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FOLLOWER OF WALTER CRANE Frolicking Mermaids pencil and watercolour on a silk fan leaf, 42 x 77cm In good condition in the what is probably the original giltwood and composition fan shaped frame which is rather dusty and with losses to the mouldings

Bible [English]. Holy Bible..., Oxford, 1840, presentation bookplate to Thomas and Sarah Andrews [Walter Crane's parents-in-law], manuscript list of Thomas and Sarah's six children with birth and marriage dates [including Mary Frances, wife of Walter Crane] on blank leaf before NT title, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. morocco, some wear at head of spine and cracked along upper joint, 4to, together with a pen and ink Greenaway-style drawing of a young girl, on vellum with a written birthday sentiment, stitched at corners to a blue silk strip as a bookmark. From the Library of Walter Crane's grandson Anthony Crane. (2)

Crane (Walter). Renascence, A Book of Verse, 1891, wood-eng. title and num. head- and tail-pieces, untrimmed, endpapers browned, pencil inscription from Crane's son Lionel to his wife Winifred [Sandys], orig. qtr. Japanese vellum, darkened and rubbed, small 4to, (limited edition 41/350 copies for England), together with India Impressions with Some Notes of Ceylon during the winter tour, 1st ed., 1907, col. frontis. and sixteen b&w plts., some spotting and occn. pencil anotations, upper hinge split, orig. pictorial cloth, spine rubbed and faded, plus Crane (Mistress Walter), A Few Observations on India, n.d., c. 1907, mounted sepia photograph of Mrs Crane, a few pencilled notes and underlinings, orig. printed wrappers, frayed at edges and lightly dust soiled, both 8vo. From the Library of Walter Crane's grandson, Anthony Crane. (3)

Crane (Walter, illust.). The Book of Wedding Days, Quotations for Everyday In the Year..., 1st ed., 1889, sepia decorations throughout, unused with no manuscript entries, orig. boards, some rubbing and darkening, 4to, together with The First of May, A Fairy Masque..., Boston, 1881, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth-back printed boards, sl. rubbed and soiled, oblong 4to, plus The Old Garden and Other Verses by Margaret Deland, Boston & New York, 1894, publisher's mock-up, with three identical sets of letterpress with col. printed borders bound in together, with a quantity of blank pages at rear, orig. cloth, spine darkened, 8vo, plus other similar mock-ups and blank notebooks. From the Library of Walter Crane's grandson, Anthony Crane. (13)

Halsey (Rosalie V.). Forgotten Books of the American Nursery, a History of the Development of the American Story-Book, Boston, 1911, b&w illusts., partly untrimmed, orig. cloth-backed boards, very sl. rubbed to extrems., 8vo, together with St. John (Judith), The Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, 1566-1910, A Catalogue, pub. Toronto Public Library, reprinted 1966, col. and b&w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth, 8vo, plus Barchilon (Jacques), Perrault's Tales of Mother Goose, the dedication manuscript of 1695, reproduced in collotype facsimile, 2 vols., New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, 1956, col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth backed boards, in glassine d.j.s, a little frayed, with slipcase, 8vo, and [Ballantyne (R. M)], Three Little Kittens, 1st ed., pub. Thomas Nelson, 1857, col. plts., some foxing, a.e.g., orig. blindstamped blue cloth gilt, rubbed and some fraying to head and foot of spine and outer corners, slim 4to, plus other children's reference, illustrated books, incl. Walter Crane, Caldecott, Andrew Tuer, Harvey Darton, etc (38)

Henley (W.E.). A London Garland Selected from Five Centuries of English Verse, 1st ed., 1895, numerous b & w illusts., scattered spotting, a.e.g., orig. Japanese vellum, spotted and spine darkened, orig. d.j. browned and spine torn with some loss at foot, contained in slipcase, 4to. Illustrators include Walter Crane, Frederick Sandys, Arthur Rackham and Aubrey Beardsley. (1)

Housman (Laurence, illust.). Goblin Market, by Christina Rossetti, 1st ed., 1893, b&w illusts. including twelve full-page, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, spine dulled, 8vo, together with Walton (Izaak and Cotton, Charles), The Compleat Angler, edited by Richard Le Gallienne, 1897, two port. plts., incl. frontis., b&w illusts., upper hinge split, bookplate of Walter Crane, untrimmed, orig. dec. cloth, sl. soiling and spine darkened, large 8vo. From the Library of Walter Crane's grandson, Anthony Crane. (2)

CRANE, WALTER, illus. Picture Book, n.d. (inscription dated 1872). Colour printed illustrations (backstrip defective, lower cover loose, one plate with minor tear), one plate with minor tear); The Baby’s Opera; The Baby’s Bouquet, both Routledge, n.d. and inscribed by Lucy Clifford to her daughter, Ethel, 1886. Molesworth, Mrs. A Christmas Child. 1880. Inscribed to Alice Margaret Clifford “from her father’s old friend Alex Macmillan Dec 30/80” (joint founder of the publishing firm). With 4 others and another by Thomas Crane and Ellen Houghton. London Town, n.d. Small 4to., or 8vo., orig. pictorial cloth backed boards or orig. cloth. (9)

Walter Crane R.W.S., 1845-1915, killiney hill, ireland, signed with monogram, titled and dated Aug 30 1901, watercolour, 26x36cm.; 10.25x14.25in.

Walter Crane R.W.S., 1845-1915, sketch for the viking's bride, the skeleton in armour, coloured chalks and gouache, 21x104cm.; 8.5x41in.

* Portrait miniatures. A group of seven portrait miniature watercolours of women and girls, 19th/early 20th c., on ivory or card, circular and oval-shaped, five in gilt frames, plus two other misc. photos and a small sketchbook. From the library of Anthony Crane, grandson of Walter Crane and son of Lionel Crane and Winifred Sandys. (10)

* Sandys (Winifred). The True Tale of a Mouse, an original children's story, late 19th c., a series of twenty-seven original watercolour and pencil drawings on tracing paper with pencil text, pages numbered 2-28 (appears complete with the missing page 1 possibly a title or frontis.), all usnigned, 19.5 x 13.5 cm, tipped into earky 20th-c. scrapbook with patterned wrappers, 8vo, together with a folder of Winifred and Lionel Crane's assorted unsigned pen and ink or pencil drawings and stories on tracing paper, some with watercolour and the majority with captions, some tipped into 'Rome Scrapbook' dated 1872. From the library of Anthony Crane, grandson of Walter Crane and son of Lionel Crane and Winifred Sandys. (a folder)

* Sandys Family. A large portfolio of misc. watercolours, etchings, proofs, engravings, photographic reproductions of artworks, etc., by various artists, 19th/20th c., together with a carton of printed catalogues, books, photo reproductions and engravings related to the artist Frederick Sandys. From the library of Anthony Crane, grandson of Walter Crane and son of Lionel Crane and Winifred Sandys. (-)

Crane (Walter, illust.). Jack and the Beanstalk, [1875], full-page col. illusts. with text throughout, light foxing, stitching a little strained, orig. pictorial wrappers, spine split at foot, large 8vo, together with three titles in Marcus Ward's 'Royal Illuminated Legends' series and three titles in his 'Japanese Picture Stories' series (concertina format, some covers loose), plus six other col. illustrated juveniles similar. (13)

Blake (William). The Songs of Experience, with designs by Celia Levetus, David Nutt, [1902], dec. title, printed in red and black, b & w illusts. and decs., incl. several full-page, endpapers lightly foxed, partially unopened, orig. dec. green cloth, spine and lower cover faded and marked respectively, paper remains stuck to lower return, 8vo, together with Radford (Ernest). wood-engraved title-page by Walter Crane, free endpapers browned, untrimmed, orig. Japanese vellum-backed cream boards, rubbed and dust-soiled, spine gilt lettered, small 4to, 50 copies printed on large paper and signed by the author, this numbered '1', plus Lang (Andrew, ed.) The Strife of Love in a Dream being the Elizabethan version of the first book of the Hypnerotomachia of Francesco Colonna, 1890, some woodcuts in text, bookplate of Walter Crane, untrimmed, orig. cream boards, rubbed and soiled, 4to, one of five hundred copies, plus twelve others, incl. six with illusts. by Crane, and four with his bookplate. First item inscribed by the artist on the front free endpaper: 'Walter Crane With kindest regards from Celia Levetus'. Pencilled inscription below: 'To, Tony, with Love from Dad. April 2/25'. (15)

Crane (Walter). A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden, 1st ed., 1899, col. illusts. by Walter Crane throughout, leaves loose in binding, pictorial endpapers, orig. col. pictorial cloth, slightly spotted, 4to. (1)

Crane (Walter). A Flower Wedding, described by Two Wallflowers, 1st ed., 1905, full-page col. illusts. throughout, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, a little soiled and rubbed at extremities, large 8vo. Card tipped in on the front free endpaper verso inscribed by Crane: "To Miss Gertrude Sandys: (as a little souvenir of summer days at Brundish for 'The Rabbit') with best wishes from Walter Crane Xmas 190?". (1)

Crane (Walter). Ideals in Art: papers theoretical, practical, critical, 1st ed., 1905, numerous b & w illusts, occ. light foxing, first leaf with 'Lionel Francis Crane from Dad. Xmas 1905' in ms., untrimmed, with remains of d.j. in two pieces loosely inserted, together with William Morris to Whistler, Papers and Addresses on Art and Craft and the Commonweal, 1st ed., 1911, b & w illusts., ms. initials of Anthony Crane dated 1963 on front pastedown, rough-trimmed, 46/350 copies on large paper, plus Line & Form, 1st ed., 1900, numerous b & w illusts., scattered foxing, untrimmed, plus The Bases of Design, 1st ed., 1898, all in orig. gilt-dec. cloth, some fading, 8vo. (4)

Crane (Walter). The Claims of Decorative Art, 1st ed., 1892, some letterpress illusts., red-printed head-pieces, one pencilled correction to text, extreme blank margins sl. dusty, unopened and untrimmed, endpapers foxed and browned, bookplate of Walter Crane, orig. dec. cloth, soiled and dusty, spine darkened and with small nick at head, large 8vo, together with Walter (Crane, & others), Art and Life, and the Building and Decoration of Cities: a series of lectures by members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, 1st ed., 1897, untrimmed, rear endpapers foxed, orig. cloth, printed label on spine rubbed, 8vo, plus nine others. (11)

Crane (Walter). Pan-Pipes, a Book of Old Songs, 1883; Flora's Feast, a Masque of Flowers, 1889; Queen Summer, or the Journey of the Lily & the Rose, 1891; Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden: a Posy from the Plays, 1906, all 1st eds., all with colour-printed illusts. by Crane throughout, and in orig. cloth-backed colour-printed pictorial boards, 4to. 'Pan-Pipes' and 'Flora's Feast' with some soiling and wear. 'Queen Summer' with ms. signature scratched out at head of title-page resulting in small hole. (4)

Columbia's Courtship: a picture history of the United States. Boston, 1st ed., [1893], twelve col. plts. with text, endpapers lightly foxed, Walter Crane's ms. signature on front pastedown, orig. cloth, dust-soiled at edges, spine sl. frayed at head and foot, lettering on upper side, 4to, together with Harrison (Florence) The Man in the Moon and other verses, 1st ed., [1918], eleven (of twelve) col. plts., incl. frontis., pages loose in binding, inscribed by Florence Harrison to Tony Crane, and with a poem written by the author to Tony tipped to half-title, orig. cloth-backed pict. boards, rubbed and soiled, plus The Giant Show or the Adventures & Misadventures of Benjamin McLummund Esq. formerly of Beenstorke in the Isle of Skye, but now residing at Noland Castle Ayrshire, illustrated by a series of pen and ink sketches, originally thrown off for the delectation of the dear little denizens of a nursery. Printed at the Anastatic Printing Press, Ipswich, [1863], wood engs. throughout with captions, water-stained and foxed, inverted inscription to Beatrice and Lionel from A. Hine (Xmas 1881) on rear free endpaper, orig. cloth, faded and lightly soiled, printed paper label pasted to lower (instead of upper cover), rubbed and soiled, oblong 8vo, plus fourteen other children's books, incl. one with Walter Crane's bookplt., and six modern facsimiles of Crane's works. (17)

Crane (Walter, illust.). Triplets, comprising The Baby's Opera, The Baby's Bouquet, and The Baby's Own Aesop, 1st ed., 1899, full-page col. illusts. and decorations by Walter Crane throughout, printed by Edmund Evans, occ. light foxing, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. qtr. Japanese vellum, gilt lettered spine soiled and rubbed, large 4to. Limited to 750 copies, this numbered 58. (1)

Crane (Walter, illust.). Spenser's Faerie Queene. A Poem in Six Books with the Fragment Mutabilitie, ed. Thomas J. Wise, 6 vols., 1st ed., 1897, numerous b & w illusts. by Walter Crane, endpapers foxed, bookplate of Reginald Dalton Pontifex, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. gilt dec. cloth with orig. wrappers retained, some light soiling, orig. 8-pp. prospectus loosely inserted, 4to, one of 1000 copies (6)

Crane (Walter, illust.). Echoes of Hellas. The Tale of Troy & The Story of Orestes from Homer & Aeschylus with Introductory Essay & Sonnets by Prof. George C. Warr, M.A., presented in 82 designs; Echoes of Hellas. Pianoforte Arangement of the Music, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1887-88, decorations throughout vol. 1 after Crane, printed in terracotta and black on hand-made paper, some offsetting in first vol., early ms. signature of Arthur Cole, Lincoln's Inn, dec. endpapers, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. Japanese vellum decorated in red and gilt, spotted, folio. (2)

Crane (Walter, illust.). The Baby's Bouquet. A Fresh Bunch of Old Rhymes & Tunes, 1st ed., [1878], col. printed borders and full-page illusts. by Crane, ms. ink signature of Walter Crane and pencilled signature of Gertrude Crane on half-title, upper hinge split, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed at extrems. and a trifle dusty, spine darkened and sl. frayed at foot, square 8vo. (1)

Crane (Walter, illust.). A Masque of Days, from the Last Essays of Elia, 1st ed., 1901, full-page col. illusts. throughout, incl. title, orig. cloth-backed pict. boards, spine darkened, sl. rubbed at extremities, 4to. Inscribed by Crane on the half-title: 'To the dear Mother with best love and many happy returns from Walter Crane November 23 1901'. (1)

Crane (Walter, illust.). The Procession of the Months, the Verses by Beatrice Crane, 1st ed., [1908?], green-printed illusts. and decs. throughout by Crane, title-page sl. dust-soiled, bookplate of Walter Crane, orig. printed wrappers, sl. loss to spine and frayed at edges, tied with silk cord, 4to, together with The Months, Reprinted from "Little Folks", 2 copies, illusts. as first item, but printed in black, orig. printed cream wrappers, one copy with ms. inscription on front cover 'With the Compliments of the Authoress. February 1890', the other foxed on upper cover, large 12mo. (3)

Crane (Walter, illust.). The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde; and other stories by Mary de Morgan, 1st ed., 1880 twelve b & w plts. incl. frontis. and title, and several head and tail-pieces and initial letters, all on India paper, final page and endpapers browned, bookplate of Walter Crane, untrimmed, orig. cloth, marked, spine darkened with worn printed paper label, 8vo, 19/100 copies on large paper, together with a copy of the ordinary edition, 1880, twelve b & w plts., ms. note on front free endpaper verso 'A.C. from A.C. 1961', upper cover and spine of orig. d.j. pasted to rear pastedown, a.e.g., orig. cloth by Burn, dec. in black and gilt, spine sl. sunned, but a bright copy, 8vo. (2)

Crane (Walter, illust.). The Shepheard's Calender.. by Edmund Spenser, 1st ed., 1898, dec. borders throughout, and full-page b & w illusts., signed by Walter Crane on verso of title, upper hinge split, untrimmed, orig. pictorial cloth, upper cover a little dusty at edges, spine sl. darkened, small 4to, together with Mrs. Mundi at Home, 2nd ed., [c.1880], pages loose in binding, twenty-five sepia plts., signed by Walter Crane on front pastedown, orig black and gilt-dec. cloth, worn, with spine almost detached (sl. loss at foot), large oblong 4to, plus A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys by Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1st. ed., 1892, 20 col. plts., incl. frontis. and title, numerous col. head and tail-pieces and initial letters, occ. light foxing, orig. pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus twelve others illustrated by Crane, incl. three by Molesworth, and three by the Brothers Grimm. (15)

Scribner's Magazine, vol. 22, no. 1, New York, July 1897, numerous b & w illusts., orig. printed yellow wrappers, loose, frayed at edges and spine sl. torn, Walter Crane's ms. signature and address on upper cover and article by Walter Crane about William Morris annotated by Crane, large 8vo, together with Arts and Crafts Essays by members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, with a Preface by William Morris, 1899, rough trimmed, endpapers lightly browned, orig. linen-backed boards, extremities rubbed, spine darkened, 8vo. Latter item contains three articles by Crane, as well as essays by, amongst others, Wiliam Morris, Cobden-Sanderson, Ford Madox Brown and May Morris. (2)

Crane (Walter and Kate Greenaway). The Quiver of Love, a Collection of Valentines Ancient and Modern, 1st ed., 1876, eight chromo. plts. by Walter Crane and Kate Greenaway, mounted within decorative borders, additional litho. title, half-title and final page foxed, bookplate of Walter Crane, ms. signature of Mrs. Walter Crane dated 2nd November 1896, a.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, spine sl. darkened and rubbed at extremities,8vo. A second frontispiece illustration loosely inserted, differing slightly in the pattern of the border. (1)

Schleinitz (Otto von). Walter Crane, Bielefeld und Leipzig, 1902, b & w illusts. throughout, bookplt. of Walter Crane, ms. gift inscription from the author to Crane, thanking him for his help with the work, tipped to front free endpaper, orig. morroco gilt, rubbed, large 8vo, together with The Work of Walter Crane with Notes by the Artist, The Easter Art Annual for 1898, 2 copies, illusts., some col., some mounted, one copy with Walter Crane's ms. ownership name and address on front pastedown, the other with Ruth Sandys's pencilled signature, both orig. green cloth, former marked, folio, plus twelve other decorative art/art-related items. (15)

Crane (Walter). The Sirens Three, a Poem, 1st ed., 1886, numerous b & w illusts., contemp. ms. inscription at head of half-title, orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, slim 4to, together with The Buckle My Shoe Picture Book, Bodley Head, 1910, col. illusts. throughout, orig. pictorial cloth, a few marks, spine faded, slim 4to, plus Bluebeard's Picture Book, Bodley Head, 1899, col. illusts., orig. pictorial cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, spine faded, slim 4to, plus four others by Crane (7)

FIELD Eugen. Lullaby-Land. London (1898) 1st Edition 8vo illustrated by Charles ROBINSON, and CRANE Walter. Baby's Opera n.d. Warne reprint (2)

A late 19th Century spill vase by Sowerby circa 1890. The vase of graduated square section decorated in relief with a knave and a Shepherd after designs by Walter Crane to the blue Vitro porcelain ground, relief mark to the base, height 4", S/D.

A set of three flower troughs designed by Sowerby circa 1880s. The set to comprise one straight trough and two semi-circular examples decorated in the Oranges & Lemons pattern after designed by Walter Crane over a flint ground showing children in period dress bell ringing, (3).

CRANE, Walter. POTHOOKS & PERSEVERANCE: OR THE ABC SERPENT. Marcus Ward & Co, London 1886. First edition. 4to. Linen backed pictorial glazed board; rubbed at edges, spine a little soiled, but a very good clean copy. 24 full colour pages designed by Crane. CRANE, Walter. A MASQUE OF DAYS. Cassell & Company, London 1901. First edition. 4to. Cloth backed pictorial glazed boards, rubbed and a little worn at extremities, repair to inner front hinge. 42 full colour illustrations. GREENAWAY, Kate. THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN. George Routledge and Sons, London n.d. [1888]. 4to. Brown cloth backed pictorial glazed boards; edges stained blue; dark green endpapers; rubbed and a little soiled, front free endpaper creased and chipped. Charming colour woodblock illustrations, printed by Edmund Evans. SOWERBY, J.G. & EMMERSON H.H. AFTERNOON TEA. Frederick Warne and Co, London n.d. 4to. Linen backed pictorial glazed boards, rubbed and soiled, inner hinge broken, contents loose. Colour printed wood engravings. Plus 2 others, similar. (5)

STRACHEY (CONSTANCE, LADY) (ED). Queery Leary Nonsense, A Lear Nonsense Book, 1911 contemp. decor. yellow cloth, , slightly water-stained; Dennys (Joyce) (illust) Our Hospital ABC, third edition, circa 1918 contemp. pictorial boards, scuffed; Belloc (Hillaire) The Bad Child's Book of Beasts, together with More Beasts For Worse Children, and Cautionary Tales, 2nd ed. 1923 illustrated BTB contemp. printed boards More Beasts for Worse Children, ndc, 1923 contemp printed boards, spine damage; Crane (Walter). The Baby's Own Aesop, Frederick Warne n.d., guttering damaged. Lamarque (E.). A Travers L'Exposition Promenades De Deux Enfants, Paris 1890, illust. Adrien Marie, contemp. pictorial boards, worn extremities and two further children's books (8)

RARE BOTTLE-SHAPED ROYAL LANCASTRIAN POTTERY LUSTRE VASE, designed by Walter Crane, c.1900 signed on base, decorated with classical nymphs in sailing boats, on a mottled green ground, ÔSea Maiden' design No. 2472 decorated by William S Mycock, impressed number and underglaze mark to base.( Illustrated inside back cover).

HAWTHORNE Nathaniel - CRANE Walter (ills.) WONDER BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS. Osgood McIlvane & Co, London 1892. 8vo. Pictorial cloth, a little soiled, occasional light foxing. Illustrated with 19 colour plates and decorative designs by Walter Crane.

Spenser (Edmund) The Shepherd's Calendar, 4to, printed cloth, illus. by Walter Crane, 1898; Barlow (Jane) (trans.) The Battle of the Frogs & Mice, 4to, printed cloth, illus. by F.D. Bedford, 1894; and Tristan & Iseult, 4to, cloth, illus. by Gilbert James, n.d. (3)

The Complete Works of William Hogarth .. With an introductory essay by James Hannay, London & New York, The London Printing and Publishing Company, [n.d.], 4to (310mm x 220mm.), additional illustrated title, frontispiece, plates, later cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With a number of other works including a quantity of Royal Academy of Arts material, and Kenneth Grahame & R. J. E. Moony (illustrator) 'The Golden Age' (London, 1915), and the Walter Crane illustrated 'King Arthur's Knights' (Edinburgh & London, 1911).

Crane (Walter). The Art of Walter Crane by P.G. Konody, 1st ed., 1902, eight photogravures, sixteen col. plts., num. b & w illusts., t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. cloth, a little rubbed and darkened at edges, folio, together with The Claims of Decorative Art, by Walter Crane, 1st ed., 1892, b & w illusts. to text, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed on spine, small 4to, plus The Decorative Illustration of Books, by Walter Crane, George Bell Ex - Libris series, 2nd ed., revised, 1901, num. b & w illusts., orig. dec. cloth, faded on spine, 8vo (3)

Crane (Walter, illust.). Pan Pipes, newly arranged with Accompaniments by Theo Marzials, Routledge, 1883, illusts. throughout, orig. boards, some wear with loss to upper cover, corners and edges rubbed, oblong 4to, together with Disney (Walt), Bambi, adapted from the Novel by Felix Salten, Collins, c.1945, illusts. throughout, orig. linen - backed pict. boards, rubbed, some edge wear, 4to, and two others, children's (4)

Parry (Judge Edward A. and Crane, Walter). Don Quixote of the Mancha, 1900, twelve full - page col. plts. and b & w illusts. to text by Walter Crane, orig. vellum boards, lettered in brown, (limited edition printed on Japanese vellum 48/100, signed by Parry), together with a trade copy of the same work, signed by Parry on flyleaf, orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed, plus Katawampus, its Treatment & Cure, by his Honour Judge Edward Abbott Parry, 1895, b & w illusts., and Butterscotia, or a Cheap Trip to Fairyland, 1896, both with b & w illusts. by Archie MacGregor, both orig. pict. cloth, a little rubbed, all 8vo (4)

Crane (Walter). A Masque of Days, 1901, col. illusts, orig. linen - backed pictorial boards, minor wear to extremites, slim 4to, with other illustrated books, modern first editions, biographies, etc. (3 shelves)

NELSON, T., and Sons, publishers. Comical Creatures; A Picture Book for the Nursery. 1867. 8vo., orig. cloth gilt (spine and upper cover faded). 32 colour printed illustrations -- CRANE, WALTER. The Baby's Own Aesop. Routledge, 1887. Small 4to., orig. pictorial cloth backed boards. coloured illustrations. With 4 others (6)

Attwell (Mabel Lucie, illust.). The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley, [1915], twelve col. plts., illusts. to text (some coloured by juvenile hand), pict. endpapers, inner hinges splitting, orig. dec. cloth, rubbed, 4to, together with Crane (Walter), Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden, Cassell, 1906, num. col. illusts., orig. cloth?backed pict. boards, 8vo, plus Hassall (John), Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes, 1909, col. and b & w illusts., orig. pict. cloth, 8vo, plus other childrens and illustrated books by Anthony Buckeridge, Blackie & Son decorative cloth children's books, etc. (41)

Crane (Walter). Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare's Tempest. Engraved & Printed by Duncan C. Dallas, Dallastype Press, 1893, eight window?mounted b & w illusts., printed on tissue, loosely contained in orig. two?tone cloth book?box, lettered and blocked in gilt, a little soiled and minor wear to extrems., 4to Limited edition 123/600, signed by Walter Crane and Duncan Dallas. (1)

Housman (Laurence, illust.). Prunella, or Love in a Dutch Garden, by Granville Barker, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1911, frontis., orig. dec. cloth, rubbed, 4to, together with Crane (Walter, illust.), Red Riding Hood's Picture Book, Walter Crane's Picture Books Volume IV [reissue], pub. John Lane, 1898, col. illusts. throughout, orig. pict. cloth, rubbed, 4to, plus 2 others by Housman (4)

A Pilkington's Lancastrian vase, by Walter Crane, painted by William S Mycock, decorated with a band of heraldic lions impressed mark, painted Crane monogram, artist monogram, 13cm. high.

A Pilkington's Lancastrian vase, designed by Walter Crane and painted by Richard Joyce, painted with maidens impressed mark RJ monogram date mark probably 1912, 23cm. high. A.J.Cross 'Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian Pottery and Tiles'page 9 plate II and IV for comparable vases.

Childrens books illustrated by Walter Crane, comprising of 'The Journey of Lily and The Rose', 'Cinderella's pictures book', 'The Baby's Bouquet', 'The Baby's Opera' and 'Robin Hood' (five volumes)

Crane, Walter, The Baby's Opera, London, George Routledge and Sons, [n.d.], 4to (180 x 180mm.), half title, hand-coloured frontispiece plate. illustarted title, plates, and illustrations, original decorative boards, rebacked With three other works, Juliana Horatia Ewing & Randolph Caldecott (illustrator) 'Jackanapes' (London, n.d.), Cecil Aldin's 'Rough and Tumble' (London, n.d.), and a 'Rupert Annual' (London, 1975)

[Molesworth (Mary Louisa)] "Ennis Graham". Tell Me a Story, second edition, 1875; "Carrots". Just a Little Boy, 1876; The Cuckoo Clock, ?second edition, 1877; The Tapestry Room, Maurice Baring's copy, with his bookplate and signature, 1879; A Christmas Child, 1880; Christmas-Tree Land, 1884; "Us", an Old-Fashioned Story, 1885; A Christmas Posy, 1888; The Rectory Children, 1889, 9 vol., illustrations by Walter Crane; The Girls and I, 1892; The Oriel Window, 1896; The Carved Lions, 1895, 3 vol., illustrations by L. Leslie Brooke; The Grim House, illustrations by Warwick Goble, 1899; Fairies-of Sorts, 1908; Fairies Afield, 1911, 2 vol., illustrations by Gertrude Hammond, all but the first and third first editions, all but three with contemporary inscriptions, original pictorial or decorated cloth, 8vo.

Crane (Walter) The Children's Musical Cinderella, first edition, original pictorial wrappers, worn at spine, 1879 - Marzials (Theo) Pan Pipes, second edition, original cloth-backed boards, hinges split, n.d. - A Day in a Child's Life, first edition, colour illustrations by Kate Greenaway, slightly soiled, original cloth-backed decorative boards, hinges repaired, [1881]; and 5 others, v.s. (8).

Walter Crane R.W.S. (1845-1915). "THE SWAN MAIDENS". Signed with the artist's monogram and dated 1894, also extensively inscribed on an exhibition label verso with the artist's name, his dates and the title of the work, oil, gouache and mixed media on paper, {27cm by 20cm (10.5in by 7.75in)

A Royal Lancastrian Bowl, designed by Walter Crane and painted by William S Mycock, of ogee outline, externally with a broad band painted with six heraldic lions in lustre against a suffused red ground, with six horizontal bands alternating with hearts and red roses, the base with faint impressed factory marks, year mark for 1932, rebus/monogram of Walter Crane and "DES", monogram of WSM Pinx, {12.5cm high, 19.5cm diameter}

Crane, Walter (illus.) "Pan Pipes", by Theo. Marzials, pub. George Routledge & Sons, also Sowerby J.G. and Crane, Thomas (illus.) "At Home", pub. Marcus Ward & Co. (2)

An interesting collection of correspondence and ephemera including letters from Edward Poynter, Walter Crane, Cosmo Monkhouse and others, A lot.