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#11: (FLORENCE HARRISON ILLUS) ROSSETTI, CHRISTINE "POEMS" LONDON
(BLACKIE) (1910). THICK 4TO
Illustrated with 36 tipped in color plates and 34 full page
black and white illustrations by Florence Harrison. White
cloth - pictorial gilt with a pre-raphaelite illustration.
Fine copy.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $600 |
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#12: HUMPHREY, MABEL "THE BOOK OF THE CHILD" NY
(STOKES) 1903. FIRST EDITION, LARGE FOLIO
Illustrated with three full page color plates and the pictorial
covers by Jessie Wilcox Smith and four color plates by Elizabeth
Shippen Green. Bound in 1/4 cloth with color pictorial boards.
Boards are rubbed. Internally fine. A very scarce and beautiful
book.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 |
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#13: (13 VOLS) LANG, ANDREW - "FAIRY
BOOKS" AND OTHER TITLES. 13 VOLS.
(1) "Green Fairy Book" London, 1892. First edition
of the 3rd Fairy Book. Very good copy. (2) "Brown Fairy
Book" London, 1904. First edition, fine bright copy.
(3) "Olive Fairy Book" London, 1907. First edition,
fine bright copy. (4) "Arabian Nights Entertainment" London,
1898. First edition, almost fine. (5) "Animal Story
Book" London, 1896. First edition. Very good copy. (6)
8 others - in lesser condition or later printings. Some rebound.
Estimate: $ 750.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $125 |
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#14: (LARGE PAPER) LANG, ANDREW (EDITOR) "THE BLUE
POETRY BOOK" LONDON, 1891. FIRST EDITION, TALL 8VO
Large paper issue; 1 of 150 copies. 1/2 white parchment over
gray paper boards. Spine soiled.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 250.00 Sold at $100 |
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#15: (LATHROP) BURLINGAME, EUGENE W. "THE GRATEFUL
ELEPHANT" NEW HAVEN (YALE) 1923. FIRST EDITION, SMALL
4TO
Illustrated by Dorothy Lathrop. Cover design, color frontis
and nine black and white plates. Fine copy in the rare pictorial
dust jacket. Dust jacket has chips at top of spine and top
of rear panel. Small tape repair at the bottom of the front
panel.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $275 |
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#16: (CUT-OUTS) MERIWEATHER, SUSAN "THE PLAYBOOK
OF TROY" NY (HARPERS) 1927. FIRST EDITION, LARGE 4TO
Stiff pictorial wraps. Pages with people and objects to cut-out.
Back-drop for assembly is the cover. Some rubs in the spine
area - else fine.
Estimate: $ 200.00 - $ 300.00 Sold at $275 |
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#17: ( 1 OF 200 SIGNED) MILNE, A.A. "NOW WE ARE
SIX" LONDON (METHUEN) (1927). SMALL 4TO
1 of 200 copies signed by Milne and E.H. Shephard. Cloth
spine, paper covered boards with printed label on front board.
Extra label laid down on inner rear board. Pages unopened.
Printed dust jacket with some sun fading on the peripheries.
A few minor short tears.
Estimate: $ 5000.00 - $ 6000.00 Sold at $4250 |
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#18: (ORIGINAL ART) MILNE, A.A. "THE DORMOUSE AND
THE DOCTER" PEN AND INK DRAWINGS AND CALLIGRAPHY BY
HARRY ROUNTREE. 17 1/4 X 12 1/2"
Milne wrote the poem for the "Merry Go-Round" children's
magazine and it also appeared in the "Joy Street Annual" (2
or 3 ?). Rountree has rendered the poem in calligraphy with
two drawings in the left margin and one at the top. Lot includes
the two-page printed version. The original art is the first
page of the two-page poem.
Estimate: $ 800.00 - $ 1000.00 Sold at $1100 |
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#19: (PRESENTATION/BINDING) NIELSEN, KAY (ILLUS) "EAST
OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON" AMERICAN TRADE EDITION,
8VO. CIRCA 1920
25 tipped-in color plates by Kay Nielsen. Presentation -
on the verso of the title page: "And Thanks This is
One of my Greatest - Many Thanks - Sincerely Yours - Kay
Nielsen". Binding - Full purple morocco by Sangorski
and Sutcliffe. Original endpapers preserved. All edges gilt,
frontispiece creased.
Estimate: $ 3000.00 - $ 4000.00 Sold at $1000 |
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#20: (VARIANT BINDING) NIELSEN, KAY (ILLUS) "EAST
OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON" LONDON, (HODDER AND
STOUGHTON) (1914). FIRST TRADE EDITION, 4TO
25 tipped in color plates by Kay Nielsen. Pictorial endpapers.
Binding - apparently a variant or trial binding. 1/2 tan
cloth over gray paper covered boards. Paper title label on
front board and spine. Paper label on spine faded; label
on front board foxed. Minor edgewear on the corners - else
fine
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $1000 |