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The Golden Age of Colour Illustration

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Index of Illustrators

Austen, John............................ Page(s) 22

Bannerman, Helen.................. Page(s) 22 Bull, Rene................................. Page(s) 21

Clarke, Harry ........................... Page(s) 20

Detmold, Edward J. ................. Page(s) 19, 20, 23

Dulac, Edmund....................... Page(s) 15, 16, 17, 18

Elgood, George S. .................... Page(s) 14

Greenaway, Kate ......................Page(s) 15

Morland, George ..................... Page(s) 13

Nielsen, Kay............................ Page(s) 10, 11, 12 Pogany, Willy........................... Page(s) 10

Pyle, Howard ...........................Page(s) 9

Rackham, Arthur..................... Page(s) 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Reynolds, Frank....................... Page(s) 5, 19 Robinson, W. Heath................. Page(s) 4

Simmonds, W.G. ...................... Page(s) 3 Smith, Jessie Willcox................ Page(s) 3, 13, 14

Spooner, M. Dibdin.................. Page(s) 21 St Leger, Captain S. E. .............. Page(s) 21 Wyeth, N. C. ............................ Page(s) 3

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Cover illustration is adapted from a plate in item 30

N.C. Wyeth Illustrated - Robin Hood - 1917

First Edition - With Colourplates Throughout

1 [Wyeth, N.C. Illus.]; Creswick, Paul. ROBIN HOOD (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1917) First edition. With 11 illustrations in colour by N. C. Wyeth, including 8 fullpage plates, double-page endpapers, pictorial title-page, and the colour-plate paste-down to the upper cover. 8vo, publisher’s original green cloth, gilt lettered on the upper cover and spine and with a Wyeth pictorial pastedown on cover. 362 pp. A handsome and well preserved copy. The book is very clean internally, the plates are all bright, the binding with light evidence of age in the form of some general mellowing, the front hinge is just a bit shaky but the pictorial endpapers remain completely intact.

FIRST EDITION OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS OF N.C. WYETH’S ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. Paul Creswick’s telling of Robin Hood draws from the rich and varied lore surrounding the beloved outlaw. It is a spirited reworking of the noble adventures and brings to life Friar Tuck, Little John, Maid Marian, the Sheriff of Nottingham, and, of course, Robin Hood himself, the hero whose generosity and sense of justice has captivated readers for over eight hundred years.

Though perhaps not immediately apparent to every viewer, Wyeth gives Sherwood Forest a distinctly American look: in his illustrations its trees are not the oaks of England, but the sycamores and silver birches of southeastern Pennsylvania, where he lived and worked.

See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/33004 $250.

Jesse Wilcox Smith - A Child’s Book of Old Verses - 1935 With Ten Colourplates Rich and Nostalgic

2 Smith, Jesse Willcox. A CHILD’S BOOK OF OLD VERSES Selected and Illustrated by Jesse Willcox Smith (New York: The Dial Press, 1935) An early printing, and the first by Dial Press. With ten charming full-page colourplates by Willcox Smith and illustrated and decorative head-pieces which are repeated throughout. Tall 8vo, in the publisher’s original cornflower blue cloth, the upper cover with gilt lettering and a large colour pastedown by Jesse Wilcox Smith, the spine with gilt lettering. ix, 124 pp. A well preserved copy with mellowing to the cloth and spine panel and dulling to the gilt lettering at the spine, a few small stains to the back cover. Internally very pleasing and quite clean and very bright.

A WONDERFULLY SELECTED AND ILLUSTRATED COLLECTION OF VERSES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. Jessie Willcox Smith has chosen works by such beloved authors as, R.L. Stevenson, George MacDonald, Charles and Mary Lamb, Lewis Carroll and many, many more. Also included is Clement Moore’s ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/29375 $35.

A Handsome Edition of Shakespeare’s Hamlet With Fine Illustrations by W.G. Simmonds in Colour A Copy Both Beautifully Bound and Presented

3 (Simmonds, W.G. Illus.) Shakespeare, William. SHAKESPEARE’S TRAGEDY OF HAMLET (London: Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. c. 1910) First edition. With thirty very fine and impressive tipped-in colourplate illustrations by W. G. Simmonds, each with captioned tissue guards, and with a decorated title-page printed in black and

red. 4to, very finely bound in full red polished calf, the boards with triple gilt ruled borders, the spine with gilt chained raised bands between beautifully gilt framed compartments contained theatrically appropriate central gilt tools of either a goblet and dagger or crossed swords, two compartments with black morocco labels gilt trimmed and lettered, the board edges and wide turn-ins gilt tooled in a thistle motif, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. xxvii, [1], 165pp. A very good and especially handsome copy, the text is solid and clean but for some neat underlining in the introduction, the plates are all bright and fine, the frontispiece plate with a bit of unobtrusive creasing to a lower corner, all others pristine. The binding is very attractive, the lower hinge just a touch started at the extremities, a few other bits of age evidence but in all a very bright and appealing copy.

A VERY HANDSOME COPY OF ONE OF SHAKESPEARE’S GREATEST PLAYS. HAMLET is considered the Shakepearian tragedy at the pinnacle of the art. Here in this fine edition Arts and Crafts Movement painter and draftsman William Simmonds renders brilliantly the story and characters of HAMLET through fine illustrations which are rich and warm in colours and masterfully done. This is the only book Simmonds illustrated for Hodder and Stoughton, unfortunate as these thirty plates will leave you wishing for more. As introduction the edition also includes a synopsis of the story as told by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/31755 $595.

With the Very Beautiful Illustrations of W. Heath Robinson

First Edition - Rudyard Kipling - A Song of the English

4 [Robinson, W. Heath, illus.]; Kipling, Rudyard. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH (New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, [1909]) First edition. As the English, but bound in olive green cloth rather than the dark blue of the English issue. Sheets and plates all most probably printed in England as this is essentially the same as the English issue but for the colour of the cloth. With 30 color plates tipped-in within ornamental borders, and with black and white drawings on almost every page, all by W. Heath Robinson. Descriptive tissue guards, each with a miniature line illustration. Pictorial title and fiftynine black and white illustration sin the text. Title printed in red and black. Large 4to, original olive green cloth lettered and elaborately decorated in gilt with fine pictorial designs on the upper cover and spine. An unusally nice copy of this lovely book, the binding and text are both very fine and the plates all pristine and as mint, the cloth and gilt quite bright and very well preserved.

FIRST EDITION OF THIS VERY BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK BY RUDYARD KIPLING. THE W. HEATH ROBINSON ILLUSTRATIONS ARE SUPERB BY ANY MEASURE. The trade edition of this volume was issued to benefit the “Daily Telegraph” National Bands Fund, and includes the text of a speech given by Kipling on the subject: “From the lowest point of view, a few drums and fifes in a battalion are worth five extra miles on a route march....” Robinson’s highly sensuous illustrations perfectly complement Kipling’s poems of British seafaring around the world. The grand poem, SONG OF THE ENGLISH is followed by six subsidiary poems likely composed while the Kiplings were living in Vermont. The theme underlying much of this collection is that the English are the Chosen under the Lord. This is one of Kipling’s earliest verses specifically setting out his vision of the British Empire, and the duties which it imposes on the English people. His definition of ‘the English’ is wide, certainly embracing the people of the overseas Empire, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, but arguably also the Americans among whom he lived in the years working on the collection. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/28248 $850.

Charles Dickens - Richly Illustrated by Frank Reynolds

A Bright and Handsome Copy of ‘The Pickwick Papers’

5 [Reynolds, illus.] Dickens, Charles. THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB (London: Hodder and Stoughton, N.D., circa 1912) First Edition. Illustrated with 25 remarkable tipped-in colour plates by Frank Reynolds with opaque lettered tissue guards, and with a colour vignette title page and colour illustrated endpapers. Thick 4to, publisher’s original bright crimson cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover, and with the fine gilt and black pictorial vignette on the upper cover, in the elusive original printed dustjacket. viii, 534 pp. Internally clean and crisp and in fine condition, the covers with some light soiling, but the edges and corners remain in quite nice condition, the gilt and black are both well preserved.

ONE OF OUR FAVORITE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS AND THIS A BRIGHT COPY. This fine gift edition of THE PICKWICK PAPERS, is handsomely illustrated with Frank Reynolds’ magnificent illustrations. On these colourful and energetic pages, the exploits and antics of Pickwick, Tupman, Winkle, and Snodgrass come to life. For Dickens lovers, PICKWICK is often the favorite, filled as it is with delightful humor and adventure. And surely, this illustrated edition will provide endless visual delight to its readers as they encounter the four members of the Corresponding Society of the Pickwick Club in their many amusing escapades. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/32119 $195.

Where the Blue Begins - First Edition

Arthur Rackham Illustrates Christopher Morley

6 [Rackham, Illus.] Morley, Christopher. WHERE THE BLUE BEGINS (New York and London: Doubleday, Page & Co. and William Heinemann, 1922) First edition, American issue. With 4 color plates and 16 line drawings by Arthur Rackham. 4to, blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. x, 227. A very clean, well preserved and handsome copy, the spine gilt just a touch mellowed.

SCARCE FIRST EDITION. A wonderfully imaginative tale out of Christopher Morley’s oeuvre. Rackham’s colour illustrations are quite unusual and marry perfectly to this splendid story.

A highly unusual story in which Mr. Gissing, a gentledog of leisure contentedly residing in Canine Estates with Fuji, his butler (a Japanese pug), on an income of 1,000 bones a year, becomes dissatisfied and leaves home to search for where the blue begins (a purpose to life).

“Morley admirably creates a canine world through names alone. There are Mike Terrier, the curate Mr. J. Rover Poodle, the upper-class and working-class neighbors Mrs. Airedale and Mrs. Collie, the nursemaid Mrs. Spaniel and little Shaggy, her puppy, Gissing’s adopted puppies Groups, Bunks, and Yelpers, haughty Mr. and Mrs. Chow and their “intolerably spotless” little Sandy, the landlady Mrs. Purps, the salesclerk Miss Whippet, the matronly Mrs. Mastiff, the compulsive shopper Mrs. Dachshund, the parishioners Mr. Dobermann-Pinscher, Mrs. Griffon, and Mrs. Retriever. There are the place names like Dalmatian Heights and the little shrine of St. Spitz. These are intermixed with humanless real locales like Paris and Atlantic City, Murray Hill and Fifth Avenue and Broadway and Wall Street, Delmonico’s Restaurant and Trinity Church, and real historical personages like the Grimm brothers, Hans Christian Andersen, and Masefield; to make this our real world only inhabited by dogs, rather than some imaginary planet of dogs.” - Fred Patten

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A Classic Story - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

7 [Rackham, illus.] Irving, Washington. THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (London: George G. Harrap, 1928) First Edition, first issue with top edge gilt. With 8 impressive colour plates and numerous drawings in black and white throughout and with coloured illustrated endpapers all by Arthur Rackham 4to, original dark green cloth lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt on the upper cover, lettered in gilt on the spine, with pictorial endpapers by Arthur Rackham, t.e.g. IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET 103. A bright and fine copy, internally completely free of the spotting which so frequently plagues these titles, the cloth bright and fresh, the scarce jacket with only minor edgewear and a bit of mellowing but still showing very well indeed.

RACKHAM’S MAGICAL, OTHER-WORLDLY ILLUSTRATIONS ADD A GOTHIC FLAVOR TO THIS CLASSIC TALE. Washington Irving’s story of “The Headless Horseman”, is one of the true and greatest favorites of American literature. Employing his more adult and almost sinister style it is made all the more wonderful by Arthur Rackham’s illustrations. A fine combination of efforts between illustrator and author and probably the best rendering to date of Irving’s constantly retold tale.

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Arthur Rackham and Nathaniel Hawthorne

A Wonder Book - A Beautiful Combination of Art and Words

8 [Rackham, illus.] Hawthorne, Nathaniel. A WONDER BOOK (London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1922]) First Edition. 16 tipped-in colour plates, 9 full page coloured illustrations, line drawing head and tail pieces and pictorially decorated endleaves, all by Arthur Rackham. 4to, publisher’s original bright red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, pictorial endleaves. 207 pp. A bright, clean and handsome copy with only minor evidence of age or use.

FIRST EDITION OF THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK. A scarce Rackham title with beautiful colour plates and drawings that are an excellent complement to Hawthorne’s fantastic Wonder Book. These are timeless tales - including The Gorgon’s Head, The Golden Touch, and The Miraculous Pitcher - all imaginatively illustrated by the Master Rackham. The renderings of Pandora and the joyful innocence of youth are especially moving while the King Midas sequence shines with golden poignancy. The battle between Pegasus and the horrible Chimaera is charged with graceful, ferocious beauty. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/32942 $475.

Charles Dickens’ Timeless Annual Favorite

A Christmas Carol - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham

Delightfully Illustrated Throughout in His Best Fashion

9 [Rackham, illus.] Dickens, Charles. A CHRISTMAS CAROL (London and Philadelphia: William Heinemann and J. B. Lippincott Co., n.d. ca.1915) Early issue of the holiday classic with Arthur Rackham’s illustrations. With 12 haunting colour plates, illustrated endpapers, 18 black and white illustrations and line drawings by Arthur Rackham. The colourplates with tissue-guards captioned in dark red/brown. 8vo, publisher’s original red cloth lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt on the upper cover with a ringing Christmas bell motif and on the spine in gilt in a holly and berry motif. xi, 147 pp. A nice copy with minor mellowing to the decoration and

Illustrated by Arthur Rackham - In the Scarce Dustjacket

lettering, some luster gone from the cloth at the edges, the binding is strong with sharp corners, the text very clean and fresh, the plates in wonderful condition.

SCARCE EARLY ISSUE IN PLEASING CONDITION. A shining example of what you get when a true masterpiece of literature is complemented by one of the world’s greatest book illustrators. An inspiring combination.

Dickens writes of A Christmas Carol in his preface: “I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their house pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.” Surely, the author would be pleased with the perennial delight his little Christmas tale has stirred in the hearts and imaginations of generations of readers. Originally, Rackham’s illustrated edition of Dickens’ classic was published during the war years (1915) and was quite well received. The artist successfully incorporated the ‘Phiz’ and Cruikshank styles into his own to create striking renditions of Victorian London with ample room to uniquely evoke ghostly fantasy images as well. His almost characterized depiction of Scrooge, features chiseled and grotesque, are as bone-chilling as his fantastic entourages of moaning ghouls. The muted, shadowed atmospheric tones so characteristically Rackham, support Dickens’ eerie tale wonderfully. Some examples of Rackham’s emerging special talent for silhouette are also included. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/32589 $550.

Arthur Rackham - Rhinegold, Valkyrie, Siegfried, Twilight

A Very Handsome Set of Wagner’s Ring of the Niblung

10 [Rackham, Arthur, Illus.] Wagner, Richard. THE THE RING OF THE NIBELUNG: A Trilogy With a Prelude [being] RHINEGOLD AND THE VALKYRIE [with] SIEGFRIED AND THE TWILIGHT OF THE GODS. Translated by Margaret Armour (London / New York: William Heinemann / Doubleday, Page & Co., 1920; circa 1920) 2 volumes. First Edition, new impression of each volume, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a total of 64 tipped-in colour plates and numerous decorations in line, all by Arthur Rackham. 4to, handsomely bound by Bayntun Riviere of Bath in uniform three-quarter navy morocco over blue cloth-covered boards, the corner-pieces and backs trimmed in gilt, the spines with tall raised bands gilt decorated between compartments attractively framed in gilt, two compartments gilt lettered, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. 160; 182 pp. A very handsome set, the bindings are in excellent condition, strong and sturdy and near as pristine, the text-block clean and completely free of foxing or spotting, the plates are all present and vivid, bright and clean, Vol. II with the Ring of the Niblung general title and the Siegfried half-title but bound without the ‘Siegfried’ title-page.

A VERY HANDSOMELY BOUND SET WITH THE IMPORTANT RACKHAM ILLUSTRATIONS TO WAGNER’S RING CYCLE. It is obvious at first glance that Rackham was deeply and personally inspired by Wagner’s great mythic theme. His illustrations emerge from each page with dramatic force and stirring emotion. The Rhinegold illustrations were a grand achievement in the continuing evolution of the artist’s style. Unlike many of his other books, his Wagnerian illustrations were not geared to a child audience. He wrote to a twelve year old fan, “I am very glad you like my illustrations. I am rather afraid that the books of mine that are coming out this year and next, which illustrate Wagner’s great Music-stories, the ‘Ring of the Nibelungs’, are not very well suited for those lucky people who haven’t yet finished the delightful adventure of growing up, but soon, perhaps, you will know and be fond of Wagner’s music and writings, and then you may like these drawings of mine as well as the others.”-from Derek Hudson. The artist invites us intimately into the heroic realm of the Norse Myths with his seemingly inexhaustible creative imagination. We sense a timeless serenity and repose in his, “Freia, the fair one,” and are swept into the charged drama as

“Fasolt suddenly seizes Freia and drags her to one side with Fafner.” We enter the mystical realm of heavenly despair in “The Gods grow wan and aged at the loss of Freia” and cringe at the gnarled suffering we witness in “Mime, howling.” And how can we ever forget the haunting portrait of the horde of enslaved “Nibelungs laden with gold and silver treasure” as with tortured, anguished faces they hoist their bounty? The range of human and heroic emotion conveyed within these 64 extraordinary illustrations, graphically invokes the genius of Wagner’s literary masterpiece and demonstrates once again Rackham’s preeminence in the realm of illustration. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/31732 $2150.

Signed by Arthur Rackham

Charles Dickens - The Chimes - A Fine Copy

Limited Edition of a Beloved Holiday Classic

11 [Rackham, Arthur, Illus.] Dickens, Charles. THE CHIMES. Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht (London: by George W. Jones for the Limited Editions Club, 1931) First Edition of the Rackham illustrated printing LIMITED EDITION, one of only 1500 numbered copies AND SIGNED BY ARTHUR RACKHAM. With numerous illustrations, both full page and within the text and other decorations in black and white by Arthur Rackham, Rackham decorated titlepage printed in black and gold. 4to, publisher’s original tan polished linen, gilt lettered on the spine and with a Rackham designed pictorial decoration in black and gilt on the upper cover, pictorial endpapers printed in gold, in the publisher’s original pictorially decorated slipcase printed in red and gold on tan paper, both now housed in a custom made morocco backed slipcase featuring raised bands and fine gilt lettering and tooling. [xxxv], 130 pp. A very fine copy, the book is pristine. The original slipcase neatly bordered with tan cloth, the spine paper laid onto the cloth as a label. The handsome custom slipcase very fine.

FIRST EDITION AND LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR ARTHUR RACKHAM. This was Dickens’ second installment in the “Christmas Books” series and his labors in creating THE CHIMES were “very arduous” in order to make it a worthy successor to A CHRISTMAS CAROL. It is also the second Christmas installment to receive Rackham’s masterly touch. Rackham has very graceful adapted his 20th century style to wonderfully compliment that of the 1845 original.

A fine copy of a delightfully illustrated book. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/27235 $1250.

Alice in Wonderland

First Edition with Arthur Rackham’s Illustrations

12 [Rackham Illus]; Carroll, Lewis. ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. With a Proem by Austin Dobson (London: William Heinemann, 1916) First edition, second impression with Rackham’s illustrations. 13 color plates with captioned tissue guards, illustrated end-leaves and numerous black and white illustrations throughout the text, all by Arthur Rackham. Small 4to, publisher’s original green cloth with pictorial design in gilt on the upper cover, lettered in dark green on the cover and spine. xi, 162 pp. A pleasing and well preserved copy of a book rarely found so, this copy is free of the typical foxing, the cloth with the lettering and gilt still bold, some light evidence of shelving or use.

FIRST EDITION, EARLY IMPRESSION OF THIS SIGNIFICANT WORK, VERY SCARCE NOW. This edition, was the first with Arthur Rackham’s illustrations. The controversy which ensued, as critics protested the “presumptuous” replacement of John Tenniel’s illustrations, spurred sales of the book. The publisher sold 14,322 copies of ‘Alice’ at 6 shillings each within the first 6 months of its issue, resulting in Arthur Rackham’s all-time most successful book debut.

While reviewers scorned Rackham’s artistic audacity, the public supported his fresh interpretation. One uncharacteristically favorable review by The Daily Telegraph remarked, “The ‘Alice’...is not the heroine of Sir John Tenniel’s imagination; she is older and more sophisticated; but at the same time she has a tender, flickering light of imagination in her eyes, which lifts her out of the domain of the merely pretty and childish...Mr. Rackham’s inexhaustible imagination, working over and embroidering the ground-work of Tenniel’s types, has added a really wonderful wealth of uncanny, dreamlike mystery to the story...and extraordinary feeling into the drawing of the hands.” - Hamilton

Rackham’s ‘Alice’ is sure to delight readers today with its fanciful creatures, its charming depiction of the heroine Alice, and its consistent good humor. And be sure to look for the artist’s self-caricature in his rendition of the Mad Hatter in “The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.”

See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/33050 $750.

The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book - A Fine Copy

Original Sienna Cloth Pictorially Decorated

13 [Rackham, illus.]. THE ARTHUR RACKHAM FAIRY BOOK. A Book of Old Favourites With New Illustrations (London: George G. Harrap, 1939) First edition, second printing. With 8 colour plates and 60 line drawings in the text. 8vo, publisher’s original sienna cloth lettered and pictorially decorated in black and orange on the spine and upper cover. 287. A fine copy, beautifully preserved.

A VERY PLEASING COPY OF AN ICONIC RACKHAM WORK. “‘Old tales with new illustrations.’ That is how this book was described on its original appearance in 1933. It has been frequently reprinted since, but Arthur Rackham’s illustrations are still new and freshly attractive to those picking up the volume for the first time.

“Whether in colour, black-and-white drawing or silhouette impression, Mr. Rackham’s work delights lovers of the old tales, which he obviously understood so well to interpret them pictorially as he has done.

The 23 stories in the book are the most famous and beloved of the tales told in the nursery through successive generations.”-publisher Hudson groups this book with Rackham’s HANS ANDERSEN, saying that “when we compare these two books with Rackham’s achievement in his Edwardian prime, the most remarkable thing to note is that he was maintaining such a consistent standard of excellence at the age of sixty-five” (p. 134).

This collection includes such classic stories as “Hop-O’-MyThumb,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,” “Sindbad the Sailor,” “The Princess and the Pea,” and others from various sources. Although Rackham illustrated many of these tales in previous books, all the illustrations in this volume are new. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/32748 $295.

The Book of Pirates Illustrated by Howard Pyle First Edition and a Bright and Pleasing Copy

14 Pyle, Howard. HOWARD PYLE’S BOOK OF PIRATES; Fiction, Fact and Fancy concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main, compiled by Merle Johnson (New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1921) First Edition. Profusely illustrated throughout by Howard Pyle. Folio, publisher’s original quarter black cloth and beige boards, the spine gilt-lettered, the upper cover lettered in black and with the famous pictorial pastedown of the pirate in colours. xviii, 247 pp. A handsome copy, the gilt work on the spine panel still bright, the

covers, hinges and text-block all in good order, the plates bright and clean, some minor bumping at the tips.

FIRST EDITION AND A HANDSOME AND CLEAN COPY OF THIS WONDERFUL BOOK, one of Pyle’s best and most popular works.

“Why is it that the pirate has, and always has had, a certain lurid glamour of the heroical enveloping him round about? Is there, deep under the accumulated debris of culture, a hidden groundwork of the old-time savage? Is there even in these well-regulated times an unsubdued nature in the respectable mental household of every one of us that still kicks against the pricks of law and order? To make my meaning more clear, would not every boy, for instance—that is, every boy of any account—rather be a pirate captain than a Member of Parliament?” (- from the Introduction). See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/32836 $795.

Pogany Illustrations - The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

In the Publisher’s Better Binding of Rich Soft Calf

15 [Pogany, Willy Illus.]; Fitzgerald, Edward; [The Rubaiyat]. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM (New York [and London]: Printed in Scotland for Thomas Y. Crowell, ND (circa 1910)) First edition thus, the original British sheets with the American issue title-page. Beautifully illustrated with 16 full color tipped-in plates, with wonderful decorative borders and incidental illustrations all by Willy Pogany. 8vo, publisher’s original deluxe gift binding of soft brown reverse calf, the upper cover decorated with an Arabesque design and stylized letters in gilt, enclosed in the original box. A fine fresh copy, highly uncommon in this condition, slight and very small split to the paper at the bottom of the front join of the pastedown to the free-fly. The box with light wear only.

VERY HANDSOME ISSUE OF THE POGANY ILLUSTRATED RUBAIYAT. An exquisite volume in a beautiful publisher’s gift binding. Based on Fitzgerald’s translation, Pogany has filled each page with decorative Islamic style borders and decorations, accompanied by 16 full page tipped-in color plates. A fine example of Pogany’s work, a true gem is such condition and in this unusual binding. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/28069 $395.

The Wonderful Fairy Tales of Hans Andersen Made all the More Magical by Artist Kay Nielsen

A Very Fine Copy of the Beautiful Quarto Printing

16 [Nielsen, Kay illus.] Andersen, Hans. FAIRY TALES by Hans Andersen (London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1924])

First Edition, with the Rare “Announcement” of the Kay Nielsen Exhibition at The Leicester Galleries included at the front of the volume. With 12 very fine tipped-in color plates, numerous black & white illustrations as frontispieces to each tale and additional decoration throughout all by Kay Nielsen. 4to, in the original black cloth featuring a black, matallic silver, and orange pictorial pastedown on the upper cover, the spine lettered and decorated in silver, with decorative endpapers. 280 pp. A very fine copy, internally as pristine and perfect as new, the cloth very bright and fresh with no fading or wear, the upper pastedown pristine, the silver lettering and decorations on the spine with some flaking as is unfortunately the norm.

FIRST EDITION OF THE QUARTO PRINTING. This collection of sixteen tales was initiated by Nielsen in 1912, though it was not published until 1924. Andersen’s beloved tales were an excellent inspiration for Nielsen who produced some of his finest images for this title.

Sixteen of Andersen’s tales are included. Interestingly, ‘The Little Mermaid’ is not included among them. In 1937 Nielsen

went to work for Walt Disney. He was renowned at the Disney studio for his concept art, and he contributed artwork for many Disney films. Around 1940 he produced concept paintings for a proposed adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s ‘The Little Mermaid’. The film, however, was not made within Nielsen’s lifetime. The paintings however would remain with the studio for over 40 years and did not go unused, they provided much of the look and style of Disney’s 1989 film. That film is given credit for breathing life back into the art of animated feature films and remains one of the studios most popular features to date.

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$1650.

An Original Drawing by Kay Nielsen

Actors Upon the Stage - A Drawing of Theatre in Place

17 Nielsen, Kay. A DRAWING, POSSIBLY FOR USE AS A SET DESIGN, INCORPORATING SOME OF NIELSEN’S FINEST ARTISTIC TALENTS. (: n.p., n.d.) Signed by Nielsen at the foot of the drawing. An original pen and pencil drawing with wash on heavy cream coloured stock. The stock roughly 360 by 265mm, signed at the bottom, the image itself roughly 270 by 175mm, matted and protected in a plastic sleeve. Well preserved with little evidence of age and no damage to the drawing surface.

A RARELY ENCOUNTERED DRAWING BY ONE OF THE FOREMOST ILLUSTRATORS OF THE EARLY PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY. The Nielsen drawing is quite an interesting piece. It seems possible that it might have been intended for use as a set design, but it is also a rather accomplished drawing which has very finished elements such as the figure at the far left and the figure facing. These incorporate Nielsen’s best traits as an artist. See this online at www. buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/19773 $8500.

An Excellent Copy of the Best Edition - First Printing

Kay Nielsen’s Best and Most Famous Book - 1914 East of the Sun and West of the Moon

The Most Handsome of the First Edition Formats

18 [Nielsen, Kay, illus.]. EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON: Old Tales From the North (London: Hodder and Stroughton, [1914]) First Edition. The best of the various issues of the first editions. Illustrated with 25 beautiful tipped-in color plates by Kay Nielsen, each with captioned tissue guards, as well as numerous detailed black and white illustrations also by Nielsen throughout the text. 4to, publisher’s original navy blue cloth with gilt lettering and elaborate pictorial decorations on the spine and upper cover, and with decorative illustrated endleaves printed in black and gilt. 206 pp. A bright, handsome and clean copy of this rare book, the blue cloth rich and unfaded with vivid gilt, very little evidence of age or use, the colour plates are all very fine and are truly strong impressions, an especially pleasing copy of this brilliant work.

AN IMPORTANT AND SCARCE FIRST EDITION OF NIELSEN’S BEST BOOK. Fifteen old Norwegian folk-tales from Asbjornsen and Moe’s ‘Norske Folkeeventyr’, have been selected and magnificently portrayed by Nielson. Only his second book commission, this collection of paintings earned him enormous public recognition and equal standing with Dulac and Rackham as a leading children’s book illustrator. Here, in its larger format, we are offered the luxury of viewing all 25 illustrations with utter clarity. “In these elegant paintings, he combined qualities of Oriental design with those unique features of his native Scandinavia: The

melancholic mystery of a bleak Nordic twilight seemed to cast a magical spell on the images themselves. If it were not for the outbreak of war that year, there is no doubt that Nielsen would have continued to produce many more of these remarkable paintings for children, to establish him as a great master of the Northern fairy tale.”-Susan Meyer.

These captivating old tales at once exotic and somehow familiar, of princes and princesses, giants and mythic goats, all combine to give us a glimpse into the Norwegian imagination. And we cannot help but agree that: “The quaintness, the tenderness, the grotesque yet realistic intermingling of actuality with supernaturalism, by which the original Norske folkeeventyr are characterized, will make an appeal to all, as represented in the pictures of Kay Nielsen. And these imperishable traditions, whose bases are among the very roots of all antiquity, are here reincarnated in line and colour, to the delight of all who ever knew or now shall know them.”-Preface.

[Surely,] these old-wives’ fables “are the romances of the childhood of Nations: they are the never-failing springs of sentiment, of sensation, of heroic example, from which primeval peoples drank their fill at will” (- from the Introduction). This is one of only five books that Nielsen illustrated before going to work as an animator for Disney.

The best of the first editions is quite scarce and in a larger and more decorative format then the more common American edition. This copy is handsome and bright and quite a nice copy indeed. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/32939 $3500.

With Kay Nielsen’s Wonderful Illustrations

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Hansel and Gretel”-An Extremely Fine Copy

19 [Nielsen, illus.] The Brothers Grimm. HANSEL AND GRETEL and Other Stories By the Brothers Grimm (London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1925]) FIRST EDITION AND THE BEST OF THE LIMITED EDITIONS. One of only 600 copies hand-numbered and SIGNED BY KAY NIELSEN. This copy also with the laid-in announcement from Leicester Galleries regarding the availability for purchase of the original watercolours produced to illustrate this book. With 12 tipped-in color plates, 10 black & white illustrations, decorated title-page, decorated initials, and red decorative endleaves all by Kay Nielsen. 4to, publisher’s best original binding of beautiful ivory cloth, the upper cover lettered in gilt and pictorially decorated with Nielsen’s all-over designs in gold and turquoise-blue, the spine exquisitly decorated and lettered in gilt and with the artist’s name gilt within a field of blue, t.e.g. 276 pp. + plates. A very handsome copy with only very light evidence of age, the text-block, plates and binding all in very pleasing condition.

A TRULY HANDSOME COPY OF THE VERY RARE

LIMITED FIRST EDITION, IN BEST BINDING, OF THE PREFERRED ENGLISH ISSUE, SIGNED BY NIELSEN. Along with the title story a full twenty-two of Grimm’s Tales are beautifully illustrated throughout with Kay Nielsen’s wonderfully evocative paintings. Copies this fine and beautiful are very rare. The white cloth, the gilt work and decorative work to the covers, the text-block and plates are in remarkably pristine condition. This is the last book Kay Nielsen would illustrate for Hodder and Stoughton. It was a book begun many years prior and worked on throughout Nielsen’s early career. Nielsen had started work on his paintings to illustrate Grimm’s stories in 1912, but the work was halted due to the occurance of The Great War. After the 1918 Hodder and Stoughton resumed the publishing work on Nielsen’s illustrated books. In 1924 it was finally decided to complete Nielsen’s Grimm project. The book was offered only to the luxury market and was not issued in a trade edition in England. Susan E. Meyer, A Treasury of the Great Children’s Book Illustrators, p. 206. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/33084 $7650.

George Morland - The Fine English Artist - First Edition With Beautiful Colourplates Reproducing Original Oils

20 [Morland, George; English Artists] Gilbey, Sir Walter and Cuming, E. D. GEORGE MORLAND His Life and Works (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907) First edition. Illustrated with 50 fine plates, all but one being impressive colour reproductions of paintings by George Morland. Large 8vo, in the publisher’s original blue cloth with an all over design of vines and trees on the upper cover and spine in light and dark greens and black, gilt lettered on both the upper cover and spine panel, t.e.g. xix, 289pp., 2 ads. A very bright and well preserved copy, the text clean and fresh with fine plates, the cloth attractive, sound and sturdy with just minor evidence of age.

A VERY HANDSOME ENTRY IN ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK’S SERIES ON FINE BRITISH ARTIST. This volume, part biography and part a study in art, features 18th century painter George Morland, best known for his scenes of rural life. He begin painting at age three and was listed as an honorary exhibitor at the Royal Academy by age 10. His style is largely influenced by that of Joshua Reynolds, whom he had met as a child, and obtained permission to copy his pictures. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/30168 $145.

The Princess and the Goblin Jesse Wilcox Smith Illustrates MacDonald’s Classic Tale

21 [Jessie Willcox Smith, illus.]; MacDonald, George. THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN (Philadelphia: David McKay, Publishers, 1920) Scarce first edition with Jessie Willcox Smith’s illustrations. With a whimsically decorated title-page and eight colour plates by Jessie Willcox Smith. 8vo, publisher’s original beige cloth with a pictorial paste-down on the upper cover, framed in gilt and blue with blue lettering, and with gilt lettering to the spine,pictorially decorated endpapers. 203 pp. A good copy, internally still quite clean, the plates are all fine and bright, the binding a bit shaken, the front hinge weak, and mellowed with some rubbing and edge wear. FIRST EDITION WITH THESE ILLUSTRATIONS. A WONDERFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORK BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH, and it is little wonder Scottish author George MacDonald is best remembered for his children’s stories. Having eleven children of his own no doubt gave MacDonald a great deal of practice with this sort of thing. PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN is his best known work other then AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND. Anne Thaxter Eaton writes in ‘A Critical History of Children’s Literature’ that The Princess and the Goblin “quietly suggest in every incident ideas of courage and honor.”

See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/29376 $85.

Jessie Willcox Smith’s Sweet Illustrations - First Edition

The Seven Ages of Childhood - Timeless Verses - 1909

22 [Jessie Willcox Smith, Illus.] Wells, Carolyn. THE SEVEN AGES OF CHILDHOOD (New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1909) First Edition. With 9 full page colour plates, illustrated titlepage, drawings in sepia throughout the text,and with illustrated endpapers by Jessie Willcox Smith. 4to, publisher’s original buffgray cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and with lettering in gilt and a central colour pictorial paste-down by Jessie Willcox Smith on the upper cover. 56 pp. A handsome copy of this scarce title, with some overall age mellowing to the binding but with the gilt and illustration on the spine and cover still well preserved. Internally, the pages are in good order with some very occasional offsetting as is usual, the illustrations clean, though one has edgewear, textblock with separation in the middle of the book, also as typical with the binding.

SCARCE FIRST EDITION WITH DELIGHTFUL ILLUSTRATIONS OF SWEET CHILDHOOD BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH. A collection of charming verses and illustrations for children.

See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/29282 $350.

Jessie Willcox Smith’s Angelic Illustrations

The Everyday and Now-a-day Fairy Book - 1920

23 [Jessie Willcox Smith, Illus.] Chapin, Anna Alice. THE EVERYDAY AND NOW-A-DAY FAIRY BOOK (London: J Coker and Co, [c.1920]) Early edition. With 8 full page colour plates, illustrated title-page by Jessie Willcox Smith. 4to, publisher’s original red cloth over white boards, lettered in brown on the spine and with a colour pictorial paste-down illustration of two children playing by Jessie Willcox Smith on the upper cover. A handsome copy of this scarce title, with some age mellowing to the binding and a bit of scuffing to the tips and edges. Internally, the pages are in good order, a bit toned on the margins as is typical, yet the illustrations are clean and the binding is tight.

WITH WHIMSICAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF CHILDREN BY JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH. A collection of fairy tales and stories for young readers. A big old fashioned book loaded with charm and nostalgia. Hours of magical reading for children young and old.

See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/29283 $99.

One of the Most Beautiful Books of the Genre - 1904

First Edition of Gertrude Jekyll’s Some English Gardens

24 Jekyll, Gertrude. SOME ENGLISH GARDENS

After Drawings by George S. Elgood, R.I. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1904) First Edition. With 50 beautiful colour plates after watercolours by Elgood. Folio, in the publisher’s original polished blue buckram, the spine and upper cover lettered and ruled in gilt, t.e.g. xii, 131 pp. A very handsome and bright copy, internally especially fine and fresh, the binding very attractive with just a touch of age or evidence of use. A very pleasing copy indeed.

AN IMPORTANT BOOK AND THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS MASTERPIECE OF THE GARDENING GENRE, AND A VERY BEAUTIFUL ONE TOO. This is far and away one of the most famous, and beautiful works in the gardening genre. The first issue, such as this one, has become quite elusive.

A horticultural tour through Edwardian England, with notes by the preeminent Ms. Jekyll, who has been described as a premier influence in garden design by English and American gardening enthusiasts. She created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States, and wrote over 1,000 articles for magazines such as ‘Country Life’ and ‘The Garden’.

The book is equally well known for the wonderfully reproduced garden paintings by George Elgood, a member of both the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/30038 $895.

Kate Greenaway - First Edition - 1905

A Beautiful Biographic Catalogue Raisonné

25 [Greenaway, Kate]; Spielmann, M. H. and Layard, G. S. KATE GREENAWAY (London: Adam and Charles Black, 1905) First Edition. With 53 fine plates of Ms. Greenaway’s paintings in colour, 34 additional black and white plates and an additional 56 thumb-nail drawings and sketches throughout the text and endleaves in colour reproducing Greenaway nursery wall paper in miniature. Large 8vo, in the original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and in yellow, red and light blue on both the upper cover and spine, Greenaway illustrated endleaves in colours and top edge gilt. xx, 300 pp., 2 ads. Internally a very good and fresh copy, the paper bright and the plates pristine, the blue cloth is attractive and the binding is sturdy and strong with firm hinges, the spine is mellowed and the gilt is bright, there is a lesser touch of fading at the top edge of the front board.

FIRST EDITION AND AN ABSOLUTE MUST-HAVE FOR FANS AND COLLECTORS OF ARTIST/ILLUSTRATOR KATE GREENAWAY. This thick volume combines a catalogue raisonné with extensive biographic writings, particularly in regard to her relationship with John Ruskin, of which letters and correspondences are also included. But, as one would expect, Greenaway’s own artwork, so much of which is excellently reproduced here on fine plates, takes center seat. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/30241 $275.

Poe - The Bells and Other Poems - With Dulac’s Illustrations

In Original Cloth with Beautiful Colourplates Throughout First Edition - Publisher’s Presentation Copy

26 [Dulac, illus.] Poe, Edgar Allan. THE BELLS and Other Poems. (London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1912]) First Edition. Publisher’s Presentation Copy. Illustrated with 28 supeb colour plates and a number of head-pieces throughout, all by Edmund Dulac. 4to, publisher’s original olive cloth very generously decorated in gilt and blind in pictorial and figurative designs over the entire spine and upper cover, with gilt decorated endleaves. A pleasing, clean and handsome copy with only light age mellowing. The plates are especially bright with all captioned tissue guards present.

A SCARCE AND HANDSOME FIRST EDITION.

“The Outlook” and “The Bookman” both commented that ”the book thinking people will say with grace...sometimes Dulac’s pictures are deep-coloured and intense, sometimes dim and ghost-like. But one and all are sensitized to record impressions of unearthly beauty or horror. Only Poe could have written the poems. Only Dulac could have illustrated them.” Indeed, Dulac brings Poe’s genius to life with his worlds of swirling furies, forlorn moonlit maidens, and eerie fairy castles that seem to stumble away from reality into the edge of dream---or nightmare. One of Dulac’s most evocative creations. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/20876 $650.

A Great Classic Illustrated by Edmund Dulac

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - First Edition

27 [Dulac, Illus.] Khayyam, Omar. THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM. Rendered into English verse by Edward Fitzgerald With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. (London: Hodder and Stoughton, [ca.1909]) First edition thus, from the second Quaritch un-illustrated edition (with the additional quatrains). 20 beautiful full page color plates by Edmund Dulac. 4to, publisher’s original full red cloth lettered and elaborately decorated in pictorial designs in gilt on the spine and upper cover. A very bright, clean and handsome copy with exceptional color plates.

FIRST EDITION IN THE BRIGHT RED CLOTH. Announced in June 1909, Edward Fitzgerald’s translation of the 12th century Persian RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, newly illustrated by Edmund Dulac, became the Gift Book of the year. Each page of verses or quatrains was printed on heavy paper surrounded by delicate borders and was frequently interspersed with Dulac’s evocative paintings. After the RUBAIYAT’S publication in America, its US publisher wrote of the book.”In point of excellence of art, popularity, distinction and profit the crowning achievement...was the publication of the Fitzgerald version of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam illustrated by Edmund Dulac. The book was a joy and a treasure, Its public acceptance was immediate and great.” -A.Hughey. One can see why the book received such immediate and unalloyed admiration. For on these twenty exquisitely detailed pages, one finds unsurpassed artistic expression. The viewer is irresistibly drawn into the Persian poetical world of starry nights, labrythine bazaars, dusty streets, flower perfumed bowers, and sultry royal palaces. We can almost smell the pungent incense and feel the hot air move as the fan stirs a tiny breeze. We are palpably drawn into Dulac’s hypnotic images of Middle Eastern sensation and emotion.

The artist used intense but subtle tones of color to create a rich tapestry of visual contrasts, page after page. Pale flesh is swathed in delicate patterned silks and set to pose on hillsides of velvet grass. Figures emerge from opalescent nights and drink thirstily from silver goblets. Dulac vividly captures the temptations of the senses as Omar himself succumbed to them.

The RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM illustrations portray a humanity, poignant and complex, as perhaps nowhere else in Dulac’s repertoire. The modern reader can partake of Fitzgerald’s spell-binding translation of one of the finest poems ever written, while sipping the spiced wine of Dulac’s sensuous illustrations. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/31216 $695.

Edmund Dulac

Stories from Hans Andersen - First Edition

One of His Best Books - With 28 Colourplates

28 [Dulac, illus.] Andersen, Hans. STORIES FROM HANS ANDERSEN (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911) First Edition of this superb production. Illustrated with 28 magnificent colour plates by Edmund Dulac as well as beautiful frames and head and-tail pieces printed in light green on every page. 4to, publisher’s original light olive cloth pictorially decorated and lettered in gilt on the upper cover and spine in pleasing designs and with stylized “peacock” endpapers by Edmund Dulac. viii, 250, (2) pp. A handsome and pleasing copy of this beautiful book, the plates are all pristine, internally very fine, the cloth is somewhat mellowed on the spine pane, a few minor blemishes to the covers, overall the binding is strong and well preserved with bright gilt.

VERY SCARCE AND IMPORTANT WORK BY EDMUND DULAC. The combined work of Hans Christian Andersen, perhaps the worlds greatest story teller, and Edmund Dulac, a wonderful illustrator makes for a special spirit. Many of the very best children’s stories, ever, are in this impressive volume. The work consist of; The Snow Queen, The Nightingale, The Real Princess (and the pea),

The Garden of Paradise, The Little Mermaid, The Emperor’s New Clothes and the Wind’s Tale. It is also one of Dulac’s most successful, unusual and beautiful works. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/22204 $795.

Dulac’s Exquisitely Illustrated Arabian Nights

First Edition in the Original Decorated Cloth

29 [Dulac, Edmund, illus.]; [Arabian Nights; Arab Literature]. STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, Retold by Laurence Housman (London & New York: Hodder and Stoughton and Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1907) First edition, with the title-page imprint added for America but with the same sheets that were printed in England by Butler and Tanner and used for the first English issue. With 50 fine tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac. The plates tipped to heavy green-gray stock, each with a captioned tissue-guard. 4to, original rust-colored cloth lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt and black on the spine and upper cover in Arabian motif. 133 pp. text + 50 tipped in plates on heavy mounting paper. A good and honest copy, the plates are all pristine and very fine, though a few of the mounting pages have a small bump at the edge, the text is quite clean, the text-block is solid though slightly shaken, the binding is still quite attractive though with a bit of age and some light edge wear on occasion, still handsome and well preserved and a very decent copy of this fine book, beautifully illustrated.

BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND DULAC. Here we find a collection of stories from the ARABIAN NIGHTS superbly illustrated by Edmund Dulac. The original Persian fairy tales of “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” “The Fisherman and the Genie,” and several others are colorfully rendered on tipped-in plates. Dulac’s affinity for oriental design becomes apparent in these exquisite, almost jewel-like images. We find the profound influence of oriental art and especially Persian miniatures in this group of exotic paintings. Intricate colors and patterns are juxtaposed to create lyrical scenes and bring the characters such as Morgiana and the Queen of the Ebony Isles to life on the page. The artist achieved intense effects in shading and atmosphere in his nocturne scenes such as “The Lady Advanced to Meet Him.” As we turn the pages, we feel drawn into a mysterious world of exotic moods and clandestine encounters.

“The Arabian Nights gave Dulac an opportunity to indulge in his nocturnes; the the softness of the gleam of moonlight on stone, or on shadowy figures, and his use of ultramarine, indigo and Prussian blue, mingled with purples and violets, brought to the illustrations the calm and mystery of Eastern nights.”-Colin White

“Leicester Galleries displayed the Dulac watercolors for THE ARABIAN NIGHTS in the autumn of 1907, at the same time the book was (originally) released. With unanimous praise the book was received by the critics and every picture sold even before the exhibition was opened to the general public. In light of this overwhelming success, Leicester Galleries promptly signed a contract with Dulac for one book a year, the subject to be chosen jointly between them and in consultation with Hodder & Stoughton.”-Susan Meyer. The modern reader can only be grateful that such an arrangement was made, as we shall always have the body of extraordinary illustrations that ensued. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/27291 $595.

Marvelous Stories from the Arabian Nights

Illustrated by Edmund Dulac - 50 Colour Plates - Very Fine

30 [Dulac Illus.] Housman, Laurence. STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, Retold by Laurence Housman (London: Hodder and Stoughton, N.D. ca. 1907) First Edition of the Large Paper Issue with the plates interspersed throughout the text. With the full complement of all 50 tipped-in color plates by Edmund Dulac. Large 4to, in the publisher’s original rust-colored cloth lettered and pictorially decorated in beautiful Arabian style in gilt and dark blue on the spine and upper cover. With the original dustjacket upper cover tipped inside. xvi, 133 pp. A beautiful copy, unusually well preserved and fine, the plates pristine and perfect, the text fresh, the cloth bright, a bit of breakage at the join of the free-fly and pastedown.

BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED BY EDMUND DULAC. Here we find a collection of stories from the ARABIAN NIGHTS superbly illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Dulac’s illustrations conjure the mysterious atmosphere of the oriental text and transport the reader to a lyrical world of grace and beauty. Dulac’s affinity for oriental design becomes apparent in the exquisite, almost jewel-like images; there is the profound influence of oriental art and especially Persian miniatures in this group of exotic paintings. Intricate colors and patterns are juxtaposed to create lyrical scenes as in, Supposing Me Asleep and Aladdin in the Cave. Stark simplicity is felt in the interstices between graceful lines and brilliant colors as in The Lady Bedr-el-Budur and Princess Badoura. The artist achieved intense effects in shading and atmosphere in his nocturne scenes such as The Lady Advanced to Meet Him. As we turn the pages, we feel drawn into a mysterious world of exotic moods and mysterious encounters.

STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS is especially important in understanding Dulac’s creative growth as it is believed that here, for the first time, he imposed an inner order and self-discipline. The success of the work was astonishing for its time and overshadowed other publication events for some time thereafter. “Leicester Galleries displayed the Dulac watercolors for THE ARABIAN NIGHTS in the autumn of 1907, at the same time the book was (originally) released. With unanimous praise the book was received by the critics and every picture sold even before the exhibition was opened to the general public. In light of this overwhelming success, Leicester Galleries promptly signed a contract with Dulac for one book a year, the subject to be chosen jointly between them and in consultation with Hodder & Stoughton.”-Susan Meyer.

Dulac treated each picture with a seriousness that brought him great praise, showing that he, like any fine easel painter could accomplish great art, even for use in the book arts. The book sealed his reputation and set him permanently on the long course of success he would enjoy throughout his career.

This lovely edition of STORIES FROM THE ARABIAN NIGHTS, liltingly illustrated by Dulac, will be a cherished addition to any library.

See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/27410 $1250.

Charles Dickens - Richly Illustrated by Frank Reynolds

A Bright and Handsome Copy of ‘The Pickwick Papers’

31 Dickens, Charles. THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB (London: Westminster Press, N.D., circa 1912) First edition thus, the Westminster imprint by arrangement with Hodder & Stoughton. Illustrated with 20 remarkable tipped-in colour plates by Frank Reynolds with opaque lettered tissue guards, and with a colour vignette title page and colour illustrated endpapers. Thick 4to, publisher’s original bright crimson cloth lettered in gilt on the spine and upper cover, and with the fine gilt and black pictorial vignette on the upper cover, in the elusive original printed dustjacket. viii, 534 pp. A bright, handsome and fresh copy with only very minor evidence of age, the dustjacket also very well preserved with just a bit of edgewear at the tips.

A Scarce Detmold Illustrated Charmer

Our Little Neighbors - Animals of the Farm & Woodlands

32 [Detmold, illus.] Kaberry, C. J. OUR LITTLE NEIGHBOURS. Animals of the Farmyard and the Woodland (London: Humphrey Milford for the Oxford University Press, 1938) First reprint. With 11 color plates by Edward J. Detmold. 4to, publisher’s original blue cloth, the upper cover and spine lettered and decorated in black, in the scarce pictorial dustjacket. 104 pp. An elusive title, the toning and spotting to which the book is prone is at a minimum, the cloth with minor mellowing at the extremities, the scarce dustjacket with some chipping and edgewear but still bright and attractive.

A very uncommon title by Detmold and an exquisite collection of his animal illustrations. The plates include, The Superior Cat, Mrs. Hen and Her Family, The Fairy Squirrel and Mice, Plain and Fancy. Eleven farm and woodland friends are described and painted in total making this book a lovely addition to a children’s illustrated library. These bright paintings of baby animals are some of Detmold’s most endearing and timeless illustrations. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/26376

$95

A Very Nice Copy of Detmold’s Best Work

The Fables of Aesop - Published London - 1909

Beautifully Illustrated with Tipped-In Colourplates

33 [Detmold illus.] Aesop. THE FABLES OF AESOP (London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1909]) First edition. Illustrated with 23 tipped-in color plates by Edward J. Detmold. 4to, publisher’s original tan cloth, the upper cover with an elaborate pictorial decoration of a falcon in red with lettering in green, the spine gilt lettered with decorative tool in red. xvi, 152 pp. A very nice copy, free of the inevitable browning to the endpapers. The

binding attractive and sound, hinges fine and firm, the plates bright and pleasing.

A VERY PLEASING COPY AND QUITE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. These illustrations represent, in our opinion, Detmold’s very best work. Their grace and sensitivity reflect a certain Eastern sensibility. The artist’s powers in the delicate communication of nature’s spirit are exemplified by these wonderful paintings, rich with the wide variety of the colours in the spectrum.

See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/25975

$1250.

Original Painting by Edward

J. Detmold Cover Art for The Peacock Book

34 Detmold, Edward J. AN ORIGINAL PAINTING BY EDWARD J. DETMOLD FOR THE COVER ART TO “THE PEACOCK BOOK” An original and unique rendering. Painted by Detmold in black, white and red on gray-brown board. 8” x 6”, matted, framed and glazed. A fine example in excellent condition.

SCARCE AND ORIGINAL ARTWORK BY THIS POPULAR ILLUSTRATOR, whose books are treasured for their power and sensitivity. Detmold was one of the most talented of illustrators, depicting animals and plants with an extraordinary understanding, and making use of fantasy settings of architecture and landscape. He lived in London, sharing a house with his mother, artist Sidney Laurence Biddle and musician Harold Hulls, until the outbreak of the Second World War, when the household moved first to Sussex and then to Montgomeryshire.

Some of Detmold’s most famous works include illustrations for Maurice Maeterlinck’s ‘The Life of the Bee’, Camille Lemonnier’s ‘Birds and Beasts’ and Florence Dugdale’s ‘Book of Baby Beasts’. He also illustrated Maeterlinck’s ‘Hours of Gladness’, Florence Dugdale’s ‘Book of Baby Birds’, W. H. Hudson’s ‘Birds in Town and Village’. He produced a portfolio of Twenty Four Nature Pictures and created such favorites as ‘Our Little Neighbours’ and Jean-Henri Fabre’s ‘Book of Insects’.

See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/19158 $2450.

Goethe’s Faust - The Limited Edition

Lavishly Illustrated and Signed by Harry Clarke

35 [Clarke, illus.] Goethe, Johann. FAUST, translated from the German by John Anster (New York: Dingwall-Rock Ltd, 1925) 355 of 1000 copies for America SIGNED by Harry Clarke. With 21 full page plates in colour and black and white as well as a great profusion of black and white drawings in the text by all by Harry Clarke. 4to, publisher’s original half vellum and boards lettered in gilt, t.e.g. In the original extremely scarce dustjacket. 255 pp. A fine copy, internally clean and beautifully preserved, very light evidence of shelving at the tips.

SCARCE FIRST EDITION, LIMITED AND SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. A BEAUTIFUL COPY. Harry Clarke has taken the grotesquerie of Aubrey Beardsley a few steps further--magnificent illustrations in a style perfect for this tale. The numerous head and tail pieces are rich with stylized figures and symbolic designs while Clarke’s full-page images hypnotize us with their eerie and occult atmosphere and surreal creatures. The riveting tension between Goethe’s concept of good and evil and the mythic proportions of his Mephistopheles, Faust, Margaret, and Martha, are all marvelously conjured in these outstanding illustrations. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/31750 $1350.

Beautifully Illustrated Throughout - Art Nouveau Binding

The Golden Staircase - Poems and Verses for Children

36 [Children; Poems and Verses]; Chisholm, Louey. THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE. Poems and Verses for Children (New York and London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons and T.C. & E.C. Jack, [1906]) First Edition. Illustrated throughout with fine colourplates by M. Dibdin Spooner, all bright and with vivid colouring. Large 8vo, beautifully bound in a fully gilt Art Nouveau binding, the spine panel elaborately decorated and lettered in gilt, the upper cover with fully gilt overall decorations and lettering, the lower cover with central ornamental device in gilt, top edge gilt. xxxi, 361 pp. A fine copy, bright, clean and very well preserved, the illustrations and text-block all in very good order. A very pleasing copy.

FIRST EDITION OF THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED COLLECTION OF POEMS AND VERSES FOR CHILDREN. VERY HANDSOMELY BOUND BY THE PUBLISHER IN FULLY GILT ART NOUVEAU BINDING. Wonderful poems and verses by authors such as William Blake, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, Lord Byron, Eugene Field, Robert Herrick, Christina Rossetti, Sir Walter Scott, William Shakespeare, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Wordsworth and many others. The illustrations are evocative and very pleasing and illustrate such works as Wynken, Blynken and Nod; Lochinvar; Lucy Gray; The Pied Piper of Hamlin and others. A lovely book.

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The Arabian Nights - Beautifully Illustrated by Rene Bull

The Very Uncommon 1917 Printing by Constable

37 [Bull, Rene, Illustrator]. THE ARABIAN NIGHTS (London: Constable & Co., 1917) The first reprint of the publisher’s second edition. With tipped-in colour frontispiece and six tipped-in colour plates by Rene Bull, and a profusion of black & white illustrations all throughout the text. Tall 8vo, publisher’s original green cloth, decorated and lettered in black on the upper cover and spine, the upper cover also featuring a colour pastedown by Bull. x, 299 pp. A handsome copy, espcially so for this war time issued work. The green cloth bright and unfaded, just a little mellowing, the hinges firm, the colourplates all very fine, the text clean.

AN ELUSIVE AND RARELY SEEN PRINTING OF THIS BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED CLASSIC. With the wonderful illustrations of Rene Bull. Among all the early printings this is one of the most difficult of Bull’s books to obtain. Bull’s ARABIAN NIGHTS provides us with a timeless classic married to exquisite illustrations in both colour and black and white. Many of the fine black and white illustrations are very large and nearly full-page. BMC See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/32981 $295.

The Boer War - War Sketches in Colour of Captain St Leger

A Very Uncommon Adam & Charles Black First Edition

38 [Boer Wars] St Leger, Captain S. E. WAR SKETCHES IN COLOUR (London: Adam & Charles Black, 1903) First Edition and printing. With 66 fine and handsomely reproduced colour plates from the author’s sketches and drawings. Large 8vo, in the publisher’s original navy blue cloth, the upper cover and spine gilt lettered and decorated in red and orange, t.e.g. xiii, 274 pp. A very good and handsome copy, the plates are all very fine, the text with only a little mellowing, the binding is strong and sturdy and attractive with a little edge wear and minor bumping and a few spots on the blue cloth.

A FASCINATING ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE BOER WARS. The author, Captain Stratford Edward St Leger, commanded the Cork Company MI of the Royal Irish Regiment. Although his family was of French/Irish origin he was born in the Cape Colony in 1867 the son of the Anglican Rector of Queenstown. He was educated in England, at Tonbridge school and completed his education at Diocesan College in Rondebosch. He entered the Royal Irish Regiment in 1890 and was an accomplished cricketer and rugby player. In the Boer War he led his company bravely through many battles. He made pencil sketches while on the march and worked them up into coloured paintings when he had time.

The collection is in no sense intended to be a complete history of the Boer War. It is more an attempt to depict a few of the more interesting, and sometimes lesser known, episodes along the advance to Pretoria. Chapters include; The Relief of Kimberly, Some Anecdotes, Siege of Kimberley, After the Siege, Sanna’s Post, Crossing the Vaal, Klipriversberg, Life on Commando, the Field Post, Brave Women, Some Leaves from the Sketch Book, and Encouraging the Enemy. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/30248 $265.

Little Black Mingo

With Helen Bannerman’s Charming Illustrations

39 Bannerman, Helen. THE STORY OF LITTLE BLACK MINGO (London: Nisbet & Co. Ltd., nd) An early printing of this classic. Illustrated in colour throughout with all chromolithographs on separate leaves and text on separate pages, endleaves also illustrated with chromolithographs. 12mo, bound in the publisher’s original blue boards printed in black, with a pictorial paste-down on the upper cover. 143 pp. An especially well preserved copy, seldom seen in this condition.

AN EARLY PRINTING OF AN UNCOMMON TITLE. This was one of the several books whose publication followed the success of LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. Together with Beatrix Potter, Helen Bannerman established the genre of children’s books that gave pictures and text equal importance. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/books/31540 $325.

Charles Dickens - Richly Illustrated by John Austen

A Bright and Handsome Copy of ‘The Pickwick Papers’

40 [Austen, John. illus.] Dickens, Charles. THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB With an Introduction by G.K. Chesterton and Illustrations by John Austen. (Oxford: Oxford University Press for The Limited Editions Club, 1933) 2 volumes. First Edition issued by the Club and first with the Austen illustrations. Signed by the Artist and limited to 1500 copies only. Illustrated with 24 full-page colour plates by John Austen and many black and white illustrations throughout the text. Thick 4to, publisher’s original tan polished cloth lettered in gilt on the spines and upper cover, and with the fine gilt pictorial vignette on the upper cover, in the elusive original green, white and black printed and decorated dustjackets, decorated endleaves. xxvi, 374; x, 375-759, [3] pp. An excellent set in original dustjackets. Beautifully preserved, essentially as pristine, both books and dustjackest in fine condition.

A FIRST EDITIO OF THIS FAVORITE ILLUSTRATED BOOK AND A FINE AND BRIGHT COPY. This fine gift edition of THE PICKWICK PAPERS, is handsomely illustrated by John Austen. On these colourful and energetic pages, the exploits and antics of Pickwick, Tupman, Winkle, and Snodgrass come to life. For Dickens lovers, PICKWICK is often the favorite, filled as it is with delightful humor and adventure. And surely, this illustrated edition will provide endless visual delight to its readers as they encounter the four members of the Corresponding Society of the Pickwick Club in their many amusing escapades.

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Edward Detmold’s Fables of Aesop

The Large Paper First Edition, Signed and Limited Beautifully Bound in Full White Polished Buckram Gilt

41 Aesop; [Detmold, Edward J., Illus.]. THE FABLES OF AESOP (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1909) Limited first edition of 750 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. Illustrated with 25 beautiful plates in color by Edward J. Detmold, including two extra plates not found in the trade edition. Thick folio, publisher’s original full white polished buckram, the upper cover artfully decorated with the original gilt pictorial designs surrounded by a frame ruled in gilt and filled with intertwined vines, the spine handsomely gilt lettered and decorated with gilt device and gilt rules, t.e.g., housed and protected in the original slipcase. A fine copy with just very light age mellowing at the spine panel, the corners fine and sharp, the plates all in excellent condition, the text-block clean and white, essentially a near as pristine copy in a protective slipcase. The slipcase with some wear as would be expected. The book profiting by the presence of the slipcase, with the white cloth remaining clean and the giltwork very bright.

FIRST EDITION, LIMITED, SIGNED, NUMBERED AND SPECIALLY BOUND. This title represents, in our opinion, Detmold’s very best work. The grace and sensitivity of the illustrations reflect a certain Eastern sensibility. The artist’s powers in the delicate communication of nature’s spirit are exemplified by these wonderful paintings, rich with the wide variety of the colours in the spectrum.

This is a very fine copy of the best printing of the work, numbered and signed by Detmold. See this online at www.buddenbrooks.com/pages/ books/25107 $3250.

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