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Auction No 409, Category: Children's Books

5 Lots (displaying 1 - 5)

Marian Isabel Hurrell "The Adventures of Friskers and His Friends with Sixteen Coloured Illustrations by Louis Wain", Robert Culley, [1907]

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £66
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Marian Isabel Hurrell The Adventures of Friskers and His Friends with Sixteen Coloured Illustrations by Louis Wain, Robert Culley, [1907] orig.gilt cloth with pictorial onlay, some wear & fading to spine; small tear to top of title page, binding rather slack with pages & plates loose, occasional fox marks to text, the plates VG and complete; together with another edition in poor condition, partly disbound and lacking two plates.

Louis Wain assortment including "Louis Wain’s Annual 1910-11" and "1911-12" plus "Tinker,Tailor illustrated by Louis Wain", all in poor condition;

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £52
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Louis Wain assortment including Louis Wain's Annual 1910-11 and 1911-12 plus Tinker, Tailor illustrated by Louis Wain, all in poor condition; plus 15 loose coloured plates (laid down on thick paper), and other hand-coloured illustrations including two in card mounts

"Louis Wain’s Annual 1912"; "Merry Times with Louis Wain"; "Louis Wain’s Baby’s Picture Book", 1903; and "In Louis Wain Land"

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Louis Wain's Annual 1912; Merry Times with Louis Wain; Louis Wain's Baby's Picture Book, 1903; and In Louis Wain Land (with 7 colour plates, 3 damaged). Poor condition, with loose pages and other faults. (4)

Margaret Tarrant selection comprising "Alice in Wonderland" (2 copies, one lacking 4 of the 48 plates), "Joan in Flowerland" (3 copies,

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £50
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Margaret Tarrant selection comprising Alice in Wonderland (2 copies, one lacking 4 of the 48 plates), Joan in Flowerland (3 copies, one with a coloured plate torn), and Margaret Tarrant's Christmas Garland; together with around 200 loose plates in a folder. Some mixed condition but the plates generally fine.

"Chatterbox 1902" and volumes for 1903, 1904 and 1905, all in VG publisher’s gilt decorated cloth, a.e.g.,complete with the coloured plates

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 18th May 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Chatterbox 1902 and volumes for 1903, 1904 and 1905, all in VG publisher's gilt decorated cloth, a.e.g., complete with the coloured plates and numerous b/w illustrations. Foxing and pencil ownership inscriptions to endpapers o/w fine internally. The 1903 issue with one gathering a little loose. (4)