Lot 73
  • 73

A COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATED PLATE BOOKS BY W. HEATH ROBINSON, FLORENCE HARRISON AND WARWICK GOBLE, 1908-1912 (3 VOLUMES)

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1,000 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • A Collection of three volumes, comprising:
Florence Harrison. In the Fairy Ring. Blackie & Son, [1908]. 4to, PRESENTATION COPY WITH INSCRIPTION BY THE ARTIST ("In grateful remembrance | from | Florence Harrison | Xmas") on front free endpaper, 24 tipped-in colour plates, original cloth gilt, pictorial endpapers, all edges gilt, foxing and spotting, minor spoiling to boards; Warwick Goble. The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby By Charles Kinglsey. Macmillan, 1909. 4to, LIMITED EDITION DELUXE, one of 260 unnumbered copies, 32 tipped-in colour plates, captioned tissue guards, original pictorial vellum gilt, top edge gilt, silk ties cut, boards and edges soiled; W. Heath Robinson. Bill the Minder. Constable & Co. Ltd., 1912. 4to, LIMITED EDITION, NIUMBER 45 OF 380 COPIES SIGNED BY THE ARTIST, 16 tipped-in colour plates,  numerous additional illustrations in the text,  captioned tissue guards, top edge gilt, silk ties, original pictorial vellum gilt, boards slightly soiled, edges browning;

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