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 159. Baum (L.Frank)The Patchwork Girl of Oz, first edition … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
unsold
160. Baum (L.Frank)Glinda of Oz, first edition , issue with 13 … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
unsold
161. Baum (L.Frank).- Thompson (Ruth Plumly)The Wishing Horse of Oz, first edition , 12 … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
unsold
162. Neill (John R.)The Wonder City of Oz, first edition … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
unsold
163. Neill (John R.)The Scalawagons of Oz, first edition … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
unsold
164. Snow (Jack)The Magical Mimics in Oz, first edition … (details)
estimate: £180 – £220
unsold
165. Thompson (Ruth Plumly)Kabumpo in Oz, first edition , later issue … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£650
166. Thompson (Ruth Plumly)Kabumpo in Oz, first edition , later issue … (details)
estimate: £180 – £220
unsold
167. Thompson (Ruth Plumly)The Gnome King of Oz, first edition , 12 … (details)
estimate: £500 – £750
£800
168. Thompson (Ruth Plumly)Pirates in Oz, first issue with imprint … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
unsold
169. Thwaites (Lyndsay)Dorothy’s Big Adventure, etching … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£25
170. Pellerin (Charles, editor )Imagerie d’Epinal, 60 leaves of … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£85
171. Pictorial Humpty Dumpty (The), four etched … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
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172. Pogány (W.A., “Willy&rdquo … The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, number … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£550
173. Pogány (W.A., “Willy&rdquo … Rubáiyát, translated by Edward … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£300
174. Potter (Beatrix).-Changing Pictures, a Book of … (details)
estimate: £800 – £1200
£800
175. Potter (Beatrix)The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, first edition … (details)
estimate: £75 – £100
unsold
176. Potter (Beatrix)The Roly-Poly Pudding, first edition … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£80
177. Potter (Beatrix)The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, first edition … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£500
178. Potter (Beatrix)The Tale of Pigling Bland, first edition … (details)
estimate: £120 – £180
£400
179. Potter (Beatrix)The Fairy Caravan, first American edition … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£100
180. Potter (Beatrix)The Tale of Little Pig Robinson, first … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
unsold
181. Potter (Beatrix)The Tailor of Gloucester, Centenary edition … (details)
estimate: £80 – £120
£80
182. Pretty Polly, 4 double-page pop-up colour … (details)
estimate: £250 – £350
unsold
183. Pullman (Philip)[His Dark Materials], 3 vol., comprising … (details)
estimate: £2500 – £3000
£2200
184. Pullman (Philip)Northern Lights, first edition , slight … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
unsold
185. [Barham (Richard Harris)], “Thomas … The Ingoldsby Legends, 12 colour plates by … (details)
estimate: £75 – £100
£35
186. Barrie (J.M.)Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, number … (details)
estimate: £1800 – £2200
£2800
187. Irving (Washington)Rip Van Winkle, number 49 of 200 copies in … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£950
188. Irving (Washington)Rip Van Winkle, with a signed pen and ink … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£1000
189. [Barham (Richard Harris)], “Thomas … The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£550
190. [Barham (Richard Harris)], “Thomas … The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£320
191. Shakespeare (William)A Midsummer Night's Dream, number 596 of … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£750
192. Fouqué (F.H.C. de la Motte)Undine, translated by W.L.Courtney … (details)
estimate: £350 – £450
£420
193. Grimm (Jakob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl)The Fairy Tales..., translated by Mrs. Edgar … (details)
estimate: £1500 – £2000
£1300
194. Wagner (Richard)The Ring of the Niblung, The Rhinegold & … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£460
195. Wagner (Richard)Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods, 30 … (details)
estimate: £75 – £100
£120
196. Rackham (Arthur)The Peter Pan Portfolio, number 299 of 300 … (details)
estimate: £800 – £1200
£750
197. Barrie (J.M.)Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, 50 … (details)
estimate: £250 – £350
£260
198. Mother Goose: The Old Nursery Rhymes, number … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£550
199. Dickens (Charles)A Christmas Carol, number 150 of 525 … (details)
estimate: £1000 – £1500
£1350
200. Allies’ Fairy Book, with an … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£440
201. Grimm (Jakob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl)Little Brother & Little Sister and … (details)
estimate: £750 – £1000
£800
202. Steel (Flora Annie)English Fairy Tales, number 104 of 500 … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£460
203. Evans (Charles Seddon)Cinderella, number 224 of 300 copies on … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£600
204. Stephens (James)Irish Fairy Tales, first trade edition , 16 … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£600
205. Milton (John)Comus, number 491 of 550 copies signed by … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£420
206. Phillpotts (Eden)A Dish of Apples, number 58 of 500 copies … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£280
207. Hawthorne (Nathaniel)A Wonder Book, number 291 of 600 copies … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£650
208. Shakespeare (William)The Tempest, number 1 of 520 copies … (details)
estimate: £1000 – £1500
£2200
209. Brown (Abbie Farwell)The Lonesomest Doll, frontispiece, pictorial … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£170
210. Goldsmith (Oliver)The Vicar of Wakefield, first trade … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£260
211. Moore (Clement C.)The Night before Christmas, [1931] § … (details)
estimate: £450 – £550
£500
212. Walton (Izaak)The Compleat Angler, number 134 of 775 … (details)
estimate: £450 – £650
£500
213. Walton (Izaak)The Compleat Angler, one of 775 copies … (details)
estimate: £350 – £450
£350
214. Andersen (Hans Christian)Fairy Tales, number 208 of 525 copies signed … (details)
estimate: £800 – £1200
£700
215. Aesop’s Fables, 1933 § Mother … (details)
estimate: £60 – £80
£140
216. Rackham (Arthur)The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book, first edition … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£300
217. Browning (Robert)The Pied Piper of Hamelin, number 370 of 410 … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£440
218. Poe (Edgar Allan)Tales of Mystery & Imagination, numbr … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£900
219. Ibsen (Henrik)Peer Gynt, number 123 of 460 copies signed … (details)
estimate: £350 – £450
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220. Ibsen (Henrik)Peer Gynt, number 199 of 460 copies signed … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£750
221. Radio Fun Annual, illustrations through-out … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£140
222. Reid (Ken)The Adventures of Dilly Duckling, first … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£140
223. Robinson (Charles).- Stevenson (Robert … A Child’s Garden of Verses, one of 150 … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£550
224. -. Bell (J.J.)Jack Of All Trades, coloured frontispiece … (details)
estimate: £120 – £180
£70
225. Robinson (F. Cayley).- Hodgkin (L. V.)A Book of Quaker Saints, pictorial … (details)
estimate: £80 – £120
£20
226. Shakespeare (William)Twelfth Night, number 7 of 350 copies signed … (details)
estimate: £350 – £450
£420
227. Kipling (Rudyard)A Song of the English, out-of-series copy … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£340
228. Kipling (Rudyard)A Song of the English, number 223 of 500 … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£550
229. Kipling (Rudyard)A Song of the English, number 212 of 500 … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
£340
230. Kipling (Rudyard)A Song of the English, first trade edition … (details)
estimate: £250 – £350
£240
231. Kipling (Rudyard)Collected Verse, number 3 of 125 copies on … (details)
estimate: £350 – £450
£800
232. Robinson (William Heath)Bill the Minder, number 178 of 380 copies … (details)
estimate: £700 – £900
£1100
233. Andersen (Hans Christian)Fairy Tales, number 25 of 100 copies … (details)
estimate: £1000 – £1500
£950
234. Munro (Elsie Smeaton)Topsy-Turvy Tales, first edition , plates … (details)
estimate: £250 – £350
£420
235. Robinson (William Heath)The Gentle Art of Excavating, printed in … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£300
236. Robinson (William Heath)The W.Heath Robinson Calendar, printed in … (details)
estimate: £250 – £350
£480
237. Ross (Charles H.)Mermaids; with Other Tales..., first edition … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
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