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47 HARRIS, Joel Chandler. Uncle Remus. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881 the classic tales of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and Brer Bear First edition in book form, first printing, first issue with “presumptive” at page 9, last line, and no mention of this title among the advertisements on page [233]. “Harris was not the first to record the stories of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and Brer Bear, which he heard in the cabins of slaves on Georgia plantations, but his retellings made them a favourite with American children” (Shefrin, p. 178). Octavo. Original powder blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, pictorial designs of a rabbit and reed blocked in gilt and black, pictorial endpapers. Frontispiece, title vignette, 7 plates, numerous in- text illustrations, 8 pp. of publisher’s advertisements at end. Contemporary pencil inscription on front free endpaper verso (dated Christmas 1880). Extremities bumped, joints rubbed, some soiling and dampstaining, minor foxing to edges, occasional internal foxing and browning with minor holes to inner hinges, still a good and tight copy. ¶ BAL 7100; Penrod, pp. 56–57; Grolier, Children’s 100 , 45. Jill Shefrin, One Hundred Books Famous in Children’s Literature , 2015. £1,250 [148563] 48 HERDMAN, Charlotte (trans.) The Return of the Fairies: Translated from the French of Madame la Comptesse [ sic ] de Choiseul. Dublin: For John Cumming, 1824 First edition in English of the Comtesse de Choiseul’s fairy tales, which was first published in Paris in 1818 (“Le Retour des fées contes”). This is a rare find: Library Hub locates a single copy at the National Library of Wales and WorldCat
lesbian content established her as one of the key figures in late 18th-century French clandestine literature. Octavo (177 × 104 mm). Recent red half morocco to style, lettering and decorative motifs in gilt direct to spine, marbled boards. Engraved title with hand-coloured vignette, 8 engraved plates coloured in contemporary hand. Contemporary ownership inscription at end of preface, “C. T. Haddelsey, Surgeon”; Charles Turner Haddelsey MRCS, of the London Hospital. The binding sound and unfaded, long closed tear to lower half of plates facing pp. 85 and 195 expertly repaired, heavy spotting to pp. 264–69, else internally fresh; still an attractive copy. £1,000 [145729] 49 HUGHES, Shirley. Dogger. London: The Bodley Head, 1977 First edition, first impression, presentation copy inscribed by the author on verso of front free endpaper, “For Sheila with love from Shirley Hughes”, and additionally signed and dated “Shirley Hughes 83” on the title page. The author and artist Shirley Hughes (1927–2022) illustrated more than 200 books in a distinguished career that lasted over 70 years. She provided artwork for books by Louisa M. Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Nina Bawden, Francis Hodgson Burnett, Helen Cresswell, Dorothy Edwards, E. Nesbit, Ian Serraillier, Noel Streatfeild, and Alison Uttley. Her own books included the ‘Alfie’ series and Dogger . In 1977 Dogger was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal and, for the 50th anniversary of the award, the book won the public vote as the nation’s favourite. Inscribed copies of this title are rare. The recipient, Sheila Ray (1930–2018), was a librarian and senior lecturer in librarianship, and author of a number of books including Children’s Fiction: A Handbook for Librarians (1970) and The Blyton Phenomenon (1982).
Quarto. Original illustrated boards, spine and front cover lettered in black. Colour illustrations throughout by Shirley Hughes. Some minor marks to rear cover; a bright and near-fine copy. £750 [155147] 50 JANSSON, Tove. Det osynliga barnet. Stockholm: Gebers, 1962 With a charming original illustration First edition, first printing, inscribed by Jansson on the front free endpaper: “med glad hälsning! [with happy greetings] Tove Jansson”, with an original drawing of Moominpapa beneath a crescent moon. The seventh book in the Moomin series, Det osynliga barnet ( Tales from Moominvalley) collects nine short stories including “Vårvisan” (The Spring Tune), “Filifjonkan som trodde på katastrofer” (The Fillyjonk Who Believed In Disasters), and “Berättelsen om det osynliga barnet” (The Invisible Child) among others. “ Det osynliga barnet consists almost exclusively of studies in individual psychology; its pictures have unclear lines, and it is more impressionistic than previous works” ( NBF ). Octavo. Original pale green cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine lettered in blue, front cover lettered in blue and yellow. Neat ownership inscription at foot of front free endpaper. Spine gently cocked, light rubbing to board edges, faint toning to margins of endpapers; a near- fine copy. £3,750 [153309]
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adds a further four, all in the US (Morgan Library, University of Chicago, Indiana University, and Princeton). The tales in the present work include “The King of Cocaque”, “The Black Cat”, “The Woodcutter’s Daughter”, and “The Double Enchantment”. Charlotte Herdman translated several works out of French, including a second collection of fairy tales, written by Julie Delafaye-Bréhier. While little biographical information is known about Comtesse Félicité de Choiseul-Meuse (1767–1838) she was a prolific and highly successful author. Writing at least 27 novels, she is now best known for her erotic novels, notably Julie ou j’ai sauvé ma rose (1807), which despite being censored for its explicit
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