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Lot 37

THEOCRITUS & GROSS Anthony (ills.). SIXE IDYLLIA CHOSEN OUT OF THE SICILIAN POET THEOCRITUS AND TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE. Clover Hill Editions, Chilmark Press, New York 1971. Folio. Morocco backed hessian boards; teg. In fine condition. Number XXXVI of 135 copies (total edition 417 copies) signed by the artist (Anthony Gross) each containing a set of signed prints in the final state. This extra suite of 8 etchings is contained within a clamshell box, backed in matching morocco with marbled paper sides. Both book and box are housed with a purpose made slipcase. Slipcase has a slight crack to back, otherwise all in very fine condition. The work was designed and printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge and this copy additionally signed for presentation by Will Carter. Prospectus also included. The etchings were the subject of a television arts documentary: "In a Printmakers Workshop" originally shown on BBC2. Sold For £350.00

Lot 38

TOPOLSKI. Feliks. TOPOLSKI'S BUCKINGHAM PALACE PANORAMA. With a foreword by H.R.H The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Appreciation: Bernard Denvir. Collage: Feliks Topolski with Peter Ford. Photography: Marcus Harrison. Quartet Books, London Melbourne and New York (1977 Limited edition no. 11 of 100 copies specially bound. Large 4to, coloured and half-tone plates; original blue morocco decorated with emblems of the United Kingdom, gilt silver edges, by Asprey, in original slip-case. Sold For £35.00

Lot 40

GIBBONS, Stella Dorothea. ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR ILLUSTRATION FOR "THE WOODS IN WINTER". Published by Hodder & Stoughton 1970. Approx. 400 x 315mm. Scene depicts an old woman and young boy training a sprightly dog. Sold For £40.00

Lot 47

WARHOL, Andy. CAMPBELL'S TOMATO SOUP CAN SKETCH AND CHRISTMAS GREETING IN BLACK FELT TIP. Approx. 195 x 130mm. On grey card printed "THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANDY WARHOL". Signed. Sold For £1400.00

Lot 48

WILLIAMS, Ursula Moray. ORIGINAL PEN, INK AND BODY-COLOUR COVER ART DESIGN FOR "GRUMPA". Published Brockhampton Press 1955. Approx. 140 x 115mm. Depicts Grumpa and children hitch-hiking with thumbs aloft. Sold For £30.00

Lot 49

ALCOTT, Louisa M. JO'S BOYS AND HOW THEY TURNED OUT. A sequel to Little Men. S..Low, London 1886. First UK edition. Small 8vo. Original pictorial green cloth with gilt titles. All edges gilt, leaf patterned endpapers and engraved frontis piece. Contemporary inscription on verso half title and name scratched in gilt on top edge. A very good copy. Sold For £55.00

Lot 51

BARKER, Cicely Mary. CICELY BARKER'S FLOWER FAIRY PICTURE BOOK. Blackie and Son Limited, London n.d. 4to. Pictorial yellow boards and endpapers a little spotted, contents clean including 40 full page colour illustrations; dustwrapper a little spotted, closed tear to bottom edge of upper panel. Sold For £80.00

Lot 52

BLYTON, Enid THE ISLAND OF ADVENTURE Macmillan, 1944. First edition. 8vo. A bright copy. Previous ownership inscription, with one line of address amended by pasted strip of paper. Small faded patch to cloth at bottom of spine; browning to endpapers. In dustwrapperwhich is bright and clean but with loss to head and tail of spine. The small section of loss at the base of the spine has been replaced with facsimile photocopy. The first title in the Adventure series. Sold For £500.00

Lot 53

BLYTON, Enid. FIVE GO DOWN TO THE SEA Hodder & Stoughton, 1953. First edition. 8vo. A fine copy in a near fine dustwrapper, with very light rubbing to corners. BLYTON, Enid. FIVE GET INTO TROUBLE Hodder & Stoughton, 1949. First edition. 8vo. A very good copy in a very good dustwrapper. Illustrated by Eileen Soper. An attractive copy with dustwrapper complete, verso wrapper and page edges browned, and some titles ticked in book list. (2) Sold For £190.00

Lot 56

BOND, Michael - FORTNUM, Peggy (ills.) PADDINGTON GOES TO TOWN. Collins, London 1968. First edition. 8vo. Near fine, bright copy in dustwrapper a little frayed to top edges, short tear at top of upper panel. Signed by the author on the title page. Sold For £50.00

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