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7. APPLETON, Honor C. (artist). An original watercolour illustration from “Josephine Is Busy”. [Blackie And Son, Limited. 1918].
£2,500
An original, signed, watercolour painting (image size 196 x 285mm), with bodycolour, by Honor C. Appleton, beautifully displayed in a cream acid-free mount hand-ruled in gilt with an onlaid marbled paper panel within a clean, hand-made, and richly gilded frame; with the original exhibition label from Chris Beetles Limited, 10 Ryder Street, St. James’s to the reverse; in fine and exquisite condition with no fading to the colours; the frame with a little light abrasion and occasional flaking to gilt.
An original watercolour illustration for Josephine Is Busy by Mrs. Henry Cowper Cradock, published by Blackie in 1918. It is a design for the dustwrapper, incorporating the book title and the artist’s name in red. The scene depicted is entitled “All the toys run at Josephine to get their piece of paper”. Honor C. Appleton (1879-1951) is a widely appreciated watercolour artist and children’s book illustrator who is principally known for her work on Cradock’s series of Josephine books, published between 1916 and 1940. Josephine and her battered toy friends are characteristically seen from a very low viewpoint, a few inches from the floor, with the skirting board as an indicator of scale.
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RETROSPECTIVE OF A LEGENDARY PHOTOGRAPHER WHO WOULD HAVE TURNED 100 IN 2012. LIMITED EDITION CHOICELY BOUND FOR THE PRIVATE COLLECTOR WHO COMMISSIONED THE BOOK.
8.ARDIZZONE, Edward (illustrator). Diana ROSS (author). Old Perisher. London, Faber and Faber Limited. 1965.
£88
Royal 8vo. Original pictorial boards, complete with the pictorial dustwrapper; pp. [32]; illustrated throughout by Edward Ardizzone in alternate colour and line; an exceptionally fine copy protected by an equally fine, unclipped, dustwrapper (12s 6d).
First edition. Old Perisher is a cat that wreaks havoc in Plymbury’s Corporation Gardens, beginning a war of attrition between himself and Mr. Morgan the head gardener, until one day when the cat inexplicably vanishes.
9.ARDIZZONE, Edward (illustrator). James REEVES (author). The Lion That Flew. London, Chatto & Windus. 1974.
£48
Landscape royal 8vo. Original laminated boards; illustrated throughout in alternate colour and line by Edward Ardizzone; a very nice copy with slight fading to slim spine, surface abrasion to lower board as a result of removal of price label and slight yellowing to lower board; internally very fresh throughout.
First edition; issued without a dustwrapper.
10. [ARNOLD, Eve]. JOBEY, Liz (Introduction). All About Eve. The Photography of Eve Arnold. teNeues Publishing Group. 2012.
£75
4to., original purple silk lettered in pink on spine and upper board, shocking pink (Arnold’s favourite colour) endpapers. With about 150 black and white and 10 colour photographs. NEW.
First edition, one of 2000 deluxe copies specially bound thus for the private collector who commissioned this book. A trade edition appears in cloth with a dust wrapper.
“I am honoured and delighted to contribute pictures from my private collection for this book, celebrating Eve Arnold in her 100th year. Zelda Cheatle introduced me to Eve Arnold in 2004 and I was captivated by her charm, intellect and wit. With a sparkle in her eye she recounted stories of her pictures, making the images come alive and forever committed to memory.
I had been discussing with Zelda for many years how best to present Eve’s work, the lesser known pictures, perhaps Asia, perhaps the civil rights movement. Working with Stuart Smith has contributed significantly to the final selection for the book.
At the very start of the project, Hanan Al-Shaykh wrote a special poem for Eve, to celebrate Eve’s 100th birthday. It is our pleasure to publish it.
Liz Jobey has written about Eve with such insight, that even Eve’s close friends discover something new about her and those new to Eve Arnold will have a portrait in words and pictures within the book.”
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