts wooden panels, each incised with an allegorical figure of the seasons, circa 1890, in the style of Walter Crane, depicting women in various landscapes and dresses, 65cm x 32cm

Collectables Books, a large quantity of vintage children's books to include, 'The Cockyolly Bird' by Mabel Dearmer 1914, 'The House At Pooh Corner', 1928 First Edition, no dust wrapper, pink boards with gilt embossed decoration,' The Reign of King Oberon' edited by Walter Jerrold, illustrations by Charles Robinson, ' The Book of the Flower Fairies' by Cicely M Barker, Blackie, 'King Arthur's Knights' re told by Henry Gilbert illustrated by Walter Crane, TC and EC Jack, 'My Book of Heroes and Heroines' by Clayton Edwards and Arthur L Hayward Cassell and Co (poor to gd) (25+)

Selection of early 20th century autographs - signed letter to Colchester Mayor regarding Colchester Oyster Feast, names include artists, poets, writers, etc, including Seymour Hicks, George R. Sims, Anthony Hope-Hawkins, Lord Darling, Louis N. Packer, Walter Crane, Sir H. Lucy, Jerome K. Jerome, E. V. Lucas, Lawrence Alma Tadema, Katharine Tynan Hickson, John Galworthy, etc, some written in third person (qty)

The Baby's Opera by Walter Crane, "The Diverting History of John Gilpin" R. Caldecott, pub. George Routledge, "Sam the Sportsman" illustrated by Frank Adams, pub. Blackie & Son, and "A Story Book for Me" illustrated by John Hassall

A group of 12 mainly Grocer related books - Commercial Confectionery Vol I & II with a previous price tag of £50 edited by A C Skeats & published by Gresham 1937, Vols I-IV of the Practical Grocer edited by W H Simmonds with colour illustrations also published by Gresham, The E J Arnold & Son Leeds Glasgow and Belfast School Requisites Book dated 1934, a Boots Scribbling Diary for 1900, The Babies Opera - a book of old rhymes with new dresses by Walter Crane, Modern Grocery Display with dust jacket edited by C L T Beeching / Caxton Press, Business Methods for Chemists, and Better Home Making edited by Beryl Conway Cross.

A group of late 19th Century Sowerby pressed glass posy troughs each with a Walter Crane design depicting Oranges and Lemons, comprising a pair in purple malachite and a pair in flint, moulded marks, width 11cm. (4)

*Mullikin (Mary Augusta, 1874-1964). Interior of a Chinese Courtyard, circa 1930s, gouache and black chalk on pale brown paper, signed to lower edge, 56 x 30.5 cm (22 x 12 ins), framed and glazed American painter Mary Augusta Mullikin trained at the Cincinnatti Art Academy, and afterwards studied in Paris under James McNeill Whistler and London under Walter Crane. She lived in China between 1920 and 1946, travelling extensively in China, Korea and Japan. She published several articles on China during the 1930s and 1940s, including An Artists' Party in China in The Studo, vol cx, no. 512, November 1935. (1)

Flint (William Russell). Breakfast In P‚rigord, 1968, limited edition 231/525, 60 black and white illustrations, signed by the author to the limitation page, publisher's original black quarter morocco in slipcase, spine lightly marked, large 8vo, together with Greenaway (Kate), Marigold Garden, 1st edition, circa 1885, Under the Window, circa 1878, numerous colour illustrations, some minor spotting, both in original illustrated boards, lightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, and Crane (Walter), Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden..., 1906, colour illustrations, original illustrated boards, slightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, plus other mostly 20th century illustrated juvenile literature, including Frank Reynolds, Frank C. Pape, Hugh Thomson, A.A. Milne, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Walter Crane - Craven Dunnill - An early 20th Century jug decorated with hand painted pale lustre ladies swimming amidst ruby lustre sea creatures, all to a pale green lustre ground, the handle formed as a scaly fish, faint printed mark, height 22cm

WALTER CRANE (1845-1915) LITTLE RED CAP (LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD) Inscribed LITTLE RED CAP, pen and black ink Main image 3.5 x 12cm.; capital `T` 3.5 x 3.5cm.; with a pencil drawing of Andrew Marvell by Ford Madox Brown, monogrammed and dated 78 in ink, 21.5 x 13cm.; `My Beautiful Lady` and `My Lady in Death`, etchings by Wiliam Holman Hunt for `The Germ`, 1850, printed on a single sheet, 18 x 10cm.; and a woodcut, `Procession to the Hill` from `The Tale of Cupid and Psyche` of angel musicians playing horns, by William Morris, 10 x 15.5cm. (4) * The Crane item is a design for `Household Stories by Grimms` (Macmillan, 1882), sold at Sothebys Belgravia. The Madox Brown drawing is a study for his `Cromwell, Protector of the Vaudois` (1877, Manchester Art Gallery) and was sold at Christies, London, April 24th, 1975, as part of lot 45 (authenticity confirmed by Mary Bennett, February 2003). The Morris print was exhibited in Julian Hartnoll's `Pre-Raphaelite Graphics` exhibition, March-April 1974, no.48. The four items were purchased by Ronald Pickvance from S. & K. Morris of Stratford upon Avon, April 13th, 1976 for a total of £205. ++ Each with some foxing and/or time staining

An important 19th Century Arts & Crafts Fire Surround and Overmantel, possibly by W.B. Simpson & Son, the overmantel with carved decorative finials and large central mirror panel flanked by pillar supported shelves with mirror backs and gilt decoration, on a moulded shelf over a surround with decorative carved sides in relief depicting flowers, the frieze with seven colourful hand painted tiles by Minton & Co., depicting figures playing various instruments, and two similarly decorated standards, each inset with large tiles either side probably designed by Walter Crane, with a central carved marble inset, approx. 326cms (128")h x 183cms (72")w.Provenance: The Corcoran Family, (Wexford Free Press)

Walter Crane Mrs. Mundi At Home with Lines & Outlines by Walter Crane published Marcus Ward (c1880s) full page plates, original printed boards, oblong folio. The Christmas Card Sketch Book with plates by Crane, Alma Tadema, Randolph Caldecott printed cloth boards (2)

Walter Crane Pan Pipes A Book of Old Songs by Theo Marzials, (1880s) printed in colours by Edmund Evans, pictorial boards with copy of Baby's Opera George Routledge in colour printed boards (2)

GORDON FORSYTH (1879-1952) FOR PILKINGTON'S TILE & POTTERY CO.'APOLLO', A MONUMENTAL LANCASTRIAN LUSTRE VASE, DATED 1909 decorated with a frieze of cockerels to the neck, and to the body with the figure of Apollo riding a chariot through the clouds pulled by six horses, reserved on a blue ground, bears inscription APOLLO, painted artist’s and date cyphers to the base, impressed factory monogram and marks 2471 / IX/ ENGLAND 54cm highProvenance: The Harriman Judd Collection of British Art Pottery, Sotheby’s, New York, 22 January 2001, lot 407Note: This impressive vase is one of the largest pieces ever produced by the factory in lustre glazes. Pilkington’s Tile & Pottery Company was founded in 1891 at Clifton, near Salford, Greater Manchester. William Burton, previously a chemist with Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, was employed as manager and guided the company through its early years until 1915. He was joined by his brother Joseph, and together they developed the glazes for which the company became famous. The first large exhibition of Pilkington's Lancastrian Pottery was held at the Graves Gallery in London in 1904, and two years later the first of the lustre wares were shown at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition in London. The firm employed some of the leading designers of the day for these special wares, including Lewis F. Day, C.F.A. Voysey and Walter Crane, as well as designs from their own decorators, including Richard Joyce, Gordon Forsyth and William S. Mycock. The firm was awarded the Royal Warrant in 1913, after which the range was known as Pilkington’s Royal Lancastrian.

WALTER CRANE (1845-1915, DESIGNER) AND WILLIAM S. MYCOCK (1872-1950, DECORATOR) FOR PILKINGTON’S TILE & POTTERY CO.LANCASTRIAN ‘SWAN’ LUSTRE VASE, DATED 1906decorated with classical figures in sailing ships, painted artist’s, designer’s and date cyphers to the base, impressed factory monogram and marks 2472/ VI 25.5cm highProvenance: Richard Dennis, London

WALTER CRANE (1845-1915, DESIGNER) AND RICHARD JOYCE (1873-1931, DECORATOR) FOR PILKINGTON’S TILE & POTTERY CO.LANCASTRIAN ‘SWAN’ LUSTRE VASE, DATED 1907decorated with classical figures in sailing ships, painted artist’s and designer’s cyphers to the base, impressed factory monogram and marks 2472/ VII/ ENGLAND 25.5cm high

WALTER CRANE (1845-1915, DESIGNER) AND RICHARD JOYCE (1873-1931, DECORATOR) FOR PILKINGTON’S TILE AND POTTERY CO.‘ST. GEORGE & THE DRAGON’ LANCASTRIAN LUSTRE CHARGER, DATED 1910inscribed CHEVALIER SANS PEUR ET SANS REPROCHE, painted designer’s cypher to the rim, and designer’s and artist’s cyphers and date cyphers verso, impressed factory monogram and marks X/ ENGLAND48.5cm diameterProvenance: The John Scott CollectionExhibited: London, Richard Dennis, Pilkington’s Royal Lancastrian Pottery, 1980 (252);London, The Fine Art Society, The John Scott Collection: British Art Pottery, 2014 (72)Literature: Cross, Anthony, 'Pilkington’s Royal Lancastrian Pottery and Tiles', Shepton Beauchamp 1980, illustrated on the front cover, the same design, and p. 13, with a different colourway.

WALTER CRANE (1845-1915, DESIGNER) AND RICHARD JOYCE (1873-1931, DECORATOR) FOR PILKINGTON’S TILE & POTTERY CO.ROYAL LANCASTRIAN LUSTRE VASE, CIRCA 1918decorated with classical figures with cypress trees, painted artist’s and designer’s cyphers to the base, impressed factory monogram and marks 2085/ ROYAL LANCASTRIAN/ ENGLAND27cm high

WALTER CRANE (1845-1915, DESIGNER) AND WILLIAM S. MYCOCK (1872-1950, DECORATOR) FOR PILKINGTON’S TILE & POTTERY CO.ROYAL LANCASTRIAN LUSTRE ‘LION’ BOWL, DATED 1932decorated with a frieze of lions above a panel of rosettes and hearts, painted artist’s and designer’s cyphers to the base, impressed factory monogram and marks ROYAL LANCASTRIAN/ ENGLAND21cm diameter

SPENSER, EDMUND – THOMAS J. WISE – WALTER CRANE, ILLUSTRATORSPENSER’S FAERIE QUEENE. [LONDON: GEORGE ALLEN, 1897]6 volumes, 4to, one of 1000 copies, original cream cloth gilt, pink wrappers bound in, a little discolouration to spines

CRANE, WALTERMRS. MUNDI AT HOME. [LONDON: MARCUS WARD & CO., [N.D.]Second edition, oblong folio, original green pictorial cloth gilt

CRANE, WALTERWILLIAM MORRIS TO WHISTLER. [LONDON: G. BELL & SONS LTD., 1911]8vo, large paper edition, number 91 of 350 copies, original blue cloth gilt

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL – WALTER CRANE, ILLUSTRATORWONDER BOOK FOR GIRLS & BOYS. [LONDON: HARPER AND BROTHERS, 1893]First Crane edition, first issue, 8vo, original pictoral cloth, dust jacket with some tears and soiling

WARR, GEORGE C. – WALTER CRANE, ILLUSTRATORECHOES OF HELLAS. [LONDON: MARCUS WARD & COMPANY, 1887]2 volumes (including A Pianoforte Arrangement of the Music), folio, original pictorial vellum gilt, a little offsetting, slight soiling to covers of second volume

PRIVATE PRESS AND ILLUSTRATED14 BOOKS INCLUDING MORRIS, WILLIAMArt and the Beauty of the Earth. London: Chiswick Press, 1898. 8vo, original boards; [Idem] An Address…Delivered at the Distribution of the Prizes to Students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art… London: Chiswick Press, 1898. 8vo, original boards; King, Jessie M., illustrator. The Grey City of the North. Edinburgh: T. Foulis, 1910. Tall 8vo, original illustrated wrappers; Crane, Walter, illustrator. A Book of Christmas Verse. London: Methuen and Company, 1895. 8vo, original pictorial cloth; Ellis, F.S. – Walter Crane, illustrator. The History of Reynard the Fox. London: David Nutt, 1897. 8vo, inscribed by Mrs Ellis, original cloth gilt; Crane, Walter. The Book of Wedding Days. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1889. 4to, original red cloth with silver illustration; Housman, Laurence. Of Aucassin and Nicolette. London: Chatto & Windus, 1925. 8vo, original boards; Chisholm, Louey. The Enchanted Land. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1906. 8vo, original cloth gilt; Gilbert, Henry – Walter Crane, illustrator. King Arthur’s Knights. Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, [n.d.] 8vo, modern grey morocco gilt; and 5 others (14)

ETCHING AND DECORATIVE ARTS13 BOOKS INCLUDING RINDER, FRANKD.Y. Cameron, an Illustrated Catalogue… Glasgow: James Maclehose, 1912. 4to, original cloth; Gaunt, W. The Etchings of Frank Brangwyn… London: The Studio, 1926. 4to; Dodgson, Campbell. The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. London: The Studio, 1922. 4to; Holme, Charles. Modern Etchings, Mezzotints and Dry-Points. London: The Studio, 1913. 4to, contemporary red half-morocco gilt; Furst, Herbert. Original Engraving and Etching… London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1931. 4to; Crane, Walter. The Basis of Design. London: George Bell and Sons, 1898. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Grierson, Flora and Katharine Cameron, illustrator. Haunting Edinburgh. London: The Bodley Head, 1929. 8vo, presentation copy from the illustrator with a signed etching; and 6 others (13)

FRANK J BELL (LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL) 'Seahorses', watercolour and bodycolour, signed lower right, inscribed after Walter Crane and dated June 1909, 25.5cm x 52cm

Dulac (E, illus), 'Lyrics Pathetic & Humorous', Warne & Co, 1908 and two other children's books, including 'This Little Pig: His Picture Book', Vol I, illustrated by Walter Crane and 'R. Caldecott's Second Collection of Pictures & Songs', the Dulac 'Lyrics' with 24 coloured plates (loose)

Walter Crane (1845-1915), Scenes from The Tempest by William Shakespeare, sevenwoodcut prints, each approx 22cm x 16cm.(7)

Wise (John R.) The New Forest and its Scenery, limited edition 49/50, large paper Artist's Edition with12 etchings by Heywood Sumner on india paper and other illus. by Walter Crane, plus 2 maps, original gilt blocked green morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine dulled, some marking and corner rubbing, Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883, 4to.

Circle of Walter Crane (1845-1915): A pair of watercolours depicting full length portrait studies of Elizabethan gentlemen, each signed with monograms, H 43 x W 15 cm

A Bechstein upright piano, in Arts & Crafts oak case designed by Walter Crane, with strap hinges and candle sconces to either side, stamped registration No 206403 to inner lid, (Formerly at Standen House, West Sussex "hence by descent") 60" wide

CRANE, WALTER (1845-1915),DICKSEE, SIR FRANCIS BERNARD (FRANK) (1853-1928),GOODALL, FREDERICK (1822-1904),MARKS, HENRY STACY. RA (1829-1898)An autograph cut letter exert in Crane's hand, 'I will leave her to convey your won idea of costume to her', an autograph cut exert from Dicksee letter, a letter from Goodall to Briton Rivière inviting him to an event and an interesting letter from Stacey Marks to Briton Rivière regarding 'the Arts Committee' and the proposal of a 'second individual'; also, the painting of a fan sent by Rivière to Marks on which he has 'drawn on it a little stork'. (4)

Walter Crane (1845 - 1915), after, a set of twelve book title and sub-title pages from Grimm's Household Stories, comprising main allegorical title-page, sub-title pages: Rapunzel, Faithful John, The Golden Bird, Snow White, The Six Swans, The Sleeping Beauty, The White Snake, The Robber Bridegroom, The Almond Tree, Goose Girl and Mother Hulda, Printed by Swain & Co., for MacMillan & Co., London 1882, woodcuts, each 15.5cm x 10cm, framed as one, 27.5cm x 186cm overall, early 20th century oak frame

Walter Crane - Cartoons For The Cause 1886. 1896, 25 plates, some corners torn and frayed. Two plates framed.

A Maw & Co. vase with a ruby lustre glaze, designed by Walter Crane, the body design depicting a swan ship with figures and mermaids swimming below. Circa 1885. Signed Walter Crane to base. Height 23.5cm.

FOLIO SOCIETY: SPENSER (Edmund): 'Spenser's Faerie Queene..', London, Folio Society, 2011: No.397/1000 numbered copies: illustrations by Walter Crane: 3 vols, large 4to, full white goatskin blocked in gold, teg, in original slipcase: slipcase with some wear and marking, vol 1 with coffee splash to top outer corner of boards and block, otherwise VG. (1)

WALTER CRANE (1845 - 1915): A "WOOD NOTES" WALLPAPER PANEL SAMPLE, c.1933, no. 57113 / 57115, 82cm length x 58cm width Provenance: Lucie Zelie Durnford and thence by descent

Wedgwood demi-lune dish in the manner of Walter Crane decorated in the Arts & Crafts style with central female figure working a press and pictorial design of fish, deer, rabbits and children to the edge

[CLASSIC LITERATURE]. ILLUSTRATED Crane, Walter. Flora's Feast. A Masque of Flowers, Cassell & Co., London, 1889, cloth-backed decorative boards, vignette title, illustrations throughout, small quarto; with Crane, Walter. A Flower Wedding, Cassell & Co., London, 1905, cloth-backed decorative boards, vignette title, illustrations throughout, small quarto (upper hinge weak); and Crane, Walter. Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden, Cassell & Co., London, 1906, cloth-backed decorative boards, vignette title, illustrations throughout, small quarto (upper hinge split), (3).

Crane (Walter) Routledge's New Sixpenny Toy Books, 11 vol., comprising Baby's Own Alphabet, The Absurd A.B.C., Valentine and Orson, My Mother, Cinderella, Bluebeard, Chattering Jack, Adventures of Puffy, King Luckieboy's Picture Book, How Jessie was Lost, The Old Courtier, full-page colour illustrations, original pictorial wrappers, rubbed, occasional chipping to corners and extremities, one or two wrappers becoming loose, 4to, c.1875.

Bernard Sickert (1862/63-1932) - River scene with shipping, a crane and factories nearby, possibly a scene on The Thames, pencil, charcoal and pastel on tinted paper, 11" x 15.5" ** The work has a black and white study of buildings and an archway on the reverse, possibly a fixed charcoal drawing or black and white reproduction Bernard Sickert was, like Walter, born in Munich and was the younger brother of Walter Richard Sickert, the sons of the artist Oswald Adelbert Sickert. The family moved to England in 1868 and his work was influenced by his father and by Whistler. He wrote a biography on Whistler in 1908 and became a member of The England Art Club, as well as the Allied Artist Association. He was, together with his older brother Walter, one of the group of ten who exhibited together as 'The London Impressionist' at The Goupil Gallery in 1889

The Paegent 1986. Published Messrs Henry and Company. Containing various Illustrations Whistler etc... TOGETHER WITH A SELECTION OF OTHER ART TITLES mainly relating to Victorian painting Pre Raphaelite artists, Aubrey Beardsley, Singer Sargent, Walter Crane etc......

HARRISON, Elizabeth, The Vision of Dante. 2nd Ed. Illus. Walter Crane, Chicago 1894. Modern English Poets illus. by Junior Etching Club inc. two by J. WHISTLER, disbound and Millais's Collected Illustrations (3)

CRANE, Walter, Decorative Illustration, George Bell 1896, ex V & A Library, Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, 3 vols and Leonardo da Vinci, Florence 1919 in Italian, tooled leather binding with clasp (5)

Meridies (noon) a Maw & Co tile designed by Walter Crane, printed and enamelled in colours impressed marks, printed artist cipher to design, 21cm. square Literature Greg Smith & Sarah Hyde Walter Crane Artist, Designer & Socialist, Lund Humphries, page 17 for Nox (night) from this set of tiles illustrated.

Crane (Walter, illustrator). The Children's Musical Cinderella, told in Familiar Words to Familiar Tunes, by William Routledge and Louis N. Parker, 1879, seven colour wood-engraved illustrations, including one double-page, occasional light spotting, original pictorial wrappers, extremities a trifle worn in places, slim 4to A scarce musical edition of the well-loved fairy tale, intended to be easily performed by children as a "pleasing novelty in drawing-room performances, village concerts, &c." and handsomely illustrated by Walter Crane. This book appears to be a failed attempt to re-launch the Routledge Sixpenny and Shilling Picture Books, both series having come to an end in 1876. (1)

Crane (Walter, illustrator). The Sirens Three, 1886, black and white illustrations, small ink stain at foot of a few leaves, original cloth-backed decorative boards, light edgewear and a few stains, 4to, together with Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-Night's Dream, 1914, 12 tipped-in colour plates by William Heath Robinson, scattered light spotting, original pictorial cloth gilt, partial toning to spine, 4to, plus The Year's at the Spring. An Anthology of Recent Poetry compiled by L. D'O. Walters, 1920, 12 colour plates by Harry Clarke, illustrations, a little light spotting, original cloth (small indentation to lower cover), dust jacket, a few tears and losses to spine and folds, 4to (3)

Goble (Warwick, illustrator). Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales, by Grace James, 1910, 40 tipped-in colour plates, a few with light crease marks, light toning to endpapers, previous owner signature and bookplate, all edges blue, original blue cloth gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 4to, with two others illustrated by Walter Crane: Little Queen Anne and Her Majesty's Letters, 1886 and A Masque of Days, 1901 (3)

Moveable. Touch and Go. A book of Transformation Pictures, with verses by Fred. E. Weatherly, 1st edition, Nister, circa 1894, eight working chromolithographed slatted transformation pictures, two with broken tabs, black & white illustrations to text, endpapers and title toned, most leaves with one or more tears, one page with some adhesive tape stains and old repairs, free endpapers and first two & final two leaves detached, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, some light wear to extremities, spine ends frayed with minor loss at head, a few minor marks (mainly on back cover), 4to, together with Crane (Walter, illustrator), Pan-Pipes a Book of Old Songs, newly arranged & with accompaniments by Theo: Marzials; engraved & printed in colours by Edmund Evans, 2nd edition, circa 1890s, colour lithographed illustrations, two leaves with short closed tear, intermittent spotting (mainly to lower margins), each free endpaper with torn loss to lower corner, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, extremities worn, oblong 4to, plus four others similar, including The Book of Nonsense, by Edward Lear, 39th authentic edition, circa 1908 (6)

Crane, WalterTriplets. Comprising the Baby's Opera, The Baby's Bouquet, and The Baby's Own Aesop. London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd., 1899. Oblong 4to, number 160 of 750 copies, original quarter vellum over brown cloth gilt, ownership inscription to fly-leaf, some foxing and spotting throughout, some soiling to covers and damage to spine ends; Aldin, Cecil The Romance of the Road. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, 1928. Folio, number 100 of 200 copies signed by Cecil Aldin, folding map, frontispiece, 9 plates, original vellum gilt, bookplate, inscription in blue biro, a little light foxing, slight discolouration and marking to covers (2)

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) - Scottish novelist and poet - a hand written and signed letter on La Solitude Hyeres-Les-Palmers Var headed paper, dated Feb 18th 1884 and to Constantine Ionides. The letter begins with a three verse doggrel poem (possibly unpublished). The letter section at the bottom reads: 'My dear Sir, I have been very ill and am still painfully weak; hence it was easier to acknowledge your kind note in doggrel than in prose. Forgive the shattered, R.L. Stevenson. Alexander Constantine Ionides (1810-1890), was a Greek -British art collector and patron. He was a supporter of George Frederick Watts and later James Whistler, Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rosetti and others joined his circle. His son commissioned William Morris and Walter Crane to decorate their Holland Park home

Walter Crane (1845-1915) - British artist and illustrator - a hand written letter to Mr Ionides, it reads: 'Beaumont Lodge, Shepherds Bush.W, March 4th 1884. Dear Mr Ionides, Would you feel inclined to represent Julius II Pont Max in my group in the 'Historical Procession' at our costume ball on May 1st? You know the costume in Raphael's portrait. It is dignified and ?. I hope you may see your way to acceding to my request, and I would try to get you some Swiss Guards. Perhaps your sons would fancy the costume? I enclose a circular giving particulars of the King. Mrs Ionides would make a good Madonna Lisa after the Leonardo portrait, if she would consent? With kind regards, very truly yours, Walter Crane'.Alexander Constantine Ionides (1810-1890), a Greek -British art collector and patron. He was a supporter of George Frederick Watts and later James Whistler, Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rosetti and others joined his circle. His son Alexander commissioned William Morris and Walter Crane to decorate their Holland Park home

Walter Crane (1845-1915) - British artist and illustrator - a hand written letter to Mr Ionides, it reads: Pent Farm, Nr Hythe, Kent, Aug 15th 1898. Dear Mr Constantine Ionides, Many thanks for your kind letter of congratulation on my appointment at South Kensington. I am glad to have your good opinion, I hope I may be of service there in the new period of development ? which appears to be approaching. With kind regards, very truly yours, Walter Crane'.Because of the date of the letter it is resumed that it is addressed to Alexander Constantine - son of Alexander Constantine Ionides (1810-1890), a Greek -British art collector and patron. He was a supporter of George Frederick Watts and later James Whistler, Edward Burne-Jones, Dante Gabriel Rosetti and others joined his circle. His son Alexander commissioned William Morris and Walter Crane to decorate their Holland Park home

A late 19th Century Sowerby pressed glass posy trough in the Old King Cole pattern with relief moulded figures to a milk white ground, together with another example with a Walter Crane design, moulded marks, height 8.5cm. (2)

A group of three Sowerby pressed glass vases of footed square form each with a Walter Crane design depicting the Good Shepherd, comprising a pair in black and a milk white example, moulded marks, height 10cm. (3)

WALTER CRANE: 'The Baby's Opera' , 'The Baby's Bouquet' and 'Baby's Own Aesop', pub. Routledge and a further collection of books

FOUR BOXES OF BOOKS, to include 'Pictures In Life And Character' by John Leech, 'Pan Pipes' by Walter Crane, etc