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50 SENDAK, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. New York: Harper & Row, 1963 “let the wild rumpus start!" First edition, first printing. Where the Wild Things Are was criticized at the time of publication for its darker elements, but was soon acclaimed as a triumph of children’s storytelling and book design; it has remained a classic of 20th-century children’s literature, and was adapted into a film in 2009. Oblong quarto. Finely bound in greenish-blue morocco, spine lettered in silver, multicoloured pictorial onlay on front cover after the original, turn- ins ruled in silver, pink endpapers, silver edges. Illustrated throughout by Sendak. A fine copy. ¶ Grolier Children’s 97. £2,750 [133114] 51 SEUSS, Dr. How the Grinch Stole Christmas. New York: Random House, 1957 “what a great grinchy trick! with this coat and this hat, i look just like saint nick!” First edition, first printing, of the first appearance of the Grinch. Quarto. Finely bound in red morocco, lettering on spine and front cover blocked in white, pictorial onlay of the Grinch on front cover after the original, turn-ins ruled in white, turquoise endpapers, gilt edges. Illustrated throughout by the author. A fine copy. ¶ Younger & Hirsch 33. £3,000 [155087] 52 SEWELL, Anna; KEMP-WELCH, Lucy (illus.) Black Beauty. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1915 "i hope you will fall into good hands, but a horse never knows who may buy him, or who may drive him" Signed limited edition, number 194 of 600 copies signed by the artist.
Quarto. Finely bound in dark green morocco, spine lettered and tooled in gilt with raised bands, turn-ins ruled in gilt, floral endpapers, top edge gilt. Tipped-in colour frontispiece and 29 plates. A fine copy. £2,750 [137364] 53 SHEPARD, Ernest H. (illus.); GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1931 signed by both author and illustrator Signed limited edition, number 127 of 200 large paper copies signed by both Grahame and Shepard. Wind in the Willows was first published in 1908 with only a frontispiece for illustration, and
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Shepard, well-known by then for his illustrations of the Winnie the Pooh series, was asked to illustrate a new edition, following on from Milne’s popular adaptation of the book for stage, Toad of Toad Hall . In 1931 Shepard visited Grahame at his house in Pangbourne to make sketches, and at their first meeting Grahame said to him, “I love these little people, be kind to them”. Shepard’s classic illustrations render this the most popular version of the book even today. Large octavo. Finely bound in dark green morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt with raised bands, covers ruled in gilt, pictorial block gilt on front cover, turn-ins ruled in gilt, floral endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Housed in a leather entry slipcase by the Chelsea Bindery. Illustrated throughout by E. H. Shepard. A fine copy. £8,750 [151678] 54 STEVENSON, Robert Louis. Treasure Island. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1883 immediately hailed by critics as a classic First edition, early issue. Treasure Island was originally written as a pendant to the now-famous treasure map the author had drawn to entertain his young stepson “on a rainy day in the Scottish Highlands” (Grolier). Originally serialised pseudonymously in Young Folks magazine from October 1881 to January 1882, it was only with the appearance of this first edition that it received serious attention. Octavo. Finely bound in red morocco, spine lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt with raised bands, covers panelled in gilt with gilt cornerpieces, turn-ins elaborately decorated in gilt with gilt cornerpieces, dark green endpapers, gilt edges. Frontispiece map with captions printed
in red, brown, and blue, and 8 pp. of publisher’s advertisements. Some occasional mild foxing, an excellent copy. £3,750 [146143]
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