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Auction No 367, Category: Illustrated

7 Lots (displaying 1 - 7)

"Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest illustrated by Edmund Dulac", and "Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £64
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Shakespeare's Comedy of The Tempest illustrated by Edmund Dulac, and Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night or What You Will, illustrated by Heath Robinson, both Hodder & Stoughton, in original gilt green cloth, each with a gift inscription of 1911, both with 40 fine tipped-in coloured tissue-guarded plates; some occasional light foxing o/w fine. Together with 4 other books, one signed & inscribed by Helen Bradley. (6)

Andrew Lang "The Green Fairy Book", Longmans, 1892, 1st Edn, orig.cloth, hinges reinforced and new endpapers,

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £54
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Andrew Lang The Green Fairy Book, Longmans, 1892, 1st Edn, orig.cloth, hinges reinforced and new endpapers, VG internally; Charles Perrault Old-Time Stories, Constable, 1921, 1st Edn., illustrated by Heath Robinson including 6 tipped-in plates, VG; and 3 others. (5)

"The Comic Almanack: an Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £40
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The Comic Almanack: an Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities …..with many hundred Illustrations by George Cruikshank and other artists, Chatto & Windus, 1878, the First Series, original gilt cloth, fine; occasional tone spot o/w VG internally; plus The Female Instructor; or, Young Woman’s Guide to Domestic Happiness, Thomas Kelly, 1822, engraved frontisp & 5 (of 6) plates; tastefully rebound in modern calf, gilt. (2)

Children's and Illustrated selection 1880s to 1940s including works illustrated by Detmold, Cecil Aldin,

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £100
UNSOLD
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Children’s and Illustrated selection 1880s to 1940s including works illustrated by Detmold, Cecil Aldin, Harry Rountree etc; Alfred Crowquill ​Pictorial Grammar c.1880, Dorothy Rees Original Riddles in Rhyme c.1920, Evelyn Sharp The Other Side of the Sun, 1900, and others, some with chromo-litho artwork. Good to Fine (16)        

Petronius Arbiter The Satyricon, Pascal Covici, Chicago, 1927, 2 vols, marbled boards with cloth backstrips;

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Petronius Arbiter The Satyricon, Pascal Covici, Chicago, 1927, 2 vols, marbled boards with cloth backstrips; illustrated with colour plates by Allen Lewis; uncut; No.48 of 60 printed on Oland paper. Titles on spines faded o/w VG. (2)

Tennyson "Morte d'Arthur", Chatto & Windus, 1912, illustrated by Alberto Sangorski, 1912, in good d/jkt;

Lot: 82

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Tennyson Morte d’Arthur, Chatto & Windus, 1912, illustrated by Alberto Sangorski, 1912, in good d/jkt; plus two similar Sangorski illuminated works both in d/jkts; Laurence & Rex Whistler !OHO!, 1946 in VG d/jkt; and 2 other illustrated works. Good to VF (6)

Bruce Bairnsfather "From Mud to Mufti", 1919, orig. cloth, one plate loose o/w VG;

Lot: 108

  • Auction Date: Wed 19th Apr 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Bruce Bairnsfather From Mud to Mufti, 1919, orig. cloth, one plate loose o/w VG; Patrick Macgill The Amateur Army, 1915; A.E. Shipley The Minor Horrors of War, 1915; and others including two humorous. Fair to VG (6)