£1,512
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 792
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
To Nursery Land. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., [n.d.] Original pictorial boards;
Cats and Dogs. [London:] The Children's Press, [n.d.] Original pictorial boards;
Bedtime Booklets: Tommy's Fright; Molly's Angel; Our Adventure; The Professor's Temper-Pills; The Would-be Sparrows; Winnie's Visitors; all contained in the original ‘Bedtime Booklets’ envelope wrappers, Tommy's Fright illustrated by Louis Wain;
Fun and Frolic. London: Ernest Nister, [n.d.] Original pictorial boards, some soiling, gift inscription to front free-endpaper;
Louis Wain's Animal Show… London: James Clarke & Co., 1905. Original pictorial boards, gift inscription to front paste-down-endpaper;
Pussies at Work. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., [n.d.] Original stiff card pictorial wrappers;
To Nursery Land with Louis Wain. London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., [n.d.] Original pictorial boards;
Cinderella, and other fairy tales. London: Gale & Polden, [n.d.] Original pictorial boards over quarter cloth;
and 13 others, including exhibition catalogues (21)
[WITH] a small unsigned pencil sketch of a cat from behind, with no artist's attribution, framed and glazed;
Child's mug by Paragon China, designed by Louis Wain: “His Mother's Present” (23 items in total)