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21. anderson, anne (illustrator). Charles KinGsley (author). the Water Babies. London, T.C. & E.C. Jack Ltd. [1924].
£138
royal 8vo. original cream cloth with onlaid pictorial label to upper cover, pictorial green endpapers; pp. [vi], 7-80; with 12 beautiful, and gentle, coloured plates and line-drawings throughout the text; some general dusting and light soiling to boards, corners just knocked with tiny wear to tips and two tiny, and superficial, nicks to cloth at head of spine; an elusive edition.
First edition illustrated thus. anne anderson (born 1874 of scottish parents) married, in 1912, the artist, writer, and illustrator alan Wright. the pair collaborated on many projects in the field of children’s illustration and sometimes, unusually, even worked on the same illustrations, which they signed jointly. “her work was highly characteristic of the period and echoed the languid Art Nouveau charm of the work of Jessie M. King; it enjoyed a considerable vogue during the 1920s.” (Peppin & Micklethwait. Dictionary of British Book Illustrators).
22. anderson, Jon lee. che guevara. a revolutionary life. Bantam Press. 1997.
£98
8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. Wrapper with a couple of internal tape marks, otherwise a very good copy.
First uK edition, inscribed by the author to sheridan Morley “to sheridan Morley with many thanks and best wishes, Jon lee anderson london april’97”.
23. ardiZZone, edward (illustrator). margaret BlaCK (author). three Brothers and a lady. London, The Acorn Press. 1947.
£348
8vo. original pictorial publisher’s boards, complete with the original dustwrapper; pp. [iv], 5-62 + [i]; illustrated throughout with half- and full-page illustrations printed in autolithographic colours; a near fine copy with a little of the usual browning to free endpapers; the dustwrapper with some chipping to edges and corners, with 3 small areas of loss, the largest of which, to the upper edge of the lower panel, measures 36 x 17mm.
First edition. importantly this copy is signed in ink by edward ardizzone to the front free endpaper.
inscriBeD BY arDiZZone to his nePheW
24. ardiZZone, edward (illustrator). William makepeace tHaCKeray (author). the history of henry esmond, esq.; a colonel in the service of her Majesty Q. anne. New York; The Heritage Press.1956.
£248
8vo. original black cloth-backed pictorial cloth-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge green, preserved in original slipcase; pp. [xxi] + [iii], [3]-441; illustrated throughout in colour by ardizzone; a very nice copy indeed in the slipcase.
First edition thus, with a new introduction by laura Benét. a Presentation Copy from the illustrator, inscribed in ink to the front free endpaper: “to antony, with love from his uncle edward ardizzone.”
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