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293. tiJtGat, edgard (artist). carrousels et Baraques. [Westminster]; Cyril W. Beaumont. Juin 1919.
£2,800
4to. original cream buckram-backed pictorial white boards with original crimson ribbon to fore-edge; containing 3 unstitched quires (pp. 4; 12; 8), printed on handmade paper, with engraved text and illustration printed in grey together with 6 fine wood-engravings printed in colour on china paper, each mounted-at-large on cream card, and housed within a folder at the rear; an exceptionally fresh copy, both internally and externally, with all the plates in immaculate condition.
First edition. edgard tytgat (1879-1957) was a Belgian painter, printmaker, etcher and watercolorist who illustrated many books including Little Red Riding Hood and The Magic Flute. he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels where he forged friendships with other future artists including rik Wouters and Fernand Verhaegen. his style is impressionist, often described as naïve, and is imbued with a gentle poetry. in his Preface to this work tytgat recalls his fond memories of local village fairs in his homeland: “Pour mieux sentir les charmes dans les moeurs et les coutumes de son pays, il faut en être exilé. ainsi mes quatre années véçues à londres, me font miroiter en souvenirs, toutes les étincelles des perles sur le velour[s] noir et des petites glaces aux mille et un reflets ornant les carrousels et baraques de mon village...”.
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294. trinG ParK. the tring Park estate in herts and Bucks. Particulars of sale of Farms, small holdings, Building land, residential and shop Properties. Monday, october 31st, 1938. Leighton Buzzard and Bedford, Stafford, Rogers & A.W. Merry Ltd., 1938.
£80
royal 8vo. (312 x 210 mm). original marbled card wrappers; pp. [44], 4 b/w photo plates, 2 colour printed estate maps in pocket at rear; small rust mark to the upper margins of the first two pages where a newspaper cutting has been pinned, otherwise a near fine copy.
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295. UPton, Florence K. (illustrator). Bertha UPton (author). the adventures of two Dutch Dolls - and a “golliwogg”. London, Longmans, Green & Co. [1895].
£498
landscape 4to. original brown cloth-backed glazed pictorial boards, decorative endpapers; pp. 64; illustrated with 31 fine colour-lithographed plates and decorations and vignettes throughout printed in brown; an unusually fresh copy with only very light dusting; internally just occasional light foxing.
First, or very early, edition.
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