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10. ANDERSEN, Hans (author). William Heath ROBINSON (illustrator). hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales. London; Hodder & Stoughton., circa 1924.
£750
Large 8vo. original red cloth lettered and pictorially blocked in gilt with a small vignette to upper cover, top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers; pp. [vi], 7-319 + [i]; with 16 fine mounted coloured plates and numerous illustrations in line; a pleasing copy with a faint vertical crease to spine; internally equally fine, with all plates in pristine condition.
Early edition, first published by constable in 1913. -sold together with:
An original pen-and-ink silhouette by the artist William heath Robinson (1872-1944) entitled “The Rogues Flee” from “The Emperor’s new clothes”; image size 120mm x 60mm; presented within a handcut acid- free mount with double-line black panel and an early gilt frame; very nice condition with the original gallery label from Chris Beetles Limited to the back of the frame. The image is reproduced in the above copy of the book at page 263.
11. ANDERSON, Anne (illustrator). Eugene FIELD, May BYRON, Florence CAMPBELL (words by). H.A.J. CAMPBELL (music by). The Sleepy-Song Book. London; George G. Harrap. [1915].
£188
Slim 4to. original greyish-blue cloth with full-size onlaid pictorial plate to upper board, spine lettered in dark blue, double-page pictorial endpapers in sepia; pp. [vi], 7-83 + [i]; with pictorial title, frontispiece and 12 other fine and exquisite coloured plates; a very fresh copy indeed with one slightly brighter blue smudge to lower board and a little marking to bottom fore-corner of upper cover; internally also clean with occasional faint marking and very pale spotting; with a gift inscription to Ruth from vi[olet] Bonham carter.
First edition, later issue, with spine lettering in blue rather than gilt, but with the full complement of coloured plates, including the “orion” image (page 51) which was dropped from later printings, as it was deemed too scary for children. A charming book of lullabies, with accompanying music.
(helen) violet Bonham carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury (15 April 1887 – 19 February 1969) was a British politician and diarist and the only daughter of herbert henry Asquith, Prime minister from 1908–1916. She was to become active in Liberal politics and a staunch opponent of appeasement, eventually standing for Parliament and becoming a life peer. She was also involved in arts and literature and became a close, and lifelong, friend of Winston churchill (Oxford DnB).
12. 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 on 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 the 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 for 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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