29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Wain (Louis).
Louis Wain's Annual 1913.
John F. Shaw, mounted colour plates, advert endpapers, original cloth and paper boards;
idem, Louis Wain's Annual 1914.
six mounted colour plates, original pictorial wraps (significant wear to spine);
Seidmann-Freud (Tom), Peregrin and the Goldfish.
New York: Macmillan, 1929, oblong quarto, 25 pages, 12 colour illustrations, hinge and gutter margins taped throughout, tape repair to title page, board edges taped, gift inscription to front free endpaper, pictorial boards;
Braine (Sheila E.), Sparks from the Nursery Fire.
Simpkin, Marshall .., no date, 57, [3] pages, colour and monochrome illustrations by Mary Watson, cloth-backed pictorial boards;
Dennis (Clara G.), Cuddly Kitty and Busy Bunny.
Thomas Nelson, no date, colour plates within pagination, original decorative cloth. (5)
Sold for £160
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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