Eight late 19th & early 20th Century children's & illustrate...

Hammer

£200

Eight late 19th & early 20th Century children's & illustrated titles, including Arthur Rackham, H. Cole & others (illustrated): 'Queen Mab's Fairy Realm', London, George Newnes, 1901, 1st edition, colour frontispiece and colour illustrated title-page by Reginald Savage, plus 67 black and white illustrations, many full page, by Arthur Rackham, H. R. Millar, H. Cole, A. Garth Jones & R. Savage as called for, original pictorial cloth gilt (slightly worn), all edges gilt; Ella R. Christie: 'Fairy Tales from Finland. From the Swedish of Zach. Topelius', L, T. Fisher Unwin, 1896, 1st edition, b/w frontis + 5 b/w plates by Ada Holland as called for, original pictorial cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut. Very scarce; Carmen Sylva (H.M. the Queen of Roumania) and Alma Strettell: 'Legends from River & Mountain', ill. T.H. Robinson, London, George Allen, 1896, 1st edition, b/w frontis + 40 b/w ills. (of which many full page) by T.H. Robinson as called for, orig. pictorial cloth gilt, top edge gilt. Scarce; The Countess of Jersey: 'Maurice or The Red Jar', L, Macmillan, 1894, 1st edition, b/w frontis + 9 b/w plates by Rosie M.M. Pitman as called for, orig. pictorial cloth gilt, all edges gilt; Andrew Lang: ''Prince Darling and Other Stories. Based on the Tales in the 'Blue Fairy Book' by Andrew Lang', 1890, 1st edition, engraved b/w plates & ills. by H.J. Ford and G.P. Jacomb Hood as called for, original pictorial cloth, blocked and lettered in silver, all edges silver. Scarce; plus 3 others similar (8)