Private Press, Children's and Illustrated Books
Sale held on
Thursday 28th February 2008
Auction Results
(Hammer prices are shown exclusive of buyer's premium, VAT or other applicable charges)
Print a Summary Sheet 1. Airship Panorama Book (The), 4 coloured … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£800
2. Andersen (Hans Christian)Danish Fairy Tales and Legends … (details)
estimate: £500 – £600
£600
3. Attwell (Mabel Lucie)Bunty and the Boo-Boos; The Boo-Boos at … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£160
4. [Ballantyne (R.M.)] “Comus”.Mister Fox, first edition , frontispiece … (details)
estimate: £75 – £100
£100
5. Ballantyne (R.M.)The World of Ice, first edition , 2 … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
unsold
6. Bannerman (Helen)The Story of Little Black Sambo, first … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£500
7. Breitschwert (Wilhelm Von)Neues Verwandlungs-Bilderbuch, 6 … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£380
8. Brigand Tales, 2 vol. in one, containing … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
unsold
9. Brunhoff (Jean de)Le Voyage de Babar, first edition in English … (details)
estimate: £250 – £350
£480
10. Brunhoff (Jean de)The Travels of Babar, first American … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£480
11. Bull (René).- Omar Khayyám.Rubáiyát, translated by Edward … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£550
12. Burnett (Frances Hodgson)Little Lord Fauntleroy, first edition, first … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£240
13. Burnside (H. M.)The Fairy Ring, 6 chromolithographed … (details)
estimate: £180 – £220
unsold
14. Caldecott (Randolph)The Babes in the Wood, some light foxing and … (details)
estimate: £180 – £220
£150
15. Children's Game.-Many Folk Misfitz, 18 chromolithographed … (details)
estimate: £75 – £100
£110
16. Christmas Box (The) or New Year's Gift … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£65
17. Bennett (Lucy A.)On the Wing, n.d. § Our Birthdays, n.d … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
unsold
18. Bennett (Lucy A.)Your Birthday, [inscription dated 1891 … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£400
19. Browning (Robert)The Pied Piper of Hamelin, illustrations … (details)
estimate: £120 – £180
£180
20. Burns (Robert)Winter, and “The Winter it is Past … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£85
21. Nesbit (E.) and others.Winter Songs and Sketches, [inscription … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£90
22. Nesbit (E.) and others.Noon Songs and Sketches, n..d.; Falling … (details)
estimate: £120 – £180
£150
23. Scott ( Sir Walter)In the Olden Time, illustrations by G.H … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
unsold
24. Sheridan (Charles Brinsley)Here’s to the Maiden of Bashful … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
unsold
25. Tennyson (Alfred, Lord )The Brook, illustrations by Alfred Woodruff … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
unsold
26. Weatherley (Frederic Edward)Over the Hills Away!, n.d.; Sing a Merry … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
unsold
27. Whittier (John Greenleaf)Maud Muller, illustrations signed St.C.S … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
unsold
28. Clarke (Harry).- Perrault (Charles)The Fairy Tales..., half-title, 24 plates … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£260
29. -. Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von)Faust, translated by John Anster, limited … (details)
estimate: £350 – £450
£320
30. Cox (Palmer)The Brownies: Their Book, first edition … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
unsold
31. Crane (Walter).- Spenser (Edmund)Faerie Queene, edited by Thomas J.Wise, 6 … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£440
32. Crane (Walter)A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£440
33. Crane (Walter).- Konody (P.G.)The Art of Walter Crane, plates, a few … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£500
34. Detmold (Edward J.).- Aesop.The Fables, number 681 of 750 copies … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£460
35. -. Maeterlinck (Maurice)Hours of Gladness , translated A. Teixera de … (details)
estimate: £180 – £220
£200
36. Detmold (Maurice & Edward)Pictures from Birdland, with Rhymes by … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£170
37. Disney Studios.Lullaby Land, first English edition … (details)
estimate: £40 – £60
£150
38. Disney (Walt)Silly Symphonies: Babes in the Woods, King … (details)
estimate: £180 – £220
£190
39. Disney (Walt)Mickey Mouse at the Circus, two-tone … (details)
estimate: £75 – £100
£80
40. Disney (Walt)"Sketch Book" [for Snow White and … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£750
41. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, second … (details)
estimate: £2000 – £3000
unsold
42. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland … (details)
estimate: £750 – £1000
£1600
43. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£600
44. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … Phantasmagoria and Other Poems, first … (details)
estimate: £700 – £900
unsold
45. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis … Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£1400
46. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£420
47. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … Through the Looking Glass, first edition … (details)
estimate: £1000 – £1500
£1100
48. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … The Hunting of the Snark, seventeenth … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£100
49. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
unsold
50. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … The Hunting of the Snark, an Agony in Eight … (details)
estimate: £800 – £1200
unsold
51. Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge).- Davies … Wildcat Tower, first edition, presentation … (details)
estimate: £1200 – £1800
unsold
52. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … Rhyme? and Reason? first edition … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£800
53. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … Rhyme? and Reason?, plates by Arthur Frost … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
unsold
54. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … Alice’s Adventures Under Ground, first … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£230
55. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … Alice's Adventures Under Ground, first … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£140
56. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis … The Game of Logic, second (first … (details)
estimate: £750 – £1000
unsold
57. Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge), “Lewis … Sylvie and Bruno [and] Sylvie and Bruno … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
unsold
58. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis … The Nursery "Alice", second (first … (details)
estimate: £2000 – £3000
unsold
59. Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)Autograph Letter signed C.L. Dodgson to Mrs … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£1100
60. Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge), “Lewis … The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£100
61. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£1100
62. [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], “Lewis … Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and … (details)
estimate: £75 – £100
£100
63. Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge), “Lewis … Illustrations to “Alice’s … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£110
64. [Douglas ( Lord Alfred)]Tails with a Twist, the verses by … (details)
estimate: £70 – £100
unsold
65. Doyle (Richard).- Hunt (Leigh)A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla, first … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£50
66. [Dufferin (Helen Selina, Baroness )]Lispings from Low Latitudes; or extracts … (details)
estimate: £75 – £100
unsold
67. Housman (Laurence, editor )Stories from the Arabian Nights, number … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£500
68. Dulac (Edmund)Lyrics Pathetic & Humorous from A to … (details)
estimate: £1500 – £2000
£1400
69. Shakespeare (William)The Tempest, number 492 of 500 copies signed … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£950
70. Omar Kháyyám.Rubaiyát, number 224 of 750 copies … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£500
71. Andersen (Hans Christian)Stories, number 128 of 750 copies signed … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£950
72. Housman (Laurence, editor )Princess Badoura, first trade edition, 10 … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£150
73. Housman (Laurence, editor )Princess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£260
74. Sindbad the Sailor and other stories from the … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£1250
75. Sindbad the Sailor and other stories from the … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£550
76. Dulac (Edmund)Picture-Book for the Red Cross, 19 colour … (details)
estimate: £180 – £220
£260
77. Edmund Dulac’s Fairy-Book: Fairy … (details)
estimate: £350 – £450
£380
78. Dulac (Edmund)Fairy-Book, 15 tipped-in colour plates … (details)
estimate: £250 – £300
£200
79. Rosenthal (Leonard)Au Royaume de la Perle, one of 1500 … (details)
estimate: £120 – £180
£120