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Auction No 404, Category: Illustrated

27 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

A selection of mainly illustrated books including Thatcher "Textile London", Draper’s Record [n.d.]; "A Guinness Sportfolio", 1950s;

Lot: 3

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
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A selection of mainly illustrated books including Thatcher Textile London, Draper's Record [n.d.]; A Guinness Sportfolio, 1950s; The Gallery of Nature, London, 1823, Vol.2 (of two), numerous engravings; The Vicar of Wakefield, Dent, 1904, 25 colour plates by Charles Brock; Aucassin and Nicolette, A & C.Black, 1911, illustr. Anne Anderson; Dore A History of Hale, Cheshire, 1972, in d/jkt; and others. Good to fine. (11)

Assorted books including Dorothy L. Sayers "Lord Peter Views the Body" and "Strong Poison", both Gollancz published, in VG d/jkts;

Lot: 6

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Assorted books including Dorothy L. Sayers Lord Peter Views the Body and Strong Poison, both Gollancz published, in VG d/jkts; and many illustrated with woodcuts including Eric Gill The Gospel According to St.Luke, Dent, 1935, nicely bound in full leather, and P.H. Newby The Spirit of Jem, John Lehmann 1947, 1st UK Edn.,illustrated by Keith Vaughan, in near-fine d/jkt. Varied condition. (26)

A collection of illustrated titles, many with wood-engravings, including Thomas Bewick "A General History of Quadrupeds", 1811,

Lot: 7

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £32
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A collection of illustrated titles, many with wood-engravings, including Thomas Bewick A General History of Quadrupeds, 1811, front board detached; Ambrose Heath Good Food: Month by Month Recipes, Faber, 1947, and Travellers' Verse, 1946, both illustrated by Edward Bawden; Flower of Cities, 1949 in d/jkt; Robert Graves & Paul Hogarth Majorca Observed, 1965, in d/jkt; H.E. Bates The Country Heart, illustr.John Minton, 1949, in damaged d/jkt; and good range of others. Varied condition. (51)

Edward Ardizzone illustrated works including Maurice Gorham "Showmen and Suckers", 1951 and "Londoners", 1951, both in d/jkts;

Lot: 8

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £30
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Edward Ardizzone illustrated works including Maurice Gorham Showmen and Suckers, 1951 and Londoners, 1951, both in d/jkts; Baggage to the Enemy, Right Book Club, 1942; James Kenward The Suburban Child, 1955, in d/jkt; and various others, some in d/jkts. Includes several first editions, an exhibition catalogue and bibliography. Fair to VF (23)

Adrian Bury "Shadow of Eros: A Biographical and Critical Study of the Life and Works of Sir Alfred Gilbert, R.A.", Dropmore Press, 1952,

Lot: 10

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £50
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Adrian Bury Shadow of Eros: A Biographical and Critical Study of the Life and Works of Sir Alfred Gilbert, R.A., Dropmore Press, 1952, No.29 of 53 bound in full morocco, gilt, on hand-made paper, numbered and signed by the author. Top edge gilt, uncut elsewhere, unopened. B/w frontispiece and 24 b/w plates. Some minor fox marks to endpapers o/w fine.

Pierre Germain "Elements of the Goldsmith’s Art", Vol.1 (of 2), Edouard Rouveyre, Paris c.1884, quarter-cloth, printed boards

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £50
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Pierre Germain Elements of the Goldsmith's Art, Vol.1 (of 2), Edouard Rouveyre, Paris c.1884, quarter-cloth, printed boards (darkened) containing 50 litho plates with introductory text, loosely inserted, reproducing Germain's original designs of 1784. Each plate 20 x 13.5cm and laid down on leaves some of which are a little dust-affected at extremities (the plates unaffected). Occasional minor fox mark. No copy recorded by Copac.

Kenneth Rowntree (illustrator) and Gwyn Jones "A Prospect of Wales", Penguin Books, 1948, 1st Edn., pictorial boards, signed by Kenneth Rowntree

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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Kenneth Rowntree (illustrator) and Gwyn Jones A Prospect of Wales, Penguin Books, 1948, 1st Edn., pictorial boards, signed by Kenneth Rowntree on front endpaper; 20 coloured plates. Slight wear to top & tail of the spine o/w fine.

"Shiko Munakata:100 Woodcuts", Redstone Press, 1991, cloth bound with silver design and lettering, illustrated throughout, 15 colour plates,142pp;

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
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Shiko Munakata:100 Woodcuts, Redstone Press, 1991, cloth bound with silver design and lettering, illustrated throughout, 15 colour plates, 142pp; complete with the fine fold-out woodcut and publisher's catalogue leaf, housed in the publisher's illustrated box. VF

"Grimm’s Fairy Tales, with an introduction by John Ruskin, Illustrated by Charles Folkard", Adam & Charles Black, 1911, 1st Edn;

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £80
SOLD £32
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Grimm's Fairy Tales, with an introduction by John Ruskin, Illustrated by Charles Folkard, Adam & Charles Black, 1911, 1st Edn; pictorial boards slightly rubbed; t.e.g.; contemp. gift inscription to front endpaper; complete with 12 superb colour plates (one loose); fox marks to endpapers & edge of text block occasionally straying on to text margins. VG

Edward Fitzgerald "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam", illustrated by Rene Bull, Hodder & Stoughton [1913], the limited edition, No.222 of 250,

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £200 - £250
SOLD £150
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Edward Fitzgerald Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, illustrated by Rene Bull, Hodder & Stoughton [1913], the limited edition, No.222 of 250, signed by the artist; bound in full vellum with gilt & blue decoration, darkened and slightly marked, lacking the ties; t.e.g., uncut elsewhere; boards a little bowed, inner hinges cracked front & back and in need of repair; illustrated throughout and complete with 10 tipped-in tissue-guarded plates & 19 smaller plates laid down; occasional minor fox marks to text (plates unaffected).

"Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales", T.C. & E.C. Jack, [1914], illustrated by Cecile Walton with 16 colour plates; orig.cloth with pictorial onlay,

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, T.C. & E.C. Jack, [1914], illustrated by Cecile Walton with 16 colour plates; orig.cloth with pictorial onlay, spine darkened; uncut two sides; title page with 7cm tear to inner margin requiring repair; browning to endpapers; a few minor fox marks to text but largely clean internally. Uninscribed.           

Eric Gill (illustrator) "The Song of Songs: Called by Many the Canticle of Canticles", Folio Society, 2017,

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £125
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Eric Gill (illustrator) The Song of Songs: Called by Many the Canticle of Canticles, Folio Society, 2017, reprint of the Golden Cockerel Press Edition of 1925; cloth bound by Lachenmaier, in d/jkt, No. 218 of 750 issued; complete with the 4pp Essay by Sebastian Carter and housed in the Society's illustrated box with gilt titles. VF

Voltaire (trans.Tobias Smollett) "Candide, or Optimism", illustrated by Quentin Blake; Folio Society, 2011, bound in full Nigerian goatskin, gilt,

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £120
SOLD £170
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Voltaire (trans. Tobias Smollett) Candide, or Optimism, illustrated by Quentin Blake; Folio Society, 2011, bound in full Nigerian goatskin, gilt, by Beltz Fine Books, Germany, No.418 of 1000 issued, numbered and signed by the artist; in the publisher's slipcase. Fine

Paul Nash (illustrator) "Genesis", Folio Society, 2017, cloth bound, gilt, by Lachenmaier, in d/jkt, the leaves unopened; No. 218 of 750 issued;

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £125
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Paul Nash (illustrator) Genesis, Folio Society, 2017, cloth bound, gilt, by Lachenmaier, in d/jkt, the leaves unopened; No. 218 of 750 issued; facsimile of the 1924 Nonesuch Press edition with 12 woodcuts by Paul Nash; complete with 4pp Essay by Sebastian Carter and housed in the publisher's box, with pictorial onlay and gilt lettering. VF

David Jones (illustrator) "The Book of Jonah", Folio Society, 2017, bound in buckram by Lachenmaier, gilt title, in d/jkt; No. 218 of 750 issued;

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £115
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David Jones (illustrator) The Book of Jonah, Folio Society, 2017, bound in buckram by Lachenmaier, gilt title, in d/jkt; No. 218 of 750 issued; facsimile of the Golden Cockerel Press 1926 edition, illustrated throughout; complete with 4pp Essay by Sebastian Carter and housed in the publisher's box with pictorial onlay and gilt lettering. VF

"The Winchester Psalter Miniature Cycle", Folio Society, 2015, bound in full Indian goatskin by Gorenjski of Slovenia

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £170 - £200
SOLD £270
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The Winchester Psalter Miniature Cycle, Folio Society, 2015, bound in full Indian goatskin by Gorenjski of Slovenia with gilt blocked design by Joe McLaren; number 214 of 980 issued; a facsimile of the Psalter now housed at the British Library; complete with the cloth bound Commentary by Kristine E. Haney and housed in the publisher's box with gilt titles and pictorial onlay. VF       

Alexandre Dumas "The Count of Monte Cristo", Folio Society, 2017, illustrated by Roman Pisarev, bound in full leather, gilt, by Lachenmaier;

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £150 - £200
SOLD £420
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Alexandre Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo, Folio Society, 2017, illustrated by Roman Pisarev, bound in full leather, gilt, by Lachenmaier; number 442 of 500, signed and numbered by the artist on a limited edition etching tipped on to the second free endpaper; housed in publisher's slipcase. The slipcase shows slight wear to the base o/w VF.

Edward Fitzgerald (trans.) "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam", Folio Society, 2012, illustrated with colour plates by Niroot Puttapipat;

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £72
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Edward Fitzgerald (trans.) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Folio Society, 2012, illustrated with colour plates by Niroot Puttapipat; quarter-leather, gilt, with vendome cloth sides, by Lachenmaier, in illustrated slipcase. VF      

"The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio", Folio Society, 2007, illustrated by Buckland-Wright, bound in full Wassa goatskin, gilt,

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £115
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The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, Folio Society, 2007, illustrated by Buckland-Wright, bound in full Wassa goatskin, gilt, with blocked design by Jeff Clements; number 1540 of 1750 issued; complete with a pamphlet The Happy Art of Narration and housed in the publisher's box with gilt title. VF

Rupert Brooke "Selected Poems", Folio Society, 2015, illustrated with colour lithographs by Ed Kluz, quarter-morocco, gilt, by Lego of Vicenza,

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 13th Oct 2021 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £52
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Rupert Brooke Selected Poems, Folio Society, 2015, illustrated with colour lithographs by Ed Kluz, quarter-morocco, gilt, by Lego of Vicenza, decorated sides by Victoria Hall; number 388 of 1,750; in publisher's slipcase with gilt title and pictorial onlay. VF