Lots 31 - 40

Lot #31: ARTHUR RACKHAM - GROUP OF TRADE EDITIONS ILLUSTRATED BY RACKHAM
(1) "Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods" 1911. (2) "Rhinegold and the Valkyrie" 1910. (3) "Wind in the Willows" 1940 - Limited Edition Club. (4) "Midsummer Night's Dream" 1908. (5) "Peter Pan" 1906. (6) "Guinevere" illustrated by Florence Harrison. (7) Seven others.
Estimate: $ 1000.00 - $ 1500.00 Sold at $1000

Lot #32: ROBINSON, CHARLES (ARTIST) "THE BIG BOOK OF FABLES" NY (DODGE) (N.D.), 4TO
Illustrated with 28 color plates by Robinson. Red gilt pictorial cloth. Inner hinges strengthened - else fine and bright.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $275

Lot #33: (FIRST ISSUE) SENDAK, MAURICE "WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE" NY, 1963. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, OBLONG, 4TO
First issue dust jacket with no mention of the Caldecott medal. Dust jacket price of $3.50; lower price of $3.79 has been clipped. Color pictorial boards with some edge browning and a few tiny nicks. Dust jacket is lightly browned with a few closed tears. Spine of dust jacket chipped with 1/2 of the spine with paper separation.
Estimate: $ 2000.00 - $ 3000.00 Sold at $1500

Lot #34: (1 of 450) SEWELL, ANNA "BLACK BEAUTY", LONDON (DENT) 1915. FIRST EDITION (THUS), 4TO
1 of 450 copies (for England) signed by the illustrator Lucy Kemp Welch. Printed on large paper. Green cloth with gilt medallion on front board. Some rubs on the edges.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold at $600

Lot #35: JESSIE WILCOX SMITH - TWO BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY:
(1) "The Water Babies" London (Hodder and Stoughton) printed for the drug store chain "Boots the Chemists" Ca. 1920. 12 color plates. Green gilt pictorial cloth. Fine copy. (2) "Children of Dickens" NY (Scribner's) 1926. Probably second printing. Almost fine copy.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00

Lot #36: STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS "VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE AND OTHER PAPERS" LONDON, 1910. SMALL 4TO
1 of 250 copies. Illustrated with12 color plates by Norman Wilkinson. Bound in full limp vellum; ribbon ties. Vellum soiled.
Estimate: $ 800.00 - $ 1000.00

Lot #37: PETERSHAM, SARG AND LEAF - FIVE TITLES - ALL FIRST EDITIONS. FINE IN DUST JACKETS
(1) Petersham, Maud and Miska "Get-A-Way and Hary Janos" NY (Viking) 1933. (2) Leaf, Munro "Flock of Watchbirds" Phil. (1946) (3) Leaf "Geography Can Be Fun" Phil. (1951). (4) (Sarg) Mills and Nelsen "The Talking Dolls" NY (1930). (5) Sarg, Tony "Soldier Boy" NY, 1926.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $500

Lot #38: (FINE PRESS) "THE BOOK OF GENESIS" LONDON (MEDICI SOCIETY) 1914. 4TO
Illustrated with ten color plates by F. Coyley Robinson. 1 of 500 copies. Bound in limp vellum with the original ribbon ties present.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 700.00 Sold at $200

Lot #39: LIMITED EDITION CLUB - GROUP OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS ISSUED BY THE CLUB
(1) London "Sea Wolf" illustrated and signed by Fletcher Martin. (2) "Grimm's Fairy Tales" - 4 vols. (3) Tennyson "Idylls of the King" illustrated by Lynd Ward. (4) Evergreen Tales - 6 vols. in two slipcases.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00

Lot #40: LARGE GROUP OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS - MOST IN FINE CONDITION. SOME ARE REPRINTS. APPROXIMATELY 60 VOLUMES
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $1000

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