Catalogue 90: Children's Literature

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CHILDREN’S LITERATURE & ILLUSTRATION CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

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colours. A very good copy indeed, the covers bright. A couple of superficial splits to the rear hinge, though still sound. Short closed tear to the plate opposite p. 90, not affecting the image. [43119] £225 4. CAYLEY-ROBINSON, F.; MAETERLINCK, Maurice THE BLUE BIRD Translated by Alexander Teixeira De Mattos Methuen, October 1911. First illustrated edition. Publisher’s rare deluxe full suede, blocked in black to the upper cover and lettered and decorat- ed gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt, other uncut. Twenty-five tipped-in colour plates, under tissue guards. A very good copy, the spine a little toned and dry, with wear to the spine ends. Hinges sound, but some cracking after the half title, ex- posing the gutter. [43121] £175

1. ANDERSON, Florence Mary; SACKVILLE, Lady Marga- ret THE TRAVELLING COMPANIONS Simpkin, 1915. First Florence Anderson edition. Twelve colour plates by Flor- ence Mary Anderson, as well as line drawings in the text. A very good copy indeed, spine gilt a little dulled. Early owner- ship inscription to front free endpaper. [43150] £250 2. CAMERON, Katharine FAIRY PAGEANT 1902. Ink, water colour and graphite on paper. 75 x 31 cm. Signed and dated K. Cameron 1902 to lower right corner. Mounted framed and glazed. In fine condition. [42873] £7,500 3. CAMERON, Katharine THE ENCHANTED LAND Tales Told Again by Louis Chisholm T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1906. First edition. Thirty wonderful colour plates, with rich warm

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in Clarke’s usual striking style, line drawings throughout the text. A very good copy indeed. [43612] £850

5. CLARKE, Harry THE FAIRY TALES OF CHARLES PER- RAULT With an Introduction by Thomas Bodkin Harrap, 1922. First edition. Twenty-four colour and black and white full page plates. A very good copy. [43613] £750 This is one of the most sought after and elusive of Clarke’s works. 6. CLARKE, Harry FAUST BY GOETHE Harrap, 1925. First edition, edition de luxe. 4to. Number 52 of 1,000 deluxe copies, signed by Clarke. Bound in original quarter vellum over plain grey paper-covered boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Top edge gilt and all others untrimmed. Pictorial endpapers. Twenty-one full page black and white and colour illustrations

7. CRANE, Walter; WISE, Thomas J. [ed.]; [SPENSER, Ed- mund] SPENSER’S FAERIE QUEENE A Poem in Six Books, with the fragment mutabilitie. George Allen, 1894-7. Six volumes. One of 1,000 sets printed on handmade paper. Each volume large 4to. Publisher’s ivory cloth bindings with gilt embossed decoration and red lettering. Top edges are gilt, all others are untrimmed. In the rare publisher’s box with hinged doors, lettered in gilt. Wonderfully illustrated by Wal- ter Crane, with decorative title pages, eighty-eight full-page woodcut illustrations, plus head and tail pieces and decorative

initials. An exceptional, fine set of a stunning production. Two closed tears to p.21 of Volume One. In a very good box. [43829] £4,500 Incredibly rare in such pristine condi- tion, and with the original publisher’s box. In a survey of auction records as far back as 1918, we have found no copies offered in the original box. 8. DOYLE, Richard JACK THE GIANT KILLER A facsimile of Doyle’s manuscript Eyre & Spottis- woode, [1888]. First edition, secondary binding. 4to. Lavender cloth with lettering and decoration in black. Each page with a decorative border and chro- molithographs. A near fine copy. [44106] £250

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page is decorated with pictorial borders. A near fine copy, the gilt bright with some light foxing to endpapers, in a very good box, missing two edges to the lid. [44193] £1,250 11. DULAC, Edmund PRINCESS BADOURA Hodder , 1913. First edition. Publisher’s white buckram with green and gilt embossed decorations to cover and spine. Ten colour plates are mounted under captioned tissue guards. A very good copy, spine tanned and some scattered foxing. [44195] £300 12. DULAC, Edmund EDMUND DULAC’S PICTURE BOOK FOR THE FRENCH RED CROSS Hodder, [1915]. First edition. Publisher’s cloth with black lettering and de- signs, in the original dustwrapper. Nineteen tipped in colour plates, plus a black and white photograph of Dulac. A near fine copy, in a very good dustwrapper. [43708] £250

9. DULAC, Edmund THE SLEEPING BEAUTY and Other Tales Told from the Old French Hodder, 1910. First edition, number 571 of 1000 copies in the Edition de Luxe. Signed by Edmund Dulac. Original publisher’s full crushed morocco binding decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Thirty colour plates mounted within a print- ed decorative border. A bright near fine copy. [41752] £3,000 10. DULAC, Edmund; ANDERSEN, Hans Christian STO- RIES FROM HANS ANDERSEN Hodder, 1911. First edition with illustrations by Dulac. Olive green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Upper cover has an embossed il- lustration of an Art Nouveau style Snow Queen. Endpapers decorated with olive peacock design. Housed in original pub- lisher’s card box. Twenty-eight mounted colour plates pro- tected by captioned pages with designs in olive green. Each

13. DULAC, Edmund ED- MUND DULAC’S FAIRY BOOK Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations Hodder, 1919. First edition in this format. Green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration, in the orig- inal pictorial dustwrapper. Pictorial title page and sixteen tipped in colour plates. A very good copy indeed in a very good dustwrapper. [43709] £600

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15. GAZE, Harold THE MERRY PIPER Long- man, 1925. First edition. Pictorial endpapers and 8 colour plates. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. [44001] £450 16. GOBLE, Warwick; BASILE, Giambattista STORIES FROM THE PENTAMERONE Mac- millan, 1911. First edition, first issue. Thirty-two beautiful co - lour plates. A very good copy, the spine a little faded with some light marks to upper cover. Small, neat ownership inscription to front free endpaper. [43828] £250

17. KING, Jessie Marion PERCEVAL SEETH THE QUESTING BEAST [1903]. Original pen and ink on vellum. 19cm x 12cm. In excellent condition. [42864] £22,500 LITERATURE: The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans (Dent, 1903). 14.

EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH 15 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS 14. DELIERRE, Auguste; LA FONTAINE, Jean De FABLES DE LA FONTAINE A. Quantin, 1883. First Delierre edition. Two volumes, large 4to (317 x 224mm). Edition de luxe, being number 4 of just 50 copies printed on Whatman paper with an extra suite of plates. This copy is extra- illustrated with 15 original signed watercolour illustrations by Delierre to the half-titles and sectional titles. Bound in a fine contemporary binding by Champs-Stroobants, presumably for presentation. Seventy-five plates by Delierre, each present in two states; printed on Whatman paper, and in proof state printed on chine. A fine set, the bindings exceptionally well- preserved. Internally very fresh, occasional offsetting from the proof plates. [44165] £4,500

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18. KING, Jessie Marion THE DWARF’S DREAM [1915]. Original ink and watercolour, heightened in silver on vellum. 28cm x 21cm. Signed in full to the lower right hand corner. In very good condition. [42862] £18,500 LITERATURE: A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde (Methuen, 1915). Opposite p.52. 19. KING, Jessie Marion UNDER A CHESTNUT TREE [1915]. Original ink and watercolour, heightened in gold, on paper. 20cm x 25cm. Signed in full to the lower right hand corner. In fine, clean condition. [42863] £12,500 LITERATURE: A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde (Methuen, 1915), opposite p.142. 20. MACKENZIE, Thomas “The Magician Struck but his Blows Fell Wide.” [1920]. Original ink, watercolour and gouache on artist’s board. 235x320mm. Mounted, framed and glazed. In bright condi- tion. [43043] £8,500 LITERATURE: Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp in Rhyme by Ar- thur Ransome (Nisbet, 1920), plate XI.

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21. MACKENZIE, Thomas; RANSOME, Arthur ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP IN RHYME Nisbet, [1920]. First edition, edition de luxe. Number 213 of only 250 cop- ies, numbered and signed by the artist. American issue with Brentano on the spine (though printed and bound in the UK with the rest of the limitation). Full white buckram with gilt embossed lettering and illustration. Top edge gilt, others un- trimmed. Twelve colour plates mounted beneath captioned tissue guards. A near fine copy, previous owner’s name to the front blank. [39243] £2,750 This book is a wonderful collaboration of Ransome, telling the story of Aladdin and His Lamp in rhyme, and beautiful decorations by Yorkshire artist, Thomas Mackenzie.

22. NIELSEN, Kay; QUILLER-COUCH, Arthur IN POWDER AND CRINOLINE Fairy Tales retold by Sir Arthur Quill- er-Couch Hodder & Stoughton, [1913]. First edition, deluxe issue. One of 500 copies, printed on large handmade paper and signed by the artist, this copy issued out of series. Original green-stained vellum, elaborately titled and decorated in gilt. Top edge gilt, others uncut, with silk green ties. Housed in a custom made fleece-lined green slipcase with matching silk green pull. Twenty-six colour tipped in plates, mounted on grey art paper with decorated borders, under cap- tioned tissue guards. Text printed in grey with floral headpiec - es on each page. Chapter headers and tailpieces by Nielsen in line. A fine copy of a most beautiful book, the covers bright with only some light rubbing to the corners, in a fine slipcase. A magnificent copy. [43036] £5,000 Nielsen’s first commission, remaining one of the most beautiful books to come out of the “Golden Age” of book illustration. This deluxe edition contains two extra plates not present in the trade edition.

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Twelve colour plates and a host of line drawings in the text. A very good copy. [43284] £1,500

23. RACKHAM, Arthur; SHAKESPEARE, William A MID- SUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Heinemann, 1908. First edition. Edition de Luxe, No. 993 of 1000 copies signed by Rackham. Large 4to. Publisher’s full white vellum with gilt lettering and design. Top edge gilt and others untrimmed. Original silk ties (rear detached, front holding on by a thread). Housed in original card slipcase. Forty colour plates, mount- ed onto brown art paper and protected by tissue guards, and many delicate line drawings. A fine copy, with exceptionally clean vellum and bright gilt. Housed in publisher’s slipcase. [44146] £3,950 24. RACKHAM, Arthur AESOP’S FABLES Includes an Intro- duction by G.K. Chesterton Heinemann, 1912. First Rackham edition. Edition de Luxe, no. 644 of 1450 cop- ies, signed by Arthur Rackham. Large 4to. Full white buckram with gilt titles and vignettes on upper cover and spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Thirteen colour plates mounted onto brown art paper, protected by captioned tissue guards, and 53 black and white drawings. A very good example in- deed. The buckram unusually clean and bright, slightly toned to spine. [41774] £2,000 WITH A SIGNED ORIGINAL DRAWING 25. RACKHAM, Arthur THE ALLIES FAIRY BOOK Intro- duction by Edmund Gosse Heinemann, [1916]. First edition. 8vo. Inscribed by Arthur Rackham with an orig- inal drawing of a pixie holding a book, “To Mrs Goodheart, with kind regards, from Arthur Rackham, 6.12.16.” Blue cloth with gilt titles on the spine and gilt vignettes of winged goblins on the upper cover. Endpapers decorated with line drawings.

26. RACKHAM, Arthur LITTLE BROTHER AND LITTLE SIS- TER and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm Constable, 1917. Deluxe first edition, number 334 of 525 copies signed by Rackham. Large 4to. Grey cloth with lettering and vignettes in gilt to spine and white label to upper cover with titles and gilt stamped vignette. Top edge gilt. Pictorial endpapers, 13 mounted colour plates and 43 black and white drawings. Also present is the extra plate in its printed envelope, signed by the artist. A near fine copy. [41779] £3,000 27. RACKHAM, Arthur ENGLISH FAIRY TALES Retold by F.A. Steel Macmillan, 1918. First edition illustrated by Rackham, deluxe large paper issue. Large 4to. Number 444 of 500 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. Bound in original full white vellum with gilt letter- ing and vignettes. Top edge gilt. Sixteen colour plates mount- ed onto white paper, each protected by a tissue guard with printed caption and 41 black and white drawings in the text. A near fine copy. [41773] £3,000

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29. RACKHAM, Arthur; SHAKE- SPEARE, William A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Heinemann, 1908. First edition with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. 4to. Tan cloth with gilt lettering and vignette to upper cover. Forty tipped in colour plates, mounted on art paper, under captioned tissue guards. A near fine copy. [43578] £650

30. ROBINSON, William Heath; PER- RAULT, Charles; JOHNSON, A. E. [trans.] OLD-TIME STORIES Told by Master Charles Perrault Constable, 1921. First Heath Robinson edition, first issue. 4to. Red cloth lettered in gilt and with gilt and white illustrated roundel to up- per cover. Top edge red. Six colour plates mounted onto art paper, plus forty-three illustrations in line, many full page. A very good copy indeed, the spine only a little faded. [43827] £395 31. ROBINSON, Thomas Heath; BLYTON, Enid THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE Newnes, [1930]. First edition. Four colour plates by Thomas Heath Robinson and four full page line drawings. A fine book, in a near fine wrapper. [43705] £125 32. ROBINSON, Thomas Heath; BLYTON, Enid TALES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS Newnes, [1930]. First edition. Four colour plates by Thomas Heath Robinson and four full page line drawings. A near fine copy in a bright near fine dustwrapper. [43706] £125 33. ROBINSON, Thomas Heath; BLYTON, Enid THE TALES OF ROBIN HOOD Newnes, [1930]. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrap - per, with a tape mark to the spine. [43707] £65

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INSCRIBED WITH A DRAWING 28. RACKHAM, Arthur THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIV- ER by John Ruskin Harrap, 1932. First edition. 8vo. Inscribed by Arthur Rackham with an origi- nal drawing of South-West Wind, Esquire, one of the principal characters in the story, “To Robert Hardy / from Edyth + Ar- thur Rackham / Xmas 1932.” Original pictorial card wrappers decorated in red, orange and green, in the original matching dustwrapper. Pictorial endpapers. Colour frontispiece with three further colour plates, in addition to numerous line draw- ings throughout the text. A near fine copy in a very good dust - wrapper. [43950] £1,750 South-West Wind, Esquire is a mischievous, magical character who visits the Black Brothers at the opening of the story, and marks the beginning of their misfortune.

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planned for, but the swift sales of the first edition led Niles to ask Alcott to begin work on one. This she did immediately, and it was submitted to Niles on New Year’s Day and was published on 14th April 1869 in an edition, just like the first volume, of 2,000 copies. Little Women is now one of the most sought after first editions of nineteenth century children’s books, and copies such as this, in original cloth and nice condition, are decidedly uncommon.

34. ALCOTT, Louisa M. LITTLE WOMEN or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy Roberts Brothers, 1868, 1869. First edition. Two volumes. Part one bound in publisher’s green cloth, part two bound in publisher’s russet cloth, both volumes with gilt titles to the spine and upper cover. The first state of both volumes with Little Women listed at $1.25 in the terminal advert of the first part and no notice for ‘Little Women, Part First’ on p.iv of the second part. Four engraved plates by May Alcott to the first volume. Four engraved plates to the second volume. An exceptionally nice set. Both volumes bright and clean, the first part exceptionally so with tight hinges and only trivial wear to the spine ends. The second part, neatly recased with minor repairs to the spine ends. Early bookplate to the front pastedown of each volume. A superb set, very seldom encountered so well preserved. [44238] £35,000 A rare set of first editions of Little Women, both parts in their earliest states. In May 1868 Alcott’s publisher Thomas Niles of Roberts Brothers suggested that she write a “girls story”. She wrote in her journal “Never liked girls or knew many, except my sisters; but our queer plays and experiences may prove interesting, though I doubt it.” It was published in October 1868 in an edition of 2,000 copies, all of which were sold by the end of the month. A sequel was not always

35. ALCOTT, Louisa M. JO ’ S BOYS, And How They Turned Out Roberts Bros., 1886. First edition, first state. Green cloth with lettering and decoration gilt, red and black. Frontispiece portrait of the author. A near fine copy. An inscription to the front endpaper and front blank. [44239] £450 The final episode in Alcott’s Little Women trilogy.

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39. PETER THE WANDERER Oxford University Press, 1963. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. [43943] £85

EDWARD ARDIZZONE 36. ARDIZZONE, Edward TIM AND LUCY GO TO SEA O.U.P., [1938]. First edition. A very good copy in a near very good dustwrap- per, a little foxing and some edge wear. [43940] £450 37. TIM’S FRIEND TOWSER O.U.P., 1962. First edition. A very good copy, in a very good price clipped dustwrapper. [43701] £65 38. TIM’S LAST VOYAGE The Bodley Head, 1972. First edition. A fine book in a fine, price-clipped dustwrapper. [43697] £65

40. A LIKELY PLACE MacMillan, 1967. First edition. Ardizzone’s own copy, signed and dated. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. [43939] £250 41. RHYMING WILL Hamilton 1967. First edition. A near fine copy in near fine dustwrapper. [43929] £125

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43. A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES Dent, 1978. First Ardizzone edition . A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. [43702] £85

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PETER PAN 44. [BARRIE, J.M.] WOODWARD, Alice B.; O’CONNOR, Daniel THE PETER PAN PICTURE BOOK Bell, 1907. First edition. Deluxe issue, one of 250 copies. Publisher’s cloth, decorated and lettered gilt. All edges gilt. Twenty-eight tipped in colour plates. A very good copy indeed of an extremely un- common book. [43965] £950 45. BARRIE, J.M. PETER AND WENDY Hodder, [1911]. First edition. Publisher’s green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Pictorial title page, frontispiece, and eleven illus- trations by Bedford. A near fine copy, erased inscription from front free endpaper. [43962] £1,500

Early edition with Attwell illustrations. Yellow cloth with let- tering in black, and black and blue decoration. Twelve tipped in colour illustrations. A very good copy indeed. [43964] £180 48. “BB” - WATKINS-PITCHFORD, Denys BRENDON CHASE Hollis and Carter, 1944. First edition. Twelve full page illustrations by BB, and many further illustrations throughout the text. A very good copy in- deed, in a very good dustwrapper indeed. [43903] £450 49. ‘BB’ WATKINS - PITCHFORD, Denys ALEXANDER Ba- sil Blackwell, 1957. First edition. Publisher’s original tan cloth. A very good copy indeed, inscription to the front endpaper. [43902] £450 Often considered to be one of the rarer books in the BB canon.

46. [BARRIE, J.M.]; [BAR- HAM, Sybil] PETER PAN POST CARD PAINTING BOOK Faulkner, [c.1915]. First edition. Tear-away post- card book with sixteen perforat- ed postcards, by Sybil Barham. A very good copy indeed. [43951] £150 47. BARRIE, J.M.; ATTWELL, Mabel Lucie PETER AND WENDY Hodder and Stoughton, [1923].

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54. “BB” - WATKINS-PITCH- FORD, Denys THE WHOPPER The Medlar Press, 1997. Limited edition. Number 26 of 98 leather bound copies. A fine copy. [44081] £120 55. BESTALL, Alfred THE RUPERT BOOK - 1948 Daily Express, 1948. Pictorial card wrappers. Tipped in note from Bestall, “for Rose Mary, with love from the Rupert Uncle, Christmas 1948.” A very good copy. [37283] £600

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50. “BB” - WATKINS-PITCHFORD, Denys THE WHOPPER Moorhen Books, 1967. First edition. Green cloth with silver lettering, in the original pictorial dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout in line by the au- thor. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. [43909] £650 51. BB - WATKINS-PITCHFORD, Denys THE TYGER TRAY Methuen, 1971. First edition. Black and white drawings throughout. A fine copy, in a very near fine dustwrapper. [43908] £300 52. “BB” - WATKINS-PITCHFORD, Denys THE POOL OF THE BLACK WITCH Methuen 1974. First edition. Illustrated in black and white by BB. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. [43901] £150 53. ‘BB’ WATKINS - PITCHFORD, Denys A CHILD ALONE The Memoirs of ‘BB’ Michael Joseph, 1978. First edition. Frontispiece and full-page black and white plates by BB. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. [43904] £65

56. BESTALL, Alfred RUPERT - 1982 Daily Express, 1982. Glazed pictorial boards. Signed by author on multiple pages. A very good copy.. [37353] £350 57. TOURTEL, Mary THE RUPERT STORY BOOK - 1938 Sampson Low, 1938. Pictorial boards. A very good copy indeed. Ownership inscrip- tion and some light colouring. [37341] £225 58. TOURTEL, Mary RUPERT LITTLE BEAR MORE STO- RIES - 1939 Sampson Low, 1939. Pictorial boards. A very good copy. Some of the colouring pag- es have been lightly coloured. [37343] £200 59. BETJEMAN, John ARCHIE AND THE STRICT BAPTISTS John Murray, 1977. First edition. 4to. A very good copy in a very good dustwrap- per. [43057] £125

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ENID BLYTON’S ST. CLARE’S 60. BLYTON, Enid THE O’SULLIVAN TWINS Methuen, 1942. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. [43741] £850

ENID BLYTON’S ADVENTURE SERIES 65. THE CASTLE OF ADVENTURE Macmillan, 1946. First edition. A very good copy, in a very good dustwrapper. [43723] £275 66. THE VALLEY OF ADVENTURE Macmillan, 1947. First edition. A near fine copy, in a near fine dustwrapper. Un - common in this condition. [43731] £375 67. THE MOUNTAIN OF ADVENTURE Macmillan ,1949. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper in - deed. [43724] £250 68. THE SHIP OF ADVENTURE Macmillan, 1950. First edition. A near fine book, in a very good dustwrapper, which has a short closed tear to the rear hinge. [43713] £150 69. THE CIRCUS OF ADVENTURE Macmillan, 1952. First edition. A very good copy, inscription to front endpaper, in a very good dustwrapper. [43722] £125

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62. THE SECOND FORM AT ST. CLARE’S Methuen, 1944. First edition. A near fine copy in a crisp, near fine dustwrap - per, slightly toned of spine. [44036] £450

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64. FIFTH FORMERS AT ST. CLARE’S Methuen, 1945. First edition. A very good copy indeed, in a very good, price clipped, dustwrapper. [43742] £450

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70. THE RIVER OF ADVENTURE Macmillan, 1955. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper with a little wear to the spine ends. [43728] £150 ENID BLYTON’S FAMOUS FIVE 71. BLYTON, Enid FIVE GET INTO TROUBLE Hodder , 1949. First edition. A very good copy indeed, in a very good dust- wrapper. Inscription to front free endpaper verso. [43112] £250 72. FIVE HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME Hodder, 1952. First edition. A near fine copy, in a very good dustwrapper indeed. Gift inscription to half title. [43753] £125 73. FIVE GO TO MYSTERY MOOR Hodder, 1954. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper. [43747] £75 74. FIVE HAVE PLENTY OF FUN Hodder, 1955. First edition. A fine copy in a bright, near fine dustwrapper. [43755] £175

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76. FIVE GET INTO A FIX Hodder, 1958. First edition. A fine copy, some offsetting to endpapers, in a near fine dustwrapper. [43677] £225 77. FIVE ON FINNISTON FARM Hodder, 1960. First edition. A near fine copy, in a very good dustwrapper indeed. Gift inscription to front endpaper verso. [43759] £150 78. FIVE GO TO DEMON’S ROCKS Hodder, 1961. First edition. A fine copy in a bright, near fine dustwrapper. [43758] £175 79. FIVE HAVE A MYSTERY TO SOLVE Hodder, 1962. First edition. A very good copy indeed, in a very good dust- wrapper, some light wear to extremities. [43744] £45 80. FIVE ARE TOGETHER AGAIN Hodder, 1963. First edition. A very good copy indeed, in a very good dust- wrapper, with some light wear to extremities. [43760] £75

75. FIVE GO TO BILLYCOCK HILL Hodder, 1957. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper,

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81. BLYTON, Enid; EVERETT, Ethel SILVER AND GOLD Nelson, [1927]. First edition illustrated by Ethel Everett. White buckram cov- er decorated in silver and gold. Top edge gilt. Remnants of dustwrapper. Inscribed by Blyton on the front end paper, “Ina and Margaret with much love from the Author.” A fine copy. [43691] £500 82. [BLYTON, Enid] BEEK, Harmsen van “The toys were tak- en to their homes to be dried and put to bed to get over their shock.” [1953]. An original ink and watercolour on paper. 110x130mm (im- age size). Noted “page 48” by Beek at the base. Fine condition. [44208] £1,250 A charming illustration from the seventh Noddy book depicting a group of toys with Big Ears and a golly having just returned from a boating accident. LITERATURE: Noddy by the Seaside (Samson Low, 1953) p.48

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83. BLYTON, Enid MR. GALLIANO’S CIRCUS Newnes, [1938]. First edition. Red cloth in pictorial dustwrapper, upper cov- er design by E.H. Davie. Colour frontis and line drawings by E.H. Davie. A near fine book, in a very good bright dustwrap - per. [43689] £1,500 The first of the Circus books. Along with The Secret Island, The Wishing Chair and The Enchanted Wood, it was published by Newnes between 1937-1939 in a larger format with colour frontis- pieces. All four books were the first of popular series and all four are now extremely scarce as first editions.

84. BLYTON, ENID NAUGHTY AMELIA JANE Newnes, 1939. First edition. 8vo. Green cloth with black ti- tles. Inscribed on the front endpaper, “Love to Chrystal from Enid Blyton.” Colour fron- tispiece and drawings in black and white by Sylvia Venus. A near fine copy. [43690] £950 First of the Amelia Jane Books. Extremely uncom- mon.

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ORIGINAL PADDINGTON DRAWINGS 86. FORTNUM, Peggy [BOND, Michael] “there was only one thing he could picture which would be worse... and that was leaving four unfilled holes instead.” [c.1974]. Original ink on paper drawing depicting Paddington Bear, sit- ting on a box contemplating some holes he has just drilled in a wall. 75 x 75mm (image size). Signed at the bottom left. Excel- lent condition. [43264] £8,500 Original Fortnum drawings of Paddington are very seldom seen in commerce. We are not aware of an illustration used in the Padding- ton books having been offered for sale before. LITERATURE: Paddington on Top (Collins, 1974) p. 102 87. FORTNUM, Peggy [BOND, Michael] A BIRTHDAY TREAT [c.1974]. Original ink on paper drawing depicting Paddington Bear, in a paper hat, holding a balloon, drawn for (but not used in) Paddington on Top. 144 x 97mm (image size). Signed with initials. Accompanied by a letter from the artist detailing the provenance of the drawing. Excellent condition. [43257] £6,000 In the letter which accompanied this drawing, dated 4 December 1975 Fortnum writes, “I have had to do another drawing of Padding- ton to replace one that damaged. Several try-outs will not be used, and I enclose one of these, hoping that it is sufficiently Paddingtonish for you to like it.” LITERATURE: Paddington on Top (Collins, 1974) Unused, but likely to be drawn as an alternative for the heading for Chapter 4: A Birthday Treat.

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“PLEASE LOOK AFTER THIS BEAR” 85. BOND, Michael A BEAR CALLED PADDINGTON Col- lins, 1958. First edition. 8vo. Red cloth in original pictorial dustwrapper. Illustrated in line by Peggy Fortnum. A very good copy, light spotting to endpapers, in a near very good dustwrapper. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. [43249] £1,500 The first appearance of Paddington Bear.

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ANTHONY BUCKERIDGE’S JENNINGS 88. BUCKERIDGE, Anthony JENNINGS’ LITTLE HUT Col- lins, 1951. First edition. A near fine copy in fine dustwrapper, extremely bright and fresh. [43923] £275 89. JENNINGS AND DARBISHIRE Collins, 1952. First edition. A near fine copy in fine dustwrapper, extremely bright and fresh. [43922] £225 90. ACCORDING TO JENNINGS Collins, 1954. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper, bookplate to front endpaper. [43921] £125 91. OUR FRIEND JENNINGS Collins, 1955. First edition. Signed by the author to title page. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper, bookplate to front pastedown. [43919] £175

93. JUST LIKE JENNINGS Collins, 1961. First edition. A fine copy in fine dustwrapper, bookplate to front pastedown. [43913] £95

94. JENNINGS, OF COURSE! Collins, 1964. First edition. A fine copy in fine dustwrapper. [43912]

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95. JENNINGS ABOUNDING Collins, 1967. First edition A fine copy in fine dustwrapper. [43911]

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96. JENNINGS IN PARTICULAR Collins, 1968. First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. [43915]

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97. TRUST JENNINGS! Collins, 1969. First edition. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper, bookplate to front pastedown. [43914] £65

92. THE TROUBLE WITH JENNINGS Collins, 1960. First edition. A fine copy in a very good dustwrapper, book -

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103. BURNETT, Frances Hodgson SARA CREWE Or What Happened At Miss Minchin’s New York, Scribners, 1888. First edition. Publisher’s pictorial brown cloth, in the rare orig- inal pictorial dustwrapper, and the original glassine jacket. This copy with the advertisements in the second state. Six full page illustrations. A fine copy, uncommonly fresh, in a good example of the rare dustwrapper. [44248] £1,250 The first edition of Sara Crewe, later retitled A Little Princess, in its rare original dustwrapper. In 1902 Burnett adapted the story into a stage play called The Little Princess. An expanded novelisation of the story titled A Little Princess was published in 1905. 104. CROMPTON, Richmal WILLIAM - THE GOOD George Newnes Ltd., [1928]. First edition. 8vo. Original red cloth lettered in black, in the original pictorial dustwrapper with 2/6 price printed on the upper panel. Dustwrapper illustration and line drawings throughout by Thomas Henry. A fine copy in a near fine dust - wrapper, extremely bright and fresh. [43798] £2,250 Number 9 in the William series. 105. CROMPTON, Richmal WILLIAM AND THE BRAINS TRUST Newnes, 1945. First edition. 8vo. Publisher’s green cloth titled in gilt, in the original dustwrapper illustrated by Thomas Henry. Dust- wrapper illustration and line drawings throughout by Thomas Henry. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, one tape repair to verso. [43800] £1,750 Number 25 in the William series.

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100. SPEAKING OF JENNINGS Collins, 1973. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. A near fine copy in near fine, price clipped, dustwrapper, bookplate to front pastedown. [43924] £95 101. JENNINGS AGAIN! Macmillan, 1991. First edition. Signed by the author. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper, bookplate to front pastedown. [43917] £75 102. THAT’S JENNINGS Macmillan, 1994. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. A fine copy in a fine dustwrap - per, bookplate to front pastedown. [43916] £75

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110. WILLIAM’S TREASURE TROVE Newnes, 1962. First edition. A fine copy in fine dustwrapper, bookplate to front pastedown. [43847] £150 111. WILLIAM AND THE WITCH Newnes, 1964. First edition. A fine copy in fine dustwrapper, bookplate to front pastedown. [43844] £175 112. WILLIAM AND THE POP SINGERS Newnes, 1965. First edition. A near fine copy in near fine price clipped dust - wrapper. [43831] £125 113. WILLIAM THE SUPERMAN Newnes, 1968. First edition. A fine copy in fine dustwrapper, bookplate to front pastedown. [43849] £250

106. CROMPTON, Richmal WILLIAM AND THE MOON ROCKET Newnes, 1954. First edition. A fine copy, slight spotting to page edges, in a near fine wrapper. [43838] £150

107. WILLIAM AND THE SPACE ANIMAL Newnes, 1956. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. [43836] £150

108. WILLIAM’S TELEVISION SHOW Newnes, 1958. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper, bookplate to front pastedown. [43830] £150 109. WILLIAM - THE EXPLORER Newnes, 1960. First edition. A fine copy in near fine dustwrapper, price clipped, bookplate to front pastedown. [43839] £150

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EARLY EDITIONS IN DUSTWRAPPERS 114. CROMPTON, Richmal JUST - WILLIAM Newnes, 1938. Twenty-First impression. A near fine copy in near fine dust - wrapper, tape strengthening to the verso. [43893] £250 115. MORE WILLIAM Newnes, 1923. Second impression, published one month after the first edition and in the same format. A very good copy in a very good dust- wrapper. [43892] £450 116. WILLIAM - THE FOURTH Newnes, 1929. Fourteenth edition. A very good copy in a very good dust- wrapper indeed, tape strengthening to the verso. [43794] £175 117. STILL -WILLIAM Newnes, 1940. Reprint. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. [43795] £175 118. WILLIAM - THE CONQUEROR Newnes, 1938. Eighteenth impression. A near fine copy in a near fine dust - wrapper. [43793] £175 119. WILLIAM THE OUTLAW Newnes, 1927. Second edition. A near fine copy, mottling to the upper board, in a near fine dustwrapper. [43792] £250 120. WILLIAM Newnes, [1929]. First cheap edition. A very good book, in a good dustwrapper, which has some small chips. [43799] £300

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129. CROMPTON, Richmal WILLIAM THE SHOWMAN Newnes, 1937. Second printing. A very good copy indeed in like dustwrap- per. [43896] £150 130. WILLIAM - THE DICTATOR Newnes, 1938. Second edition. A very good copy indeed, in a very good dust- wrapper, bookplate to front pastedown. [43895] £150 131. WILLIAM AND A.R.P. Newnes, 1939. Second impression. A very good copy indeed, in a very good dustwrapper indeed. [43891] £300 132. WILLIAM DOES HIS BIT 1941. Second impression. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. Previ - ous owner’s bookplate to front pastedown. [44044] £175

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138. DAHL, Roald JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Allen & Unwin, 1967. First UK edition. Laminated boards illustrated in colour. Black and white illustrations throughout by Michel Simeon. A very near fine copy, uncommonly sharp. [43177] £950 It is unusual to find such a beautiful copy of this fragile book. 139. DAHL, Roald THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE Cape, 1978. First edition. 4to. Glazed pictorial boards illustrated in colour by Quentin Blake. A near fine copy. [43307] £350 The first of Roald Dahl’s books to be illustrated by Quentin Blake. 140. DAHL, Roald GEORGE’S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE Cape, 1981. First edition. A near fine copy, in a near fine dustwrapper, the

141. DAHL, Roald REVOLTING RHYMES Cape, 1982. First edition. A superb fine copy, exceptionally clean and crisp. [43778] £395 142. DAHL, Roald THE WITCHES Cape, 1983. First edition. A near fine copy, in a very good dustwrapper, lightly rubbed to the edges and corners. [42181] £275

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145. DAHL, Roald ESIO TROT Cape, 1990. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. [43314] £125 146. DAHL, Roald THE MINPINS Cape, 1991. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper. [43316] £95

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147. DONALDSON, Julia; SCHEFFLER, Axel THE GRUFFALO Macmillan, 1999. First edition. Original publisher’s laminated pictorial paper covered boards decorated in a wraparound design by Axel Scheffler. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated in colour throughout by Scheffler. A very good copy indeed with a little wear to the base of the spine and corners and the occasional lightly creased page. [44147] Sold The author’s most famous work, the first edition of which has become the scarcest and most keenly sought of all modern children’s literature.

The idea for the book was suggested to Donaldson by her publisher in 1994. The year before Methuen had published A Squash and a Squeeze, based on a song written for BBC Children’s Television and they now suggested something based on a folk story. Don- aldson unearthed a Chinese fable about a girl who escapes being eaten by a tiger by claiming to be the fearsome Queen of the Jungle and inviting him to walk behind her. The tiger misinterprets the terror of the various animals they meet as being related to her rather than him, and flees. She painstakingly adapted the fable for a wood in the English countryside, cre- ating a fictitious monster, revising frequently until the final draft was sent to Reid Books, who had taken over Methuen’s Children’s Books. It supposedly sat on the desk of an editor for over a year, before Don- aldson sent the manuscript to Axel Scheffler, who had illustrated her first book. He in turn showed it to Macmillan who agreed to publish it on the spot. Success wasn’t immediate, but sales were steady and grew persistently and before long the book developed into a best seller and then a modern classic, selling over 13 million copies worldwide in over 100 languages. 147.

Why the first edition should be quite so scarce is hard to fathom. It is an order of magnitude scarcer than the hardback issue of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which is known to be issued in an edition of 500 copies. It is reasonable to assume the initial printing would have been small and it was issued simultane- ously in hardback and paperback. It is likely that the majority of hardback issues would have been sold to school or public libraries to be read into oblivion, and the paperback copies would have been heavily handled by the young audience at which it is aimed. Whatever the reasons, despite worldwide demand among collec- tors, first editions of The Gruffalo appear in commerce less frequently than any other modern collectable chil- dren’s book.

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150. DONALDSON, Julia; SCHEFFLER, Axel THE GRUFFALO’S CHILD Mac- millan Children’s Books, 2004. First edition. 4to. Glazed pic- torial boards in matching pic- torial dustwrapper. Signed on the title page by Don- aldson. Illustrated in colour throughout by Scheffler. A fine copy in a fine dustwrap - per. [42963] £600 151. DONALDSON, Julia; CURREY, Anna ONE TED FALLS OUT OF BED Macmil- lan, 2004. First edition. Square 4to. Glazed pictorial boards in

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matching dustwrapper. Signed by Donaldson on the title page. Promotional postcard signed by Donaldson laid in. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout in colour by Anna Currey. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. [43072] £225 152. DONALDSON, Julia; CURREY, Anna ROSIE’S HAT Macmillan, 2005. First edition. Square 4to. Glazed pictorial boards in matching dustwrapper. Signed by Donaldson on the title page. Pictorial endpapers. Illustrated throughout in colour by Anna Currey. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. [43075] £225

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153. DONALDSON, Julia; SCHEFFLER, Axel CHARLIE COOK’S FAVOURITE BOOK Macmillan, 2005. First edition. Signed to the title page by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler with a small drawing of a mouse reading a book, dated on publication. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. [43070] £650 154. DONALDSON, Julia; SCHEFFLER, Axel THE GRUFF- ALO Macmillan, 2007. First gift edition. Signed on the title page by Donaldson and Scheffler, who has also drawn a sketch of the Mouse’s head. A fine copy in a fine slipcase. [43069] £950

First gift edition. Signed on the title page by Donaldson and Scheffler, who has also drawn a sketch of the Gruffalo’s child’s head. A fine copy in a fine slipcase. [42960] £600 156. DONALDSON, Julia; SCHEFFLER, Axel TABBY Mc- TAT Alison Green Books, 2009. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper. [43073] £95 157. FORESTER, C.S.; LAWSON, Robert POO-POO AND THE DRAGONS Michael Joseph, 1942. First edition. Delightful line drawings by Robert Lawson throughout. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, the spine a little toned. [43949] £450

155. DONALDSON, Julia; SCHEFFLER, Axel THE GRUFF- ALO’S CHILD Macmillan, 2008.

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Austin Montgomery Purves was a Philadelphia based businessman, associated with the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company for more than thirty years. Purves had a keen interest in grand opera as well as art and literature and sought to move in artistic circles, counting Maxfield Parrish, Jessie Wilcox Smith and Arthur Quill - er-Couch amongst his friends. They met the Grahames at Fowey in 1907, “while the Grahame’s were at Fowey in May and June 1907, they made the acquaintance of an American family also on holiday there - Mr and Mrs Austin Purves of Philadelphia, and their five sons... Kenneth actually stood godfather to Pierre, the youngest, at his Fowey christening... Grahame and Austin Purves continued to cor- respond regularly until the latter’s death in 1915.” - Peter Green (Kenneth Grahame A Study of His Life, Work and Times) Purves sought to help Grahame by writing a favourable review of the American edition Wind in the Willows for an American magazine. In a letter to Purves of November 1908, Grahame wrote, “I’m most awfully obliged to you for the solid work you are putting in on behalf of ‘the W. in the W.’ Your review was perfectly charm- ing, & is bound to be most helpful. That the book has given you all personal pleasure is of course very good for me to think of.” Presentation copies of The Wind in the Willows are decidedly rare.

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS 158. GRAHAME, Kenneth THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Methuen, 1908. First edition. 8vo. Original blue-green cloth with gilt vignettes and titles to the spine and upper cover. Top edge gilt, all oth- ers untrimmed. Woodcut frontispiece by Graham Robertson. A very good copy indeed, the gilt bright to the upper cover, with only a little rubbing to the spine. Small ownership stamp to front free endpaper. [43986] £6,000 Osborne p. 349 AUTHOR’S PRESENTATION COPY 159. GRAHAME, Kenneth THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS Methuen, 1908. Second edition, printed in the same month as the first edition and in identical format. 8vo. Original blue-green cloth with gilt illustration on the spine and upper cover. Top edge gilt. Author’s presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title, “Austin M. Purves / with greeting, + all the good wishes of the sea- son, from Kenneth Grahame, Christmas 1908” Striking black and white frontispiece by Graham Robertson. A beautiful, fine copy, bright and crisp and internally perfect. A superb copy. [38988] £15,000

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