Name: Auction: Charles Robinson (1870-1937) 'Little Hans and the Star of Bethlehem'
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 500 GBP
Availability: InStock

This June's Books &amp; Manuscripts auction is led by one of the most important collections of historical Scottish manuscripts ever offered for sale, containing no fewer than five letters signed by Mary Queen of Scots, with further letters and documents signed by James V, James VI and I, and Mary of Guise. &nbsp;The papers of Kilravock Castle, near Nairn in the highlands of Scotland, bring to life the history of the ancient Rose family as they fought for influence in a feudal society populated by child kings, doomed queens, jostling consorts and regents, and power-hungry bishops.From the 20th century, the highlight of the sale is a spectacular archive depicting the progress of Roald Dahl’s 1984 memoir Boy: Tales of Childhood from idea to print, and including 30 original ink sketches by Dahl. The Boy archive is one of several lots from the estate of the late Ian Craig (1944-2023), who was Dahl’s art director at Jonathan Cape while also working with celebrated figures including Judith Kerr and Ralph Steadman.The sale also offers a rich selection of children’s books and original artwork, rare works of travel and exploration, and fine bindings, together with original letters by figures including Winston Churchill and Ludwig Wittgenstein, and manuscripts and historical documents in fields ranging from science to the Napoleonic Wars.Buyer's Guide:

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Original illustration, pen and ink and monochrome watercolour, with shaped mount (mount aperture approx. max. dimensions 25 x 25cm), inscribed with title below mount, framed and glazed. Illustrated: J. M. Gibbon (editor), The True Annals of Fairyland: The Reign of Old King Cole (London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1900), p. 102. Provenance: Chris Beetles, London. George Cruikshank, Junior (1842-1909). [Victorian Actors on Stage], watercolour, signed on mount, mounted, framed and glazed, mount aperture 13.4 x 12cm, fragment of manuscript note c.1914 pasted to backboard. Provenance: Bonhams Oxford, 24th February 2009, lot 204;&nbsp; Chris Riddell (1962-). [The Camel Train], pen and ink, signed and with pencilled page reference lower left, depicting a trio of Europeans followed by a train of camels, mounted, framed and glazed, mount aperture 17.5 x 20cm;&nbsp; [W. H. Auden interest]. Musée des Beaux Arts, illustrated calligraphic manuscript of Auden's poem by an unknown artist, watercolour and gouache on green paper, mounted, framed and glazed, mount aperture 50.5 x 37cm, transverse crease, small water-stain (4)

'Little Hans and the Star of Bethlehem'

Charles Robinson (1870-1937)

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