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Auction archive: Lot number 80

ROSS, Charles H. Merry Conceits and Whimsical Rhymes, London: George Routledge, 1866, small 4°, FIRST EDITION, coloured illustrations by Edmund Evans after Ross (occasional light spotting, manuscript nonsense rhyme on a blank page dated 1920), origin...

Auction 06.12.1996
6 Dec 1996
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$499 - US$832
Price realised:
£402
ca. US$669
Auction archive: Lot number 80

ROSS, Charles H. Merry Conceits and Whimsical Rhymes, London: George Routledge, 1866, small 4°, FIRST EDITION, coloured illustrations by Edmund Evans after Ross (occasional light spotting, manuscript nonsense rhyme on a blank page dated 1920), origin...

Auction 06.12.1996
6 Dec 1996
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$499 - US$832
Price realised:
£402
ca. US$669
Beschreibung:

ROSS, Charles H. Merry Conceits and Whimsical Rhymes, London: George Routledge, 1866, small 4°, FIRST EDITION, coloured illustrations by Edmund Evans after Ross (occasional light spotting, manuscript nonsense rhyme on a blank page dated 1920), original pictorial cloth gilt (lacking half of spine, lightly rubbed) -- Mary TOURTEL. A Horse Book [ The Dumpy Books for Children. No. 10 ], London: Grant Richards, 1901, 12°, FIRST EDITION, coloured plates by Edmund Evans after Tourtel, original green cloth (very lightly stained, inner hinges weak), contemporary inscription on front free endpaper -- Walter DE LA MARE & John NASH (illustrator). Seven Short Stories, London: Faber & Faber, 1931, 8°, LIMITED TO 170 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST, coloured plates by Nash, original pictorial vellum gilt, t.e.g., slipcase (worn). With 20 other children's books, including 3 illustrated by Kate Greenaway (23)

Auction archive: Lot number 80
Auction:
Datum:
6 Dec 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

ROSS, Charles H. Merry Conceits and Whimsical Rhymes, London: George Routledge, 1866, small 4°, FIRST EDITION, coloured illustrations by Edmund Evans after Ross (occasional light spotting, manuscript nonsense rhyme on a blank page dated 1920), original pictorial cloth gilt (lacking half of spine, lightly rubbed) -- Mary TOURTEL. A Horse Book [ The Dumpy Books for Children. No. 10 ], London: Grant Richards, 1901, 12°, FIRST EDITION, coloured plates by Edmund Evans after Tourtel, original green cloth (very lightly stained, inner hinges weak), contemporary inscription on front free endpaper -- Walter DE LA MARE & John NASH (illustrator). Seven Short Stories, London: Faber & Faber, 1931, 8°, LIMITED TO 170 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST, coloured plates by Nash, original pictorial vellum gilt, t.e.g., slipcase (worn). With 20 other children's books, including 3 illustrated by Kate Greenaway (23)

Auction archive: Lot number 80
Auction:
Datum:
6 Dec 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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