LOT #91276 |
Sold on Oct 16, 2008 for: Not Sold
[W. Heath Robinson, illustrator]. Two Beautifully Illustrated Books,... (Total: 2 Items)
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Description
[W. Heath Robinson, illustrator]. Two Beautifully Illustrated Books, including: Shakespeare's Comedy of Twelfth Night, or What You Will. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson. London: Hodder & Stoughton Publishers, [nd, 1908]. First trade edition. Octavo. 144 pages. 40 color illustrations tipped-in. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles and flourish. Original green dust jacket with black titles and a color illustration pasted down to the front panel. Moderate wear to the book and dust jacket. Sunned spine. Mild paper loss to the spine ends and corners of the dust jacket. Very good condition. Rare in dust jacket. [and:] Rudyard Kipling. A Song of the English. Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson. London: Houghton & Stoughton, [nd]. Quarto. Unpaginated. Thirty color plates tipped-in protected by thick paper printed tissue guards. Publisher's navy blue cloth with gilt titles. Moderate shelf wear with lightly rubbed corners. Spine sunned. Front hinge starting at the half-title page. Adhesive paper remnants on front pastedown along with a very small bookseller's sticker. Endpapers mildly toned. Internal contents clean and bright. A very good copy of a beautifully illustrated volume.Auction Info
2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2008
16th-18th
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