JONKERS RARE BOOKS
250. STEVENSON, Robert Louis; PAGET, Walter TREA- SURE ISLAND Cassell, 1899. First edition illustrated by Walter Paget. 8vo. Contemporary vellum lettered in gilt to spine. All edges gilt. Black and white frontispiece with forty-five further black and white illustra - tions, including full page plates and line drawings throughout the text. A near fine copy. An Eton prize inscription to front pastedown. [43980] £300 251. [SWIFT, Jonathan] BROCK, Charles E. TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL REMOTE NATIONS OF THE WORLD With a Preface by Henry Craik Macmillan, 1894. First edition. 4to. One of only 110 large paper copies. Finely bound by Riviere for L.S. Montagu in 1895. Full brown moroc- co with gilt ruled borders and leaf decorations to covers and spine, lettered in gilt to spine. Gilt rules and further gilt leaves to turn-ins. Top edge gilt and all others untrimmed. Marbled endpapers. One hundred black-and-white line drawings by Brock throughout. A very near fine copy, the spine only a little faded, otherwise exceptionally bright and clean. [44199] £4,500 PROVENANCE: Louis Samuel Montagu (bound for him by Riviere). Montagu was the eldest son of Sir Samuel Montagu, first Baron Swaythling, a distinguished foreign exchange bank - er and prominent Jewish philanthropist. He had an impressive book collection, including an 1865 Alice, which was bound by Riviere in 1899 to match the style of the present binding.
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248. SENDAK, Maurice WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Harper, Row, 1963. First edition, first issue. Original paper covered boards with cloth spine in pictorial dustwrapper. Illustrated throughout in colour by Sendak. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, bright and crisp with just a hint of toning to the spine. [43774] £8,500 Sendak’s most famous book, both as an author and as an illustrator, and one of the most important and influential modern picture books. 249. STEVENSON, Robert Louis; ROBINSON, Charles A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES Lane, 1896. First illustrated edition. Illustrated throughout in line by Charles Robinson. A near fine copy, the gilt bright with some light marks to upper cover. [43981] £375 This volume of poetry has provided us with some of the best loved verses for children.
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