editor Dominic Winter Book Auctions: English Literature; Modern First Editions; Children's & Illustrated Books; Original Artwork: Wednesday 6 December 2006
Dominic Winter, 2006 First Edition. Binding: Softcover. Book Condition: Very Good Condition. Auction catalogue Size: 10.5" x 8.5" approx. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 750 grams. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 0035023. (Book ref. 0035023) £7.00
HANS ANDERSEN Hans Andersen Fairy Tales (illustrated)
Warne. 1867. UK. A hefty volume of fairy tales from the prolific storyteller! Deep red cloth boards only, Good. Wear to corners/prelims, freying top/tail spine. Gilt titles & decor to front boards/spine, moderate staining to rear board. Book Good, neat inscription to ffep with family crest plate to pastedown. Engraved frontispiece with tissue guard & numerous wonderful illustrated engravings throughout. Two illustrations have childs crayoning. Neat tape repair to front/rear, binding weakened to central section. Otherwise a good example of this collectable volume! (Book ref. 650) £18.95
Kingsley, Charles; Smith, Jessie Willcox [illus.] The Water Babies. Hodder Boots edition
London: Boots the Chemist / Hodder and Stoughton, [1930]. Reprint. Green hardback cloth cover with gilt decoration. VG : in Very good condition without dust jacket. Corners slightly bumped. Previous owner's insc. to fep. 240pp :: 12 tipped in plates and additional b/w illustrations :: 260mm x 200mm (10" x 8") (Book ref. ck41dd) £64.00
Beaman, Betty & S G Hulme (Lovell. Kenneth, [illus.]) The Mayor's Sea Voyage. Tales of Toy-Town
London: Oldbourne, 1958. First Edition. Illustrated board cover. G: in Good condition with rubbed and edge chipped dust jacket. [40pp.] :: Colour illustrations :: 200mm x 150mm (8" x 6") (Book ref. g3067) £6.60
Canton, William; Robinson, T H [illus.] A Child's Book of Saints
London: J.M. Dent, 1902. Reprint. Illustrated hardback cloth cover. G : in Good condition. Covers rubbed and darkened. Spine darkened. Corners bumped. Ink inscription to front pastedown. 257pp :: Illustrated with 19 b/w plates by T.H. Robinson :: 200mm x 150mm (8" x 6") :: Lovely illustrated edition (Book ref. j1421a) £18.60
Macrow, Brenda G; Murrell, Ruth [illus.] (Illustrated by Mary Brooks) Bumbletown Tales
London: Blackie & Son Ltd, 1960. First Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked. [48pp} :: Illustrated throughout in colour :: 250mm x 200mm (10" x 8") (Book ref. d4241a) £26.00
Carruth, Jane; Danot, Serge The Magic Roundabout. Dougal to the rescue
London: Odhams Books Ltd, 1967. First Edition. Illustrated laminated boards. G: in Good condition without dust jacket. Previous owner inscription to verso of fep. [14pp] :: 190mm x 25mm (7" x 1") (Book ref. h1821a) £10.60
(Greenaway). Spielmann, M.H. & Layard, G.S. KATE GREENAWAY.
A & C Black 1905. 1st Ed. xx + 301pp. + [ii]. publ. adverts. 52 cold. plates, 34 full page b/w. ills., 56 ills. and decorations. Cold. illus. Greenaway e.ps., upper hinge cracked, some occasional very light spotting, original gilt lettered dec. cloth, corners sl. bumped and spine browned, head of spine sl. soiled and bumped with sm. split, t.e.g. Inman 133.20 Shilling Series. US$133 (Book ref. 206426) £85.00
Byron, Mary, Barrie, J M & Rackham, A (ill): PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS RETOLD FOR LITTLE PEOPLE
(Hodder & Stoughton Ltd not dated London) Octavo 123pp Colour & bw ills. All plates present. No dustwrapper. Picture by Arthur Rackham. Story retold by May Byron. Covers marked and bumped. Spine damaged with 4cm loss at base. . Some pages have crayon marks. G- (Book ref. 10847) £25.00
Sendak, Maurice: IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN
(Bodley Head 1974 rep) Large 4to paper covered illustrated boards. Unpaginated. Col ills. No inscriptions, not price clipped. Very slightly rubbed o/w VG+ in a VG dustwrapper (Book ref. 10383) £8.75
Browning, Robert; Robinson, T.H. (ills): THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN
(Raphael Tuck nd) Pbk. crown 4to, 28pp. inc. full page col. ills. Tight copy, covers rubbed and bumped. front cover marked, no dw. Good (Book ref. 10233) £5.00
Wolfe, Ffrida & Staynes, P.A. (ill): ROUNDABOUT WAYS
Sidgwick & Jackson 1912) Folio 56pp. Illustrated in duotone. Binding a little looseFront internal hinge repaired, rear hinge cracked. External hingesplit at top rear. Boards rubbed and a little marked. Contents Good. (Book ref. 10037) £10.00
Nesbit, Z.A.R.: FIRELIGHT TALES
(Nelson not dated circa 1917) Cr 8vo hbk, green cloth, with 96pp. bw ills. Col plates. Coloured paper illustration pasted on front board. Well-used and rubbed copy, with child's inscription date 1917 on ffep. Good-. (Book ref. 9898) £4.00
Queen of Roumania: THE LILY OF LIFE - A FAIRY STORY
(Hodder and Stoughton c1913) hbk, demy 6to, 146pp inc. 18 col. plates. Clean tight copy, pages browned nr edges, some foxing to eps, previous owner's name on ffep, book re-cased using original boards aand backstrip, blue cloth boards rubbed and bumped, some discoloration and sunning. Elliptical illustrated pastedown to front board. No dw. Good+ (Book ref. 9871) £110.00
: ONLY FOR VERY GOOD CHILDREN
(Nister not dated ca 1890) Small folio laminated illstrated paper covered boards. [36] pp. Lovely colour and bw illustrations throughout. Condition is poor. Boards are detached, Most pages are loose, some detached (as pages are unnumbered I can't guarantee they're all there) But the pictures are delightful! (Book ref. 9594) £25.00
Carroll, Lewis; Rado, A. (ills.): ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND
(Newman Wolsey - undated) Hbk, crown 4to, 63pp + 8 col. prints (complete). Internally clean tight copy, red cloth boards well rubbed (cloth worn through in places). no dw. Good (Book ref. 9308) £45.00
: R.CALDECOTT'S PICTURE BOOK (No. 2)
(Warne not dated) Sq 4to 30,[2], 30,[2], 30,[2],30,[2] pp. 30 full page col ills by Caldecott. Contents very clean and bright. Boards clean and bright. Dustwrapper has a small closed repaired tear (2cm) and a few chips, and a little foxed. Small ink mark on ffep. Otherwise a VG copy in a Good dustwrapper. (Book ref. 8890) £15.00
Manning, Eliza F.: LITTLE PINAFORE'S SCRAP BOOK
(Ollendorff nd ca 1900) Large 4to paper-covered illustrated boards. 48pp. Colour illustrations and bw copies to be filled in by the child. None have been filled in. One page has pensil sribbling on it, and another has a couple of crayon marks. The preliminaries and the boards are completely detached. and some are torn. ffep and rfep missing. Boards rubbed. Overall in Poor condition, but the illustrated pages are in very good clean condition. (Book ref. 8888) £30.00
Jerrett, Myrtle: SELWYN THE SEALION
(Country Life 1948 1st edn) Landscape demy 8vo unpaginated. Full page col ills by the author. bw ills. A little rubbed and bumped, and small owner's inscription on ffep. otherwise VG> Dustwrapper is torn and creased and has been repaired on the reverse with magic tape. (Book ref. 8681) £35.00
Hoyer, M.A. et al: NICE STORIES
(Nelson 1900) 4to 96pp. bw and col ills. NO COVERS, but otherwise tight copy. (Book ref. 8390) £6.50