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14. ELIOT, George; BROCK, C.E. SILAS MARNER The Weaver of Raveloe J.M. Dent & Co., 1905. First Deluxe edition. 8vo. Full white vellum, decorated with elaborate gilt decoration. Top edge gilt. Decora- tive endpapers. Twenty four colour illustrations by C. E. Brock. A near fine copy, with a slight crease to the plate on page 13 and a pale red mark on the back board. [45890] £150
Swiss-born Boston author, Anna Eichberg King was the daughter of composer and violinist Julius Eichberg, and wife to publisher John Lane. She wrote a number of poems and short stories; her works in- clude: Brown’s Retreat, and Other Stories (1893); Kitwyck Stories (1895), American Wives and English Housekeeping (1905), as well as the lyrics for the national hymn “To Thee, O Country!” (1918). FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF WIND IN THE WILLOWS 16. GRAHAME, Kenneth; BRANSOM, Paul THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Methuen, 1913.
First UK edition illustrated by Bransom, first issue. 8vo. Pub - lisher’s green cloth with gilt let- tering to spine and upper cover, with black and white vignette to upper cover. Top edge gilt and all others untrimmed. Pic- torial endpapers and ten colour plates by Paul Bransom, as well as one in black and white by Graham Robertson. A near fine copy, some wear to spine ends
AUTHOR’S PRESENTATION COPY
15. GRAHAME, Kenneth THE GOLDEN AGE John Lane, 1896. Sixth edition. 8vo. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to publisher John Lane’s future wife on the front free endpa- per “Anna Eichberg King/ with friendly greetings from Kenneth Grahame/ 10th Sep- tr 1897.” Bound in publisher’s yellow buckram cloth with dark blue lettering and pictori- al decoration to the spine and boards, pages uncut. A near fine copy, with slight dustiness to the spine and hairline splits to hinges, housed in a custom
and spots of foxing to the pages. [46564] £500 This is the first illus- trated version of Gra- hame’s tales of the riverbank. The first edition of the book has only the frontispiece by Robertson and no other illustrations. Bransom is the first of many to enjoy the role of illustrator.
made quarter brown morocco slipcase with red morocco title labels. [45947] £950
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