Eighteen assorted children's & illustrated books, mainly lat...

Hammer

£70

Eighteen assorted children's & illustrated books, mainly late 19th/early 20th Century, including Richard Doyle: 'The Doyle Fairy Book', London, Dean & Son, 1893, 4th edition, 582pp + [2]pp ads at end, 35 b/w illustrations by Richard Doyle, including pictorial half title, frontis, pictorial dedication page and numerous ills. throughout, the majority of which full page, original cloth gilt, rebacked retaining original backstrip, all edges gilt; Walter Crane, 2 titles: 'The Baby's Opera', L, Warne, c.1890, 'The Baby's Bouquet', L, Routledge, c.1890, 2nd edition revised, both with colour illustrations throughout, both cloth backed pictorial boards; Grant Allen: 'Tom, Unlimited. A Story for Children', L, Grant Richards, 1897, numerous b/w ills throughout, original pictorial cloth gilt, all edges gilt; G.E. Farrow: 'The Wallypug in Fog-Land', L, 1904, 1st edition, b/w ills. by Alan Wright, orig. pictorial cloth gilt (worn); E.V. Lucas: 'Runaways and Castaways', L, Wells Gardner, 1908, colour & b/w plates by F.D. Bedford, original pictorial cloth gilt; Mrs Lysaght: 'Rex Singleton', L, Wells Gardner, 1893, orig. pictorial cloth gilt; plus 11 others including George MacDonald, Kenneth Grahame, Alice Corkran etc (18)