Lot 345
Andersen, Hans Christian
Rare Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2013 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Fairy tales, illustrated by Cecile Walton. London: T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1911. 8vo, coloured frontispiece, 23 coloured plates, original blue cloth gilt with gilt image of mother and child reading on cover, golden and black patterned endpapers, covers and spines a little rubbed; Irving, Washington Rip van Winkle, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: William Heinemann, 1916. 4to, coloured frontispiece, 17 (of 23) coloured plates, original boards, covers slightly faded in places, spine chipped, endpapers foxed; Milne, A.A. Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co., 1926. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt; Robinson, F. Cayley, illustrator The book of Genesis. London: Philip Lee Warner, 1914. 4to, number 372 of 500 copies, 10 coloured mounted plates, original buckram-backed boards, t.e.g., uncut, dustwrapper, boards lightly discoloured (4)
Footnote
Provenance: Bartholomew Family, Mapmakers and Geographers, Edinburgh