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Lindsay, Norman, illustrator. Lysistrata, number 169 of 725 copies, signed by Jack Lindsay, illustrations, some spotting, publisher's half morocco gilt, rubbed, top edge gilt, others uncut, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, folio, London: Franfrolico Press, 1926 £80-120 See illustration
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Milne, A.A. The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, 1928; When We Were Very Young, sixteenth edition, 1927; Now We Are Six, fourth edition, 1928; Winnie-the-Pooh, sixth edition, 1928, all illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard, original publisher's deluxe binding of full brown leather gilt, ends of spines chipped, all edges gilt, 8vo, London: Methuen & Co. (4) £200-250
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Milne, A.A. The House at Pooh Corner, first edition, illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, original cloth gilt, bumped and slightly soiled, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: Methuen & Co., 1928; When We Were Very Young, sixth edition, illustrations by Ernest H. Shepard, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: Methuen & Co., 1924 (2) £50-80
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Nelson, Horatio. Fairburn's Plan of Parker and Nelson's Victory before Copenhagen, April 2nd, 1801, a large broadside comprising an engraved plan of the battle, a panoramic view, both hand-coloured, with letterpress extracts from the London Gazette, statistics, etc., below, 485mm x 590mm, London: Published April 22, 1801, by John Fairburn. £100-150
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Nicholson, William. An Almanac of twelve Sports, 12 coloured plates, some offsetting, original pictorial boards, hinges cracked, 4to, London; William Heinemann, 1898 £50-80
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Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, first edition, half-title, coloured plates, some slight soiling, a few leaves creased, original publisher's boards, 16mo, London: Frederick Warne & Co., [1918] £120-180
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Potter, Beatrix. The Roly-Poly Pudding, first edition, coloured plates, p.55 loose, upper hinge broken, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1908; another issue, [n.d.]; The Pie and the Patty-Pan, early edition, coloured plates, original boards, spine slightly cracked, 8vo, London: Warne and Co., [n.d.] (3) £100-150
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Rackham, Arthur, illustrator. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, 50 tipped-in coloured plates, original cloth gilt, soiled, 4to, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d.]; Welch, Lucy Kemp, illustrator. Black Beauty, number 258 of 600 copies, signed by the artist, plates, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, 4to, London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1915 (2) £60-80
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Rackham, Arthur, illustrator. The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, tipped-in coloured plates, tissue guards, some light spotting, original cloth decorated gilt, 4to, London: William Heinemann, 1910; The Ingoldsby Legends, tipped-in coloured plates, guards, original cloth, slightly shaken, 4to, London: William Heinemann, 1919; Irish Fairy tales, coloured plates, tissue guards, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: Macmillan & Co., 1920; and 3 others illustrated by Arthur Rackham (6) £200-250
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Rackham, Arthur, illustrator. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations, number 36 of 750 numbered copies, signed by Arthur Rackham, 13 tipped-in coloured plates, tissue guards, original cream buckram gilt, slightly soiled, silk ties, top edge gilt, 4to, London: William Heinemann, 1909 £200-300 See illustration
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Robinson, Charles, illustrator. The Four Gardens, illustrations, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: William Heinemann, 1912; Bedord, F.D., illustrator. Peter and Wendy, illustrations, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1911; and 39 others similar, mostly early 20th century, v.s. (41) £100-150
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Robinson, W. Heath, illustrator. A Song for the English by Rudyard Kipling, number 192 of 500 copies, signed by the artist, 30 tipped-in coloured plates, tissue guards, original full vellum, cover blocked in gilt and colours, top edge gilt, others uncut, 4to, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1909] A FINE COPY. £500-700 See illustration
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Robinson, W. Heath, illustrator. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, 16 tipped-in coloured plates, tissue guards, illustrations, some spotting, original cloth gilt, slightly faded, ends of spine slightly chipped, 4to, London: Constable & Co., 1913; Milne, A.A. The House at Pooh Corner, second edition, illustrations, slight spotting, original cloth gilt, top edge gilt, 8vo, London: Methuen & Co., 1928; and 7 others, illustrated (9) £200-300
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Robinson, W. Heath, illustrator. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, tipped-in coloured plates, tissue guards, original cloth pictorial gilt, 4to, New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1913; Dulac, Edmund, illustrator. The Snow Queen, tipped-in coloured plates, original cloth gilt, 4to, New York: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d.]; The Nightingale, tipped-in coloured plates, original cloth gilt, 4to, New York: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d.], and 12 others, illustrated, v.s. (15) £100-150
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[Rowlandson, Thomas] The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London of the Pleasures and Miseries of the Metropolis, third edition, hand-coloured aquatint title and frontispiece, loose, 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some spotting, contemporary calf, joints cracked, rubbed, spine chipped with loss, 8vo, London: J. Johnston, 1820 [Tooley 434] £50-70
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Scrap Album. A large early nineteenth-century album of scraps and prints, some hand-coloured, a few earlier, folio, c.1830 £200-300
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Scrap Album. A large mid-nineteenth century album of chromo-lithographs, greetings cards, hand-coloured engravings, etc., carefully arranged, the pages edged in red cloth, folio, [c.1850] £250-300 See illustration
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Scrap Albums. Three late nineteenth century albums of chromo-lithographed and other scraps, prints, etc., carefully arranged, one album on linen, folio c.1880 £300-400
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Scrap Albums. Two late nineteenth century scrap albums on linen, containing numerous hand-coloured, wood-engraved and chromo-lithographed prints, etc., folio c.1880 £120-180
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Searle, Ronald. A script for 'A 90 Minute Animated Colour Version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Adapted by Christopher Fry, Designed by Ronald Searle', 75pp., printed verso only, 7 full-page illustrations by Ronald Searle, original wrappers, edges chipped with slight loss, 4to, New York: Perpetua Productions, [c.1961] This script was prepared under the aegis of Ronald Searle's New York Perpetua offices, but the film was never made. Only a few examples of this script are known to have survived. £100-150
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Stratton, Helen, illustrator. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, coloured plates, illustrations, original cloth, folio, London: Blackie and Son, [n.d.]; Rowntree, Harry, illustrator. Uncle Remus, coloured plates, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, folio, London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, [n.d.]; and 6 others, similar (8) £100-150
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Sullivan, Edmund J, illustrator. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, first edition, coloured frontispiece, tissue guard, 75 monochrome plates, original publisher's cloth decorated gilt, top edge gilt, 4to, London: Methuen & Co., 1912 £40-60
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Upton, Florence K. and Bertha. The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls, first edition, coloured plates, several leaves with tears, one with loss, but not affecting image, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, soiled, oblong 4to, London: Longmans Green & Co., [1895] £70-90
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Walker, Douglas Stewart, illustrator. Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen, coloured plates, illustrations, original cloth, 8vo, London: George G. Harrap, [n.d.]; Mason, Fred, illustrator. The Story of Alexander, illustrations, original cloth, 8vo, London; David Nutt, 1894; Jones, A. Garth, illustrator. The Minor Poems of John Milton, illustrations, original cloth, 8vo, London: George Bell & Sons, 1898; and 23 others, similar, 8vo (26) £150-200
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White, E.B. Stuart Little, first edition, illustrations by Garth Williams, half-title inscribed in pencil by previous owner, bookplate affixed to reverse of frontispiece, original cloth, dust-jacket, price clipped, slightly soiled, 8vo, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1945 £100-150 See illustration
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Woodroffe, Paul, illustrator. The Tempest, coloured plates, tissue guards, original cloth gilt, 4to, London: Chapman and Hall, 1908; Robinson, Charles, illustrator. The Big Book of Fables, coloured plates, illustrations, original cloth gilt, slightly shaken, 4to, London; Blackie and Son, 1912; Jackson, A.E., illustrator. The Water Babies, mounted coloured plates, original cloth gilt, slipcase, 4to, London: Oxford University Press, [n.d.]; Parrish, Maxfield, illustrator. Poems of Childhood, coloured plates, original cloth gilt, 8vo, London: John Lane, 1904; and 11 others, similar, 4to (15) £200-300 1928-1929. No Lots
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Cricket. Colin Blythe, 'Charlie', 1910; C M Wells, 'Father', 1907, 200mm x 330mm approx., both framed and glazed (2) £50-70
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Assorted subjects, including political, decorative, clerical, foreign dignatories, military, theatre and the arts, 100 prints approx., 200mm x 330mm, loose (100 approx.) £200-300
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Horse Racing. Arthur Templeman, 'A Rising Star', 1906; George Thursby, 'Mr George', 1907, 200mm x 330mm approx., both framed and glazed (2) £50-70
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Assorted subjects, including political, decorative, clerical, foreign dignatories, military, theatre and the arts, 100 prints approx., 200mm x 330mm, loose (100 approx.) £200-300
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Vanity Fair. A Weekly Show of Political, Social & Literary Wares, volumes 1-5, 303 chromo-lithographed caricatures only after Spy, Ape and others, some light spotting, original cloth gilt, extremities rubbed, folio, London: Vanity Fair Office, 1868-1873, sold as a periodical, not subject to return (5) £300-400
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Vanity Fair. A Weekly Show of Political, Social & Literary Wares, series 6, 22 and 31, chromo-lithographed caricatures after Spy, Ape and others, some light spotting, original cloth gilt, distressed, folio, London: Vanity Fair Office, 1874-1899, sold as a periodical, not subject to return (3) £100-150
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Arts. Carlo Pellegrini, 'Ape', 1889; Leslie Ward, 'Spy', 1889, 200mm x 330mm, both framed and glazed (2) £30-40
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Arts and military. Jan Kubelik, 'Kubelik', 1903; Sir Arthur Sullivan, 'English Music', 1874; Captain Alfred Dreyfuss, 'at Rennes', 1899, each 200mm x 330mm approx., all mounted (3) £50-80
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Vanity Fair. A Weekly Show of Political, Social & Literary Wares, series 4-7, 9 and 14, chromo-lithographed caricatures after Spy, Ape and others, some light spotting, original cloth gilt, distressed, folio, London: Vanity Fair Office, 1872-1875, sold as a periodical, not subject to return (6) £200-300
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Assorted subjects, including political, decorative, clerical, foreign dignatories, military, theatre and the arts, 100 prints approx., 200mm x 330mm, loose (100 approx.) £200-300
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Sporting. Frank Wootton, 'Frank Wootton', 1909; Fred Webb, 'Fred Webb', 1889; [Group], 'The Winning Post', 1888; Lord Dalmeny, 'In his father's steps', 1904, each 200mm x 330mm approx., all framed and glazed (4) £50-80
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Vanity Fair. A Weekly Show of Political, Social & Literary Wares, volumes 3, 5, and 31, chromo-lithographed caricatures after Spy, Ape and others, some light spotting, original cloth gilt or half morocco, distressed, folio, London: Vanity Fair Office, 1870-1884, sold as a periodical, not subject to return (3) £100-150
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Proofs. Lord Coleridge, 'Lord Chief Justice', 1887; Sir John Arthur Roebuck, 'Tear 'em', 1874, both framed and glazed (2) £30-50
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Vanity Fair. A Weekly Show of Political, Social & Literary Wares, volumes 1-4 and 7-14 bound in six volumes, numerous chromolithographed caricatures after Spy, Ape and others, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, extremities rubbed, folio, London: Vanity Fair Office, 1868-1875, sold as a periodical, not subject to return £1000-1500
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Barber, Thomas. Picturesque Illustrations of the Isle of Wight, first edition, engraved title, double-page engraved map, 40 engraved plates, tissue guards, some spotting, original cloth, spine chipped, 8vo, London: Simpkin and Marshall, [1834]; another copy, [1834]; and 2 others on the Isle of Wight (4) £150-250
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Besley, Henry. Views in Cornwall, 22 [?of 24] engraved plates only, tissue guards, original cloth, shaken, faded, bookplate of Bath Municipal Reference Library, oblong 8vo, Exeter: H. Besley, [c.1865] £60-80
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Brannon, George. Vectis Scenery: Being a Series of Original and Select Views, Exhibiting the Picturesque Beauties and Places of particular Interest in the Isle of Wight, engraved title, engraved map, 46 engraved plates, some spotting, tissue guards, publisher's original boards, spine defective, oblong 4to, Wootton Common: George Brannon, [n.d.] £200-250
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Camden, William. Britannia: or, A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 3 volumes, first Gough edition, 153 engraved maps and plates, some folding, a few misfolded, some browning and soiling, contemporary calf, boards detached, one lacking, bookplate of Bath Public Reference Library, folio, London: John Nichols, 1789 £250-300
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Caradoc of Llancarfan, Saint. The History of Wales, browned and waterstained, later leaves especially so, modern cloth, London: M. Clark, 1697; Burke, J. Bernard. The Historic Lands of England, 13 full-page lithographed plates and 3 vignettes, guards, some spotting, original cloth, somewhat soiled, 8vo London: E. Churton, 1848; Brayley, E.W. Delineations Historical and Topographical, of the Isle of Thanet and the Cinque Ports, 2 volumes, engraved plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, 8vo, London: For the Proprietors, 1817; and 26 others, topography, all with the bookplates of Bath Municipal Reference Library, blindstamps throughout, (30), sold w.a.f. £70-100
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Carew, Richard. Survey of Cornwall... to which are added notes illustrative of its History and Antiquities, by the late Thomas Tonkin, Esq., engraved portrait frontispiece, some browning, contemporary half morocco gilt, 4to, London: T. Bensley, 1811; and another, similar (2) £60-90
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Carr, Sir John. Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour Through Scotland in 1807, folding aquatint frontispiece and 11 aquatint plates, some browning, contemporary half calf, boards with loss, 4to, London: Mathews and Leigh, 1809; Shepherd, Thomas. Modern Athens! Displayed in a Series of Views or, Edinburgh in the Nineteenth Century, engraved additional title, 96 engraved views on 48 leaves, some browning and spotting, contemporary crimson half morocco, rubbed, 4to, London: Jones and Co., 1829; and 3 others, Scottish interest (5) £100-150
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Collinson, John. The History of Somersetshire, 3 volumes, half-titles, folding engraved map, laid down, 40 engraved plates, some spotting and creasing, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spines, 4to, Bath: R. Cruttwell, 1791 £200-300
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Collinson, Joseph. The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, 3 volumes, first edition, folding engraved map, folds repaired, 40 engraved plates, without half-titles, some spotting, contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked, 4to, Bath: R. Cruttwell, 1791 £200-300
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