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31 DANN, Colin. The Animals of Farthing Wood. London: Heinemann, 1979 First edition, first impression. The first of eight books in the Farthing Wood series, this title was awarded the Arts Council National Book Award for Children’s literature in 1980. The text was previously published in two separate volumes in 1979. An
animated television series based on the books and comprising 39 episodes was broadcast between 1993 and 1995. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Black and white drawings within the text by Jaqueline Tettmar. Head and foot of spine slightly bumped, minor foxing to top edge; a near- fine copy. Minor nick to head of dust jacket spine; a near fine example of an unclipped jacket. £750 [154290] 32 DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS. Production cel for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs : Dopey. 1937 from one of the most important films in cinematic history An original production cel from the first full-length animated film and original “Disney Classic”, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs . The film was released in 1937 and is a significant cinematic achievement. Original cels used in this production are rare. There is a Walt Disney Enterprises 1937 copyright note and a statement: “This is an original painting on celluloid from the Walt Disney Studios, actually used in the filming of ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’. Only a very limited number have been selected to be placed on the market. Walt Disney”. Original cel on Courvoisier background (approximately 137 × 133 mm), gouache with airbrush background, mounted, framed, and glazed (framed size 340 × 330 mm). Acetate slightly warped, slight deterioration of gouache and fading; a very good example. £3,750 [155006]
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30 DAHL, Roald; JAQUES, Faith (illus.) Original artwork for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . [c.1973] Original artwork for Dahl’s beloved story Published as the wrapper design on the first paperback edition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , published by Puffin Books in 1973. Original artwork for Dahl’s books is rare, and most of Jaques’s artwork, including her drawings for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory , is held by The National Centre for Children’s Books in Gateshead. The finished picture is constructed from two pieces: a drawing on board with an overlay in black ink. The result is a vivid scene combining visual depth and fine detail. The illustration depicts Willy Wonka, Charlie, and the other Golden Ticket-winners gathered around the Everlasting Gobstopper Machine. Faith Jaques was the original illustrator of the first UK edition of the book in 1967 and produced this new cover
design for the paperback. Jaques “was one of the outstanding illustrators responsible for the renaissance of British picture books during the last three decades. Her special gift was an ability to translate the emotional tone of a text into the strong visual atmosphere created by her pen-and-ink drawings” (obituary in The Independent , 7 August 1997). An avid reader as a child, her distinctive style was influenced by the works of Charles Dickens’s illustrators – she produced a version of David Copperfield in 1971 – and William Makepeace Thackeray’s own drawings for his books. In her long and distinguished career, she illustrated over 100 books, including works by Allan Ahlberg, Nina Bawden, Ursula Moray Williams, E. Nesbit, Philippa Pearce, Arthur Ransome, and Margery Sharp. Original drawing (295 × 380 mm) on artist’s board (460 × 380 mm with “Frome” printed on reverse), gouache, with acetate overlay in black ink, signed on the verso, mounted, framed, and glazed (framed size 444 × 530 mm). Fine and unfaded. £8,500 [142906]
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