Lot 895
W. Crane, 4 Bilderbücher: Baby's bouquet / Baby's opera / Abroad / Flora's feast. London um 1880. - Dazu: Play hours and play time. London um 1880.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
895
Category:
Picture books and children's books
Crane, Walter and Thomas: Four picture books.
1) Crane, Walter: The Baby's Bouquet. A fresh bunch of old rhymes & tunes. Arranged & decorated by Walter Crane. Cut & printed in colours by Edmund Evans. London and New York: F. Warne & Co, undated (c. 1900). 17.7 x 18 cm. With 11 full-page colour illustrations
illustrations and rich book decoration. 56 pp. Illustrated. Original half-leather binding.
(Scuffed and bumped, with signs of wear, some repairs. Inside, paper-related browning in places, dusty, print somewhat faded, musical notes partially redrawn. Inner joint at the back reinforced with a strip of paper.)
Cf. Schug (1st ed. 1878) 2228. Seebaß II, 400.
2) Crane, Walter: The Baby’s Opera. The music by the earliest masters. A book of old rhymes with new dresses by Walter Crane. Engraved & printed in colours by Edmund Evans. London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, undated (c. 1900). 18.2 x 18.5 cm. With 12 full-page illustrations and lavish book decoration. 56 pp. Illustrated. Original half-leather binding.
(Scuffed and bumped, signs of wear, water-stained and age-stained. 2 leaves improperly repaired.)
Cf. Schug 2227 (1877). Seebaß II, 401. Stuck-Villa 322. Gumuchian 1920.
3) Crane, Walter: Flora’s Feast. A masque of flowers. Penned & pictured by Walter Crane. (2nd ed.). London, Paris, etc.: Cassel & Company 1890. 24.8 x 18 cm. With 40 almost full-page illustrations. 40 pp. Illustrated, half leather in block binding.
(Stained and bumped, foxed. Front left inner joint cracked.)
Schug 2233. – The first edition was published in 1889.
4) Crane, Thomas and Ellen E. Houghton: Abroad. Belfast, London and New York, undated (c. 1880). 21.6 x 18.3 cm. With numerous full-page chromolithographic illustrations by Th. Crane and Ellen E. Houghton. 56 pp. Colour-illustrated original half-leather binding.
(Scuffed and bumped. Some moisture and age spots.)
Supplement: Play hours and play time. Twelve-page colour illustrations with ornamental designs. London: F. Warne and Co, undated (c. 1900). 26.2 x 22.5 cm. Illustrated half-leather binding.
1) Crane, Walter: The Baby's Bouquet. A fresh bunch of old rhymes & tunes. Arranged & decorated by Walter Crane. Cut & printed in colours by Edmund Evans. London and New York: F. Warne & Co, undated (c. 1900). 17.7 x 18 cm. With 11 full-page colour illustrations
illustrations and rich book decoration. 56 pp. Illustrated. Original half-leather binding.
(Scuffed and bumped, with signs of wear, some repairs. Inside, paper-related browning in places, dusty, print somewhat faded, musical notes partially redrawn. Inner joint at the back reinforced with a strip of paper.)
Cf. Schug (1st ed. 1878) 2228. Seebaß II, 400.
2) Crane, Walter: The Baby’s Opera. The music by the earliest masters. A book of old rhymes with new dresses by Walter Crane. Engraved & printed in colours by Edmund Evans. London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, undated (c. 1900). 18.2 x 18.5 cm. With 12 full-page illustrations and lavish book decoration. 56 pp. Illustrated. Original half-leather binding.
(Scuffed and bumped, signs of wear, water-stained and age-stained. 2 leaves improperly repaired.)
Cf. Schug 2227 (1877). Seebaß II, 401. Stuck-Villa 322. Gumuchian 1920.
3) Crane, Walter: Flora’s Feast. A masque of flowers. Penned & pictured by Walter Crane. (2nd ed.). London, Paris, etc.: Cassel & Company 1890. 24.8 x 18 cm. With 40 almost full-page illustrations. 40 pp. Illustrated, half leather in block binding.
(Stained and bumped, foxed. Front left inner joint cracked.)
Schug 2233. – The first edition was published in 1889.
4) Crane, Thomas and Ellen E. Houghton: Abroad. Belfast, London and New York, undated (c. 1880). 21.6 x 18.3 cm. With numerous full-page chromolithographic illustrations by Th. Crane and Ellen E. Houghton. 56 pp. Colour-illustrated original half-leather binding.
(Scuffed and bumped. Some moisture and age spots.)
Supplement: Play hours and play time. Twelve-page colour illustrations with ornamental designs. London: F. Warne and Co, undated (c. 1900). 26.2 x 22.5 cm. Illustrated half-leather binding.