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29 MACKENZIE, Thomas (illus.); RANSOME, Arthur. Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme. London: Nisbet & Co., [1920] some of the illustrator’s finest work Signed limited edition, number 249 of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. Quarto. Finely bound in crimson morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt with raised bands, pictorial block after the original design on front cover in gilt, turn-ins ruled in gilt, dark green endpapers with original endpapers bound in, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 12 tipped- in colour plates, captioned tissue guards, and numerous monochrome illustrations throughout. A fine copy. £3,250 [140199] 30 MILNE, A. A. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co., 1926 the first collection of winnie-the-pooh stories First edition, first impression, of this much loved children’s classic, Milne’s first collection of stories featuring the famous bear. Octavo. Finely bound in dark green morocco, spine lettered and tooled in gilt with raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, multiple pictorial blocks on covers in gilt, turn-ins ruled in gilt, floral endpapers with original map endpapers bound in at front, gilt edges. Illustrated by E. H. Shepard. A fine copy. £3,500 [151916] 31 MILNE, A. A. The House At Pooh Corner. London: Methuen & Co., 1928 introducing tigger and the game of poohsticks First edition, first impression, of the final Pooh book, featuring the first appearance of Tigger. Milne had bought his son a stuffed tiger, “Tigger”, and told Shepard that he was longing to see the
illustrations for this new character, who would become one of the author’s most popular creations. “ The House at Pooh Corner is probably now the most loved and popular of all as it introduces Tigger and the game of Poohsticks” (Thwaite, p. 109). Octavo. Finely bound in pink morocco, spine lettered and tooled in gilt with raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, decorative gilt blocks on covers, turn-ins ruled in gilt, floral endpapers with original endpapers bound-in at front, gilt edges. Illustrations throughout by E. H. Shepard. A fine copy. ¶ Ann Thwaite, The Brilliant Career of Winnie-the-Pooh , 1992. £2,500 [151833]
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32 MITCHELL, Margaret. Gone With the Wind. New York: The Macmillan Company 1936
First edition, first printing, with the copyright date May 1936. Octavo. Finely bound in yellow morocco with wraparound onlaid silhouette of Tara in black morocco set against a hand painted sunset, spine lettered in gilt, black endpapers, gilt edges. Housed in a custom black cloth flat- back box, spine lettered in silver. A fine copy. £4,500 [148154] 33 NIELSEN, Kay (illus.) East of the Sun West of the Moon. Old Tales from the North. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1914] nielsen’s most spectacular and celebrated book signed limited edition, number 83 of 500 copies signed by the artist. The richness of the Nielsen’s colour images for this lavish illustrated book of Norse pagan mythology was achieved by a four- colour process, in contrast to many of the illustrations prepared by his contemporaries, such as Rackham and Dulac, which characteristically utilised a traditional three-colour process. Quarto. Finely bound in blue morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt with raised bands, pictorial block in gilt on front cover after the original, turn-ins ruled in gilt, burgundy endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With 25 colour illustrations and monochrome drawings in the text. A fine copy. £9,750 [114031]
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