£1,134
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair Pt II | 712
Auction: 28 September 2022 at 11:00 BST
London: George Allen, 1894. First Thomson edition, trade issue, 8vo, original blue cloth, Peacock design gilt to front board, all edges gilt, illustrations throughout, binding very worn, spine rolled and with short tear to foot, a few minor spots to contents [Keynes 82], together with 7 others: another copy of Pride and Prejudice, 1894, first Thomson edition, possibly a later issue, taller than the previous copy and in a plain cloth binding, fore and bottom edges untrimmed; A. A. Milne, Now We Are Six, 1927, first edition, original cloth; idem, The House at Pooh Corner, 1928, first edition, original cloth, spine sunned; Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, 1897, first edition, original cloth, spine sunned and worn, front inner hinge tender, rear free endpaper lacking and rear inner hinge cracked; idem, The Green Fairy Book, 1893, second edition, original cloth, spotting; Arthur Rackham, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, c.1910, original cloth; Gwynedd M. Hudson, J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan and Wendy, c.1920, original cloth, dust jacket