CRANE | Collection of four volumes, 1880-1894, 2 autograph letters

CRANE, WALTER

Collection of four volumes, including two autograph letters, comprising:

i. De Morgan, Mary. The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories. Macmillan & Co., 1880. 8vo, no. 31 of an unspecified limitation, frontispiece and 10 plates by Crane including several head and tail-pieces mounted, later half green morocco over marbles boards, spine gilt in compartments, some spotting, [laid down]: autograph letter, to Mr Grinling, 1 page, 3 August 1903

ii. Crane, Walter. Legends for Lionel: In Pen and Pencil. Cassell & Company Limited, 1887. 4to, FIRST EDITION, full-page colour illustrations throughout, 8pp. publisher’s catalogue at rear, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, [laid down:] 1 page typescript letter signed from Lionel F. Crane, to Mr Walford, dated May 15/28

iii. Carpenter, Edward (ed.). Chants of Labour. A Song Book of the People. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1888. 8vo, INSCRIBED BY CRANE (“Helen Rossetti | from Walter Crane | Aug 24 1890”), frontispiece and pictorial title by Crane, rust cloth, spine gilt, spotting, boards soiled with abrasions, spine sunned

iv. Deland, Margaret. The Old Garden and other verses. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1894 [1893]. 8vo, numerous colour illustrations, decorations and borders by Crane throughout, uncut, pictorial cloth, boards worn, rubbed, [loosely inserted:] autograph letter and envelope, to Sydney Cockerell, discussing a recent trip to the United states, 3 pages, 20 August 20 1892 (4)

Please note, Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.

To view shipping calculator, please click here