Bloomsbury Auctions

❦ Children’s & Illustrated Books, Private Press & Limited Editions
Lot 495
495. al b u m p o u r im a g e S e t Ch r o m o c.580 chromolithographs of
which c.375 cards issued by chocolate companies and department
stores, many in sets, some printed in gold, mounted on card leaves,
some working loose, later items added at end, contemporary
embossed cloth, front cover lettered as above, lower cover detached,
rubbed, folio, c.1880. £300 - £500
Lot 496
496. Grahame (Kenneth) th e wi n d in t h e wi l l o w S, 100t h
e d i t i o n, number 238 of 500 copies on handmade paper, 12 tippedin
colour plates by Arthur Rackham, illustrations, original white
roan, t.e.g., others uncut, spine a little darkened, very light surface
soiling to covers, spine with slight bump at base, original board
slip-case with paper label on upper cover (a little browned), 4to,
1951. £600 - £800
*** Rackham’s pictorial chapter headings appear in this edition for
the first time.
497. Macaulay (James, editor) th e bo y’S ow n an n u a l, vol. 1
only, engraved plates and illustrations, occasional light foxing,
bookplate to pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine a little
darkened with ends bumped, rubbed at extremities, 4to, 1879.
£100 - £150
Lot 498
498. Potter (Beatrix) th e ta l e o f pe t e r ra b b i t, firSt e d i t i o n,
half-title, 31 colour plates, ink gift inscription to half-title, a few
minor spots, original grey pictorial boards, ‘of’ in ‘Tale of’ rubbed
away on upper cover, spine faded to brown, small nick to lower
joint, lower corner of bottom board with small area of paper lifting
away, rubbed, 16mo, [October or November, 1902]. £200 - £300
*** Probably the first or second issue as the gift inscription is dated
14th November, 1902.
499. Wain (Louis) a Cat al p h a b e t, colour illustrations, light
finger-soiling to margins, original cloth-backed boards with
pictorial onlay, rubbed and scuffed, sm.4to, [1913]. £200 - £300
Lot 500
500. Wain (Louis).- Vredenburg (Edric) ti n K e r, ta i l o r, firSt
e d i t i o n, 12 colour plates, illustrations, 8pp. advertisements, some
gatherings and plates loose, upper hinge weak, original clothbacked
pictorial boards, extremities a little rubbed, 4to, [c.1914].
£200 - £300
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