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Click here to subscribeBooks - London - London Town by Thomas Crane & Ellen Houghton published by Marcus Ward & Co.; The Visit To London by F.D.Bedford E.V Lucas published by Methuen; Crosley, Richard: London's Coats of Arms - London's coats of arms an the stories they tell published by Robert Scott; The Story of Greater Westminster; 1817 Walks Through London Vol.I; Baedeker's London and it's environs; The History of London by Walter Besant;etc
GREENAWAY (KATE)The Quiver of Love, 8 chromolithographed plates mounted (4 by Greenaway, 4 by Walter Crane), gift inscription, publisher's bevelled blue cloth gilt, FINE COPY [Schuster & Engen 167.1j but with dark blue endpapers], Marcus Ward, 1876; Under the Window, SIGNED BY GREENAWAY on the half-title, ownership stamp of her brother Alfred on front free endpaper, first and last few leaves lightly foxed, publisher's pictorial boards, corners rubbed [cf. 201 but varying from all issues], Routledge, [1878]; The Fairy at the Fountain... From Coloured Designs by Miss Kate Greenaway, 6 chromolithographed plates, publisher's pictorial wrappers, very worn and creased [not in Schuster, cf. 30.1c], Frederick Warne, [1871]; Mother Goose, second issue, light toning, publisher's cloth, spotted, DUST-JACKET, spine panel chipped at head [140.1b], Routledge, [1881]; Language of Flowers, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY inscribed on half-title to 'H.S. Marks Esqr. R.A. from Kate Greenaway 1884', publisher's pictorial boards, contents shaken, rubbed [107.1a], Routledge, [1884]--HARTE (BRET) The Queen of the Pirate Isle, light spotting and offsetting, publisher's cloth, lightly rubbed, LOOSELY INSERTED AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (see footnote) [165.1e], Chatto & Windus, [1886], FIRST EDITIONS, 4to and 8vo; and approximately 44 others, almost all illustrated by Greenaway (quantity)Footnotes:In the letter, dated 2 April 1889, Greenaway writes to booksellers Palmer & Howe of Manchester, apparently enclosing the original drawings for Queen of the Pirate Isle; according to Spielmann and Layard, she sold her Pied Piper and 1893 Almanack illustrations to them (Spielmann, pp.172, 182). 'I think the getting up of the book very nice,' she writes, 'but of course the drawings would look far better and cleaner if they were surrounded by raised mounts'.Henry Stacy Marks, to whom she inscribes this copy of Language of Flowers, was 'her kind mentor and chief adviser' (Spielmann, p.104).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Walter Crane: 'Flora's Feast. A Masque of Flowers', London, Cassell, 1899, 1st edition, 40 leaves of colour illustrations and letter-press by Walter Crane as called for, ad leaf plus eight-page publisher's catalogue at end, original cloth backed decorative paper covered boards, Large 8vo, a VGC copy; (Kate Greenaway) Jane and Ann Taylor: 'Little Ann and Other Poems. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway', London, Routledge, [c.1883], colour illustrations throughout printed by Edmund Evans, original publisher's half cloth over pictorial paper covered boards; together with Kate Greenway: 'A Apple Pie', London, Warne, (c.1890?), half title, illustrated title page + 20 colour illustrated leaves as called for, oblong 8vo, original publisher's cloth backed pictorial paper covered boards; together with P.J. Stahl: 'Little Chatterbox. Designs by Lorentz Froehlich', Paris, Hetzel, [1869], 8 large chromolithographic illustrations, printed one side only, with text (in English), 4to, publisher's printed paper covered boards, cloth spine worn, contents loose (4)
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - The Pentland Edition. Complete 20 Volume Set, 1906-1907, limited edition 1,158/1,550), numbered, 20 vols, numerous plates as called for including volume I with frontis engraving by Walter Crane, uniform original cloth gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (20)
A M LOCKYER: THE ROBBERS OF SQUEAK, London, Belfast and New York, Marcus Ward [1890], 1st edition, oblong 4to, original cloth backed pictorial boards worn + RANDOLPH CALDECOTT: R CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK, London, George Routledge [1879], 1st edition, containing 1st four 'picture books', contemporary inscription on ffep, 4to, original pictorial boards, v worn and soiled, lacks most of backstrip, inner joints weak + CHARLES MORLEY: TEUFEL THE TERRIER, ill James Yates Carrington, London, 'Pall Mall Gazette' office, 1890, 3rd edition, lacks ffep, 4to, original pictorial boards worn and soiled + WALTER CRANE: THE BABY'S OPERA, London, Frederick Warne, circa 1900, original cloth backed pictorial boards worn (4)
MARY DE MORGAN: THE NECKLACE OF PRINCESS FIORIMONDE AND OTHER STORIES, BEING THE COMPLETE FAIRY TALES, ill William de Morgan, Walter Crane and Olive Cockerell, intro Roger Lancelyn Green, London, Victor Gollancz, 1963, 1st edition thus, original cloth, d/w (small part losses) + JANE SHAW: SUSAN MUDDLES THROUGH, London, Collins, 1960, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (v small part losses) + KATHARINE HULL & PAMELA WHITLOCK: THE FAR-DISTANT OXUS, London, Collins, 1960, new edition, slightly abridged, original cloth, d/w (small part losses) + LORNA WOOD: THE HAG CALLS FOR HELP, London, J M Dent, 1957, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w + LAURENCE HOUSMAN: COTTON-WOOLLEENA, ill Tony Hart, 1967, 1st edition, inscription on ffep, original pictorial boards, d/w + JOAN SELBY-LOWNDES: THE CONTI STORY, London, Collins, 1954, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w + PAMELA BROWN: HARLEQUIN CORNER, London, Thomas Nelson, 1954 reprint, original cloth, d/w (7)
A VICTORIAN SILVER MUG, by Edward Charles Brown, London 1876, of straight-sided tapering form with reeded handle, engraved in the style of Kate Greenaway with two girls at a window, further engraved with foliage and a monogram dated March 13 1877. 9.5cm high, 5.6 troy ouncesKate Greenaway (or Catherine Greenaway) (1846-1901) was a Victorian children’s book illustrator and writer. The daughter of a successful draftsman and wood engraver, she studied graphic design and art between 1858 and 1869. Her first book “Under the Window” was an instant best seller and brought her immediate fame and was followed by numerous highly successful publications. At the same time as her writing career, she also excelled as a watercolourist, working with illustrators Walter Crane and Randolph Caldecott. Her distinctive old fashioned style depicted children and young ladies dressed in early 19th Century costume in quaint settings, a style of grace and charm that transformed the children’s book market, her talent described by Walter Crane as “captivating the public in a remarkable way”
Collection of four books comprising: Chess for Beginners, by William Lewis, London: Chapman & Hall, 1835; Don Quixote, illustrated by Walter Crane, London: Blackie & Son, 1900; David Copperfield & Pickwick Papers, by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Frank Reynolds, London: Westminster Press, n.d. Condition varied, sold as found with all faults (4)
Children's and Juvenile Books - Crane (Walter, illustrator): The Blue Beard Picture Book [...], with Thirty-Pages of Illustrations [...] Printed in Colour, first edition, London: George Routledge and Sons, [n.d., 1875], original pictorial blue cloth gilt, contemporary bookseller's ticket: James MacLehose and Sons, Glasgow, slightly later ink MS presentation inscription dated Nov 16/93, 4to, (1); Queen Summer: or The Journey of the Lily & the Rose, first edition, London: Cassell & Co: Ltd, 1891, 'illuminated' and chromolithograph-printed, original cloth over pictorial papered boards, pictorial endpapers, 4to, (1); Flora's Feast: A Masque of Flowers, first edition, London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1889, chromolithograph-printed, original blue cloth over pictorial papered boards, 4to, (1), [3]
Keats (John) 'Poems' with Illustrations by Robert Anning-Bell and introduction by Walter Raleigh, George Bell, London/New York 1897. 8vo. Some foxing. Plus Walter Crane 'Renascence' A Book of Verse. Elkin Mathews 1891. Ltd 291/300. Original grey boards (195 x 145mm) plus three further titles (5) Provenance: From the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale
Crane (Walter) English Artist and Illustrator (1845-1915) 'The Blue Beard Picture Book'. With 32pp of illustrations. George Routledge, London. n/d. Gilt tooled blue cloth. Plus a collection of ten further titles illustrated by Crane. Mixed used condition (11) Provenance: From the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale
Crane (Walter) 'Queen Summer or The Journey of the Lily and the Rose'. Cassell & Co. Large paper ed. 159/250. Fo. Green cloth. Plus 'The Yellow Dwarf'. Shilling Series. Routledge, London. Half calf, marbled boards plus 'A Romance of the Three Rs...' Marcus Ward, London 1886. Half calf, green cloth (218 x 215mm). All in used condition. Edges scuffed etc (3) Provenance: From the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale
Rackham, Arthur, illustrator The Springtide of Life. London: William Heinemann, 1918. 4to, number 119 of 765 copies signed by Arthur Rackham, original quarter vellum gilt; Crane, Walter Flora's Feast, a masque of Flowers. London: Cassell & Company, 1889. 8vo, original boards; Browning, Robert - Kate Greenaway, illustrator The Pied Piper of Hamelin. London: George Routledge and Sons, [n.d.] 8vo, original boards; De Monvel, M.B., illustrator La Fontaine, fables choisies pour les enfants. Paris: E. Plon, Nourrit & Co., [n.d.] Oblong 8vo, original cloth gilt; Attwell, Lucie Lucie Attwell's Fairy Book. London: S.W. Partridge & Co., [1932] 8vo, original cloth; Grahame, Kenneth - R.J. Enraght-Moony, illustrator The Golden Age. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1915. 8vo, original cloth; Joy Street books, comprising: Number Six Joy Street, Number Seven Joy Street; Number Eight Joy Street; Number 12a Joy Street; No. 14 Joy Street; and 7 others, sold not subject to returnProvenance: The Estate of the Late Mary Elizabeth Stuart Harley (1925-2019)
Children's Books - 'The Baby's Opera', illustrated by Walter Crane, a book of old rhymes with new dresses, the music by the earliest masters, Frederick Warne and Co., early 20th century; The Baby's Bouquet arranged and decorated by Walter Crane; a near pair of National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs, with Illustrations, first edition, London: Novello and Company, Limited; HUTCHINSON W.M See-Saw songs and rhymes; Routledge's Singing Quadrille music by Myles B. Foster illustrated by 'M.E.E' and A. Chantry Corbould; Teddy Tail's Book of Children's Songs; two Children's Singing Games first and second series 1894; etc qty
Select fables from La Fontaine. Adapted from the translation of Elizur Wright for the use of the young. Illustrated by M. B. de Monvel. La Fontaine, Jean de. Published by London, Society for promoting Christian knowledge / New York, E. and J. B. Young, [ca. ), 1895; Martin Krpan Levstik, Fran, Published by Ljubljana, Mladinska Knjiga, 1960; Alice B. Gomme, Old English Singing Games, illus. E Harwood, George Allen, 1900, 1st edition; Pretty Peggy and Other Ballads, Emmet Rosinda, Published by Sampson Low Marston Searle and Rivington Circa 1880; Pothooks & Perseverance: or the A.B.C.-serpent. Penned & Pictures by Walter Crane, Marcus Ward, 1886; Our Gracious Queen: Jubilee Pictures and Stories from Her Majesty's Life Mrs O. F. Walton, 1st edition, Published by Religious Tract Society, London. Printed By Meissner & Buch Chromo-Lithographers, London, 1886 etc. (8)
Three Minton's tiles depicting figures and scenes to include 'The Four Presents' designed by Walter Crane 15.5cm by 15.5cm and 'Hot X Buns' 15cm by 15cm, together with two framed Wedgwood polychrome tiles decorated with seasonal figure groups for 'Autumn' and 'Summer' each approx 19.5cm by 14.5cm (5) Provenance: From a local Private Collection
ERN SHAW "Golly and Teddy approaching a fisherman, mending nets", pen and ink, signed lower left, with further silhouette study of "The three figures in boat below", bears hand-written label verso "Ern Shaw, Original Book Illustration, dated 2/3/26 on reverse", 24 cm x 34 cm, together with AFTER WALTER CRANE "A lance for a lad...", colour print, together with a companion "We can talk over sops in wine...", 14 cm x 20 cm
A VICTORIAN SILVER SCENT FLASK, by Sampson Mordan II, London 1884, of tapering cylindrical form, engraved with children in rustic landscape setting, in the style of Kate Greenaway. 14cm long, 1.1 troy ouncesKate Greenaway (or Catherine Greenaway) (1846-1901) was a Victorian children’s book illustrator and writer. Daughter of a successful draftsman and wood engraver, she studied graphic design and art between 1858 and 1869. Her first book “Under the Window” was an instant best seller and brought her immediate fame and was followed by numerous highly successful publications. At the same time as her writing career, she excelled as a watercolourist, working with illustrators Walter Crane and Randolph Caldecott. Her distinctive old fashioned style depicting children and young ladies dressed in early 19th Century costume in quaint settings, a style of grace and charm that transformed the children’s book market, her talent described by Walter Crane as “captivating the public in a remarkable way”.CONDITION REPORTMarks are slightly rubbed but legible. Struck to the lid and to the body (maker's mark struck twice to the body). Top screws on and off well but there are two dents to the bulbous area. Cork inside the lid intact. 1.1 troy ounces. Good definition to the engraving.
A VICTORIAN SILVER-GILT CASE, by Sampson Mordan & Co, London 1890, the front and reverse engraved with scenes of children playing in rustic landscape settings, in the style of Kate Greenaway. 10.5cm high, 7cm wide, 2.7 troy ounces Kate Greenaway (or Catherine Greenaway) (1846-1901) was a Victorian children’s book illustrator and writer. Daughter of a successful draftsman and wood engraver, she studied graphic design and art between 1858 and 1869. Her first book “Under the Window” was an instant best seller and brought her immediate fame and was followed by numerous highly successful publications. At the same time as her writing career, she excelled as a watercolourist, working with illustrators Walter Crane and Randolph Caldecott. Her distinctive old fashioned style depicting children and young ladies dressed in early 19th Century costume in quaint settings, a style of grace and charm that transformed the children’s book market, her talent described by Walter Crane as “captivating the public in a remarkable way”. CONDITION REPORTSome rubbing to the gilding around the figures, surface scratches, marks visible but Slightly rubbed, slight dent around the clasp
Dulac (Edmund, illustrator). Stories from Hans Andersen, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911, 28 tipped-in colour plates, a little minor spotting to endpapers, original cloth gilt, spine toned, a few marks, 4to, together with Crane (Walter, illustrator). Beauty and the Beast Picture Book, London & New York, 1900, colour illustrations, closed tear to one leaf, some light offsetting, original pictorial cloth, spine and edges a little rubbed, 4to, plus Flora's Feast. A Masque of Flowers, Cassell & Company, 1889, colour illustrations by Walter Crane, decorative endpapers, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, edges a little rubbed, 4to, plus [Hoffman, Heinrich]. The Egyptian Struwwelpeter, London: H. Grevel, circa 1895, colour illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, light edge wear, 4to, with others illustrated by Walter Crane, including Queen Summer or the Journey of the Lily & the Rose, 1891, This Little Pig. His Picture Book, 1895, The Shepheard's Calendar, by Edmund Spenser, 1898, A Flower Wedding, 1905, Kate Greenaway, Richard Doyle, Edmund Dulac, Randolph Caldecott and othersQty: (approximately 40)
* Writers & Artists. An assorted collection of approximately 50 autograph letters and signatures of writers, artists, musicians, etc., mostly late 19th and some 20th century, including Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), a fine, large dated signature, ‘A. Tennyson, June 9th 1871’, on Aldworth, Blackdown, Haslemere embossed letterhead, Walter Crane (1845-1915), Frederic Leighton x 3 (1830-1896), J. Harrison Walter (4), May Morris (1862-1938, daughter of William and Jane Morris), Kelmscott Manor, 21 December, no year, real photo postcard of an old church in Iceland with hand written message to Mr Whitly concerning some proofs, Frank Dicksee (1853-1928), Simon Elwes (1902-1975), Frederick Sandys (1832-1904), Thomas Sydney Cooper (1803-1902), Samuel Read (1815-1883), (with a pen and ink sketch of a bridge), Harry Furniss (1854-1925), Julian Huxley (1887-1975), Charles Halle (1819-1895), W. H. Ainsworth (1805-1882), Philip Henry Wicksteed (1844-1927), Leslie Ward (1851-1922), Laurence Binyon x 3 (1869-1943), Frederic George Stephens (1827-1907), Eric Partridge (1894-1979), William Thomas Best (1826-1897), and assorted other autographs including arts related, various sizesQty: (approx. 50)
Walter Crane RWS (1845-1915)Study for 'Neptune's Horses'watercolour18 x 26cmProvenance: The Cyril and Shirley Fry Collection.Condition report: Some light discolouration to the paper in places. Light flecks of surface dirt and dust under the glass. A few very tiny dots of foxing. Not seen outside of glazed frame.
Victorian Children's Books Froggy Folk by G H E, colour title and plates, half title, cloth backed boards, pictorial cover, early ownership signature dated Christmas 1902, London: Grant Richards [1902] and seven others by Florence K Upton, Walter Crane, Thomas Crane, Madelaine Hall, A M Lockyer, J G Sowerby (and Frank Wright Bourdillon) and R Andre (8) All apparently complete and in fair condition with some stains but internally good, sold waf
Walter Crane, montage of items in framed & glazed display, including Autograph Letter Signed dated April 5 1900 "My dear Sir, I have signed your print of 'Rainbow & Wave' as you wish..., & I send it back with a photograph which will give you a much better idea of the picture which I have also signed...Very truly yours Walter Crane", addressed to Alfred Grundy, and on 13 Holland St Kensington W headed paper, housed together with the two aformentioned signed prints (20 x 14cm print recto (as well as letter and small portrait print of Crane; 23 x 17cm signed print verso), framed and double glazed, whole approx 42 x 35cm
Edmund Spenser, 2 titles: 'The Shepheard's Calendar', illustrated Walter Crane, London & NY, Harper & Brothers, 1898, 1st edition, 12 full page black & white plates, text borders, pictorial endpapers, and cover designs by Walter Crane, small 4to, original pictorial cloth gilt, 'Tales from the Faerie Queene', told by Clara L. Thomson, illustrated Helen Stratton, Shaldon, Norland Press, 1902, 1st edition, frontis + 30 illustrations as called for, original decorative cloth. An uncommon arts & crafts book published by the Norland Press, South Devon (2)
ROBINSON, Heath - Absurdities A Book of Collected Drawings : org. decorative boards rubbed the spine down to the hessian, large 4to, Hutchinson, first edition, (1934). With, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales with Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, original cloth a little stained and rubbed, 4to, Boots, c1930. With Flora's Feast A Masque of Flowers by Walter Crane, org. cloth backed pictorial boards a little rubbed but bright, 4to. Cassell, 1889. With a very used condition Andrew Lang's The Prince Nobody.(4)
CRANE, Walter (illustrator). - Jakob Ludwig Karl and Wilhelm Carl GRIMM. Household Stories… translated from the German by Lucy Crane. London: Macmillan & Co., 1882. First Crane edition, large paper copy, 8vo (246 x 155mm.) Frontispiece, pictorial title-page, 10 plates, numerous decorations by Swain after Crane. (Browning and moderate spotting to front and rear leaves, toning.) Original blue cloth, gilt-ruled (bumped to extremities).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
A monumental Victorian Arts & Crafts lustre wall charger by Maw & Co, BroseleyGlazed in purple, pink and orange on a white ground with central circular Medusa mask surmounted by a flaming brazier, flanked by pomegranates, other seeded fruit and leaves, within a running wave border, impressed marks to the underside 'MAW & Co' and 'BROSELEY', with stapled firing crack, 91cm diameter.Maw & Co was established by George Maw and his brother Arthur in Worcester in 1850. In 1862 the company moved to Broseley, Shropshire to take advantage of the good-quality local clay and in 1883 they moved again to the Benthall Works in Jackfield, Shropshire. The company continued to prosper and by 1880 had grown to be the largest producer of ceramic tiles in the world. Maw & Co specialised on the earthenware floor tiles, mosaic tiles (from 1862), transfer printed tiles, hand painted picture tiles and relief tiles were also produced and included Art Nouveau and Art Deco geometric designs. In the 1890s Maw & Co started making high quality art pottery (the name they used for it) and employed artists, such as Lewis Foreman Day, William De Morgan and Walter Crane, to design both art pottery and tiles. The stamp underside indicates that the piece was manufactured between 1862 and 1883 while the factory was still located in Broseley. While the company's main output at the time was tiles, it also produced one-off pieces like this for various exhibitions as a showcase of their craftsmanship and techniques. Thus, one of the first examples was made for 1851 Great Exhibition, and a further similar charger was made for 1889 Exposition Universelle (now in the Ironbridge Gorge Museum). It seems likely that the present charger was made for one of such exhibitions, designed by a prominent artist of the era. William De Morgan or Walter Crane seem to be plausible candidates for such design. Crane realised a number of designs for Maw & Co. in 1870's–80's, including a set of lustreware decorated vessels in similar, antiquity-inspired style, for an Arts and Crafts exhibition (The Work of Walter Crane with Notes by the Artist. The Easter Art Annual for 1898: Extra Number of the 'Art Journal'. London: J. S. Virtue, 1898.). The De Morgan Foundation owns a large Maw & Co. charger similarly decorated with vitruvian scroll borders (https://www.demorgan.org.uk/collection/ruby-lustre-charger-with-galleon-within-a-carnation-border/). A vase by an anonymous artist is owned by the V&A Museum, London (http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O150401/vase-maw-co/).
Crawhall (Joseph). Crawhalll's Chap-book Chaplets, 1st edition, London: Field & Tuer, 1883. 8 parts in 1 volume, 4to, original pictorial boards, fore and bottom edges untrimmed, printed on hand-made paper, hand-coloured woodcuts throughout, retaining original varicoloured paper wrappers to each part, binding marked, spine defective,Bosschère (Jean de, illustrator). The Love Books of Ovid ... Translated out of the Latin by J. Lewis May, number 315 of 3000 copies, London: John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, 1925. 8vo (225 x 138 mm), near-contemporary blue calf gilt by Bayntun, all edges gilt, 24 mainly colour plates, occasional spotting,Lamb (Charles). Prince Dorus, number 319 of 500 proof copies signed by the publishers, London: Field & Tuer, 1889. Small 4to, original half japon, 10 plates (all but one hand-coloured),Crane (Walter). Renascence. A Book of Verse, number 5 of 350 copies for England, London: Elkin Matthews, 1891. Small 4to, original quarter japon, binding slightly rubbed and marked,and 29 others similar, including: Geoffrey Adam, The Work of Robert Adam, one of 150 copies, signed (4to, original quarter morocco, slipcase); T. E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1st trade edition, 1936 (4to, original cloth); Nonesuch Press, Histories or Tales of Past Times told by Mother Goose, 1925; Dickens, A Christmas Carol, c.1880 (8vo, original red cloth), and various 20th-century illustrated books (qty: 33) Footnote: The page facing the title of Crawhall's work reads: 'As the illustrations herein are all hand-coloured the issue is necessarily limited'.
Greenaway (Kate). Collection of works, including:1) The Quiver of Love, 1st edition, London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1876. 4to, original brown cloth gilt, variant dark blue endpapers, 8 mounted chromolithographic plates by Walter Crane or Kate Greenaway, Schuster & Engen 167 (1b),2) Puck and Blossom, 2 copies, 1st editions, London: Marcus Ward & Co., [1874]. 4to, one copy in original blue cloth (publisher's presentation blind stamp to title-page), one in variant original green cloth with white endpapers (contemporary school prize-plate to front free endpaper), each with 6 mounted chromolithographic plates by Greenaway, Schuster & Engen 161 (1a & 1b),3) Under the Window, 1st edition, London: George Routledge & Sons, [1878]. 4to, original green glazed pictorial boards, Schuster & Engen 201 (1a), together with another copy, evidently later (pictorial boards unglazed, possibly S & E 200 (3c)),4) Kate Greenaway's Book of Games, 1st edition, London: George Routledge & Sons, [1889]. 4to, original mustard-yellow cloth, Schuster & Engen 43 (1c), together with another copy, original blind-stamped green cloth, apparently not in S & E, gift inscription dated 1937,5) The Queen of the Pirate Isle, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, [1886]. 8vo, original beige cloth, gilt edges, blue endpapers, Schuster & Engen 165 (1e),6) A Day in a Child's Life, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: George Routledge & Sons, [1881]. 4to, original green glazed pictorial boards, front inner hinge superficially cracked, Schuster & Engen 66 (1a),7) Little Ann and Other Poems, 1st edition, London: George Routledge & Sons, [1882]. 8vo, original green half cloth, cream glazed pictorial paper sides (scuffed and discoloured), variable spotting to contents, Schuster & Engen 109 (1a),8) Kate Greenaway's Carols, London: George Routledge & Sons, [1883], comprising 4 chromolithographic cards, original envelope (front and rear panels separated and chipped), housed in custom cloth chemise) Schuster & Engen 329 (scarce),and 12 others including Kate Greenaway's Alphabet (4 copies), Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book for Children (2 copies), Melcomb Manor, and similar, and a small group of Greenaway ephemera (approx. 15 chromolithographic greetings cards, bookplates and bookmarks, in an album, and approx. 35 Kate Greenaway chromolithographs and wood-engravings from the Illustrated London News and The Graphic) (qty: -)
A TALL JAPANESE SILVER VASE BY HASEGAWA ISSEI MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY The elegant quatrelobed body with an elongated tapered neck and raised on a short foot, each side decorated with a different bird including a crane, a magpie, a pair of ducks and a crow, the birds rendered in low relief and in various coloured metals, the base signed Issei koku, 30cm. Provenance: from a lady of title, formerly the collection of Walter Green (1874-1965) and thence by descent. Green worked as a dentist and started practising in Ealing in 1896. He joined the British Dental Association and later served as Vice President. He was one of the first to use the Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy procedure and he became the first dental surgeon to be appointed to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. Hasegawa Issei (also known under his artist's name of Gyokutosai) was an important silversmith working in Asakusa, Tokyo. He found fame during the Meiji era and his designs became popular in the West after he took part in international exhibitions including the Chicago Columbus Exposition (1893), the Liège Exposition (1905) and the Paris Exposition Universelle (1900). Several of his works are on display at the Kyoto Sannenzaka Museum. Cf. Meiji no Takara, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Japanese Art, Metalwork, Part I, no.66 and Part II, no.130 for other works by Hasegawa Issei in the Khalili Collection.
[REYNARD THE FOX]. A group of 18 works in 19 volumes of Reynard the Fox, including: The Most Delectable History of Reynard the Fox, edited by Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916). London and New York: MacMillian and Co., 1895. 8vo. Numerous illustrations by W. Frank Calderon. Original green cloth, titles gilt, edges gilt. -- THOMS, William J. (1803-1885). The History of Reynard the Fox. London: The Percy Society, 1844. 12mo. Quarter morocco, top edge gilt. -- ELLIS, F.S. (1830-1901). The History of Reynard the Fox. London: David Nutt, 1894. Square 8vo. Frontispiece, title, decorations and by Walter Crane. Quarter morocco gilt. -- Reynard the Fox, A Poem in Twelve Cantos. Translated by E.W. Holloway. Dresden and Leipzig, A.H. Payne and London: W. French, 1852. 4to. Engraved frontispiece, titles, and plates after designs by H. Leutemann. Red publisher’s cloth gilt. -- And 15 other volumes. Together, 18 works in 19 volumes, various 4to and 8vo sizes, various editions, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. Property from the Collection of Norman and Florence BlitchFor condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
CRANE, Walter (1845-1915). The First of May, a Fairy Masque. London: Henry Sotheran, 1881. Oblong folio (605 x 433 mm). 57 engraved plates [including half-title, title, dedication, frontispiece, and colophon] printed on India proof paper and mounted after illustrations and calligraphy by Crane (some minor spotting to a few mounts). Loose as issued in original brown cloth portfolio gilt, printed pictorial label on upper cover (lacking ties, some minor soiling). LIMITED EDITION, number 88 of 200 copies SIGNED BY CRANE. For condition inquiries please contact lesliewinter@hindmanauctions.com
NO RESERVE Crane (Walter) Mrs Mundi At Home, 24 plates, occasional light spotting and finger-soiling, lacking upper board and spine, [c.1875] § Morrow (W. C.) Bohemian Paris Of To-Day, illustrations, endpapers browned, book-label to rear pastedown, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, spine ends chipped and corners bumped, shelf-lean, 1899; and 23 others, children's or illustrated, 4to & 8vo (25)
Rackham (Arthur) The Land of Enchantment, light finger-soiling, rebacked, with original back-strip laid down, cloth rubbed and faded, 1907 § Corelli (Marie) The Devil's Motor, margins toned, [1910] § Corvo (Frederic Baron, translator) The Rubaiyat Of Umar Khaiyam, browning to endpapers, dust-jacket, some chipping and creasing to head and foot, affecting title at head of spine, 1924 § Crane (Walter) A Romance of the Three R's, loss to spine, 1886, plates or illustrations, occasional light spotting, original decorative boards or cloth, some rubbing to extremities, corners bumped; and 8 others, children's and illustrated, v.s. (12)
to include:The Artworkers Guild 1884 to 1934 by H. J. L. J. MasséMay Morris: William Morris (in tissue paper wrappers)J.W. Mackail: The Life of William Morris 1st edition 1899 (2 Vols., with Philip Burne Jones' signature)J.W. Mackail: The Life of William Morris, 1901 ed (with May Morris' signature)Transactions of the National Association for the Advancement of Art and its Application to Industry Liverpool Meeting of 1888Socialism Its Growth & Outcome by William Morris & E Belfort Bax, 1893Labour Annual 10 copies, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901 (Reformers Yearbook, formerly Labour Annual), 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909 J.B. Shaw (edit.): Fabian Essays in Socialism, 1 volumeWilliam Morris: Hopes & Fears for Art 5 Lectures 1871-1881William Morris: Gothic Architecture: A Lecture for the Arts & Crafts ExhibitionThe Dream of John Ball & The Kings LessonWilliam Morris: Address delivered 11th November 1890Socialist Review March, April & May 1928, contains unpublished letters of William MorrisNotice of a Fabian Society Public Meeting 1908 by G. B. Shaw on Socialism – Hand FlyerKelmscott Fellowship Notice 1926, showing A. H. VerstageWilliam Morris: The Life & Death of JasonWilliam Morris: The Earthly Paradise (3 of 4 parts)William Morris to Whistler: Papers & Addresses on Art & Craft and the Commonweal; Illustrations by Walter CraneWalter Crane: An Artist’s ReminiscencesWalter Crane: Decorative Illustration of BooksWalter Crane: Decorative Illustrations des BuchesMacNeil Whistler: Pamphlet Board of Education South KensingtonWalthamstow Museum: Guide to William Morris CentenarySpeeches in Commemoration of William Morris at the Baths Hall Walthamstow (3 copies)William Morris 1884-1934: Some AppreciationsMorris & Company 1861 to 1940 (2 copies)Tributes to Peter FloudParables from Nature by Margaret GattyMary de Morgan: On a Pincushion & Other Fairy talesH.J.L.J. Massé: The Artworkers Guild 1884 to 1934A May Day InterludeC.R. Ashbee: Table of the Arts & Crafts of the RenaissanceC.R. Ashbee: Table of the Arts & Crafts of the 17th Century (2 copies)C.R. Ashbee: Table of the Arts & Crafts of the 18th Century (2 copies)The New Party published by Hodder Brothers, frontispiece by Walter CraneWilliam Morris: Dream of John Ball and A King’s LessonWilliam Morris: The Defence of Guenevere and Other PoemsSidney Webb & Sidney Ball: Socialism and IndividualismA Catalogue of an Exhibition Celebrating the Ninetieth Birthday of The Churches and Chapels of Old LondonWilliam Morris as a SocialistWilliam Morris: Art & the Beauty of the Earth, A LectureSir Edward Burne-Jones: Letters to Katie with an introductory noteWilliam Morris: The Water of the Wondrous Isles, LongmansWilliam Morris: Prose & Poetry (1856 – 1870)Edward & Stephani Godwin: Warrior Bard. The Life of W. MorrisWilliam Morris: News from Nowhere, pocket editionH Halliday Sparling: The Kelmscott Press and William MorrisWilliam Morris: A Dream of John Ball and a King’s LessonJ.W. Mackail: The Life of William Morris 2 volumes, new editionCountess of Warwick: William Morris His Homes & HauntsEdited by G. D. H. Cole: William Morris Selected WritingsWilliam Morris: News from Nowhere, Boston: Robert BrothersC. Gillington: A Day with William MorrisGerald H Crow: William Morris DesignerBernard Shaw: Morris as I Knew HimPeter Faulkner: Wilfred Scawen Blunt & The MorrisesRichard Tames: An Illustrated Life of William MorrisJoseph R. Dunlap: William Caxton & William MorrisPeter Faulkner: William Morris & Eric GillS.L. Bensusan: The Charm of Burne-Jones Provenance:From the collection of Arthur Halcrow Verstage (1875-1969); The Millinery Works Collection.Footnote: Note: Arthur Halcrow Verstage was an architect who spent much of his career in the public sector. He was a student at the Royal Academy School of Architecture in the 1900s and was elected as an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1902. By 1903 he was a student and assistant at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (later known as the Central School of Art and Design) in London where William Lethaby was principal and a great influence on him. He then oversaw the design of the new school in Southampton Row from 1905-8. From here he became an architect for London County Council and was involved with many London societies, and as a founding member of the Kelmscott Fellowship, a forerunner to The William Morris Society. His large and varied collection, amassed from 1902 to 1972, reflected his wide interest in the arts. His archive was purchased by The William Morris Society in 2005.
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