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5 ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales. Illustrated by twelve large designs in colour after original drawings by E.V.B. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1872 inspired by the pre-raphaelites First Boyle edition. Eleanor Vere Boyle (1825–1916) was one of the leading book illustrators of the mid-19th century. This edition of Andersen’s Fairy Tales was one of the first illustrated by an English illustrator, and Boyle’s vivid artwork set the standard for following editions. “Other editions containing simple woodcuts appeared in the 1860s, generally of unmemorable quality, until the arrival of Eleanor Vere Boyle. Inspired by the Pre-Raphaelites, ‘E.V.B.’, as she signed herself, became one of the leading mid-Victorian book illustrators and turned to Andersen’s work in 1872, producing a dozen striking woodcuts designed to be hand-
4 ANDERSEN, Hans Christian. Hans Andersen’s Story Book: with a Memoir by Mary Howitt. New York: C. S. Francis & Co., 1849 In the attractive original cloth First collected American edition. The volume contains 27 of Hans Andersen’s stories translated into English by Mary Howitt and Charles Boner, including “The Snow Queen”, “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “The Real Princess” (better known as “The Princess and the Pea”), and “The Red Shoes”, together with a short biography of Andersen by Howitt. Selections of Hans Andersen’s stories first appeared in English in 1846, translated by Boner and Howitt and published in the UK. “Andersen’s work was immediately naturalized into English children’s literature, and was the second great element, after Grimm, in the revival of public enthusiasm for fairy tale and fantasy” (Carpenter & Prichard). Mary Howitt (1799–1888) translated several of Andersen’s works, as well as the writings of Swedish novelist Frederika Bremer. She also was well-respected for her own writing and collections of English folktales. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, titles and vignette on front cover in gilt, decoration in blind, rear cover decorated in blind, pale yellow endpapers. Engraved portrait frontispiece from a painting by Carl Hartmann with tissue guard, engraved title page, two full page plates, numerous decorated initials and in-text illustrations, 4 pp. of publisher’s advertisements at end. Christmas gift inscription dated 1848 and ownership inscription dated 1859 on front free endpaper. Cocked, spine sunned, light wear to corners, front inner hinge starting, very occasional light foxing; a very good copy. ¶ Carpenter & Prichard 22. £1,750 [144875]
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coloured” (Ash, p. 9). Though one of the first women artists to be widely recognised for her achievements, she published anonymously and did not often exhibit or sell work. This is a scarce book; a variant red cloth binding was also issued without known priority. Quarto. Original green pictorial cloth by Burn & Co., elaborate gilt and black design on front cover, blind-stamped centrepiece and panel on rear cover, gilt edges, brown coated endpapers. With frontispiece and 11 colour plates after original drawings by Eleanor Vere Boyle, with captioned tissue guards, 2 pp. advertisements to rear. Small bookseller’s ticket on front pastedown. Spine ends and corners a little bumped, a touch of rubbing to extremities, else covers bright and fresh, front inner hinge cracked but firm at frontispiece, a few spots of foxing to prelims, some offsetting from plates to tissue guards. A very good copy indeed, plates remarkably bright. ¶ Russell Ash, Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen , 1992. £1,500 [149532] 6 ATTWELL, Mabel Lucie. Child in a dunce cap. [c.1930] Original artwork A fine example of Attwell’s artwork. Alan Horne notes that Atwell’s “pictures of chubby, winsome children enjoyed a tremendous vogue in magazines and books for the young; and her annuals, cards, posters, bathroom plaques and all sorts of ephemeral items continued to be incredibly popular through the thirties and into the forties” (Horne, p. 79).
Original drawing (348 × 248 mm) on paper (360 × 260 mm), laid down on board, ink and watercolour, signed (“Mabel Lucie Attwell”) lower left, mounted, framed, and glazed (framed size 547 × 440 mm). ¶ Alan Horne, The Dictionary of 20th Century British Book Illustrators , 1994. £2,250 [154986] 7 AULNOY, Marie Catherine d’. The History of the Tales of the Fairies. Containing, I. The tale of Graciosa, … VII. The orange-tree, and its beloved bee: … With cuts suitable to each tale. London: printed for C. and R. Ware; J. Hodges; L. Hawes, and S. Crowder; and H. Woodgate, 1769 Seven woodcuts for seven fairy tales Scarce early English abridgement of Mme d’Aulnoy’s fairy tales, originally published in 1716. Each of the seven tales is illustrated with a woodcut. ESTC cites three copies only, one each in the UK (no copy in the British Library), the US, and Australia. Duodecimo (143 × 86 mm). Recent crushed morocco by Brian Frost & Co. of Bath, gilt-lettered on spine, gilt edges. With 7 wood-engraved illustrations in the text. Early ownership inscription (John Mc Tag) on final leaf blank verso. Lower margin trimmed a little close, just shaving signature at foot of B4, but adequate elsewhere, a very good copy, the paper clean and strong throughout. ¶ ESTC N27184. £3,500 [149637]
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