Catalogue 90: Children's Literature

PART TWO - CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

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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98. THE JENNINGS REPORT Collins, 1970. First edition. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper, bookplate to front pastedown. [43925] £65 99. TYPICALLY JENNINGS Collins, 1971. First edition. Signed by Buckeridge to the title page. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper, bookplate to front pastedown. [43920] £125

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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