Aldin, Cecil (1870 - 1935): ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR THE DUSTWRAPPER OF THE JOKER AND JERRY AGAIN BY ELEANOR HELME AND NANCE PAUL

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. c.1936

Black ink on ivorine, image size 7” by 9”. The illustration, depicting a pony (the eponymous Jerry) and a dog, appeared, with the addition of colour to the titles, as the dustwrapper for the first edition of this book. A very attractive piece with notes in Aldin’s hand concerning the colouring of the titles which are currently hidden by the mount. Together with the front panel of the dustwrapper it was to become.

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Aldin, Cecil (1870 - 1935): SCOTTIE PUPPY

Original Artwork later published by Eyre and Spottiswoode, London. c.1928

Pencil, pastel and watercolour on ivorine, image size 4.75” by 3.75”. Mounted, framed and glazed. A delightful image, SIGNED by Aldin to bottom left corner. The published image appears as the frontispiece in Aldin’s 1928 book ‘A Dozen Dogs or So’.

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Aldin, Cecil (1870 - 1935): THE KINGS HEAD, MALMESBURY, AND THE KINGS HEAD, CHIGWELL

London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. c.1921

Two pictures from Aldin’s ‘Old Inns’, published in 1921 by Heinemann. These prints, two of the sixteen colour images from the book, were issued by Eyre and Spottiswoode with the Fine Art Trade Guild, whose stamp appears to the lower left edge of each print. Both are SIGNED in pencil by the artist and mounted, framed and glazed. Each lively image features a scene outside a pub and both depict hens pecking around a wicker basket in the foreground and various animals behind; a cat in a window, a d...

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Banksy: THE ORIGINAL PAINTINGS / MANUSCRIPTS FOR HIS MOST FAMOUS PRINTS: LOVE IS IN THE AIR, WESTON SUPER MARE AND BOMBING MIDDLE ENGLAND.

Later published by Pictures On Walls. 2003

Five original spraypaint paintings on paper. One with extensive hand drawn amendments by the artist. These are the actual paintings made by the artist in the process of producing his most famous prints which were later published by Pictures On Walls. “Love is in The Air” measures 13 x 19.5 inches and is black spraypaint on irregular shaped white gloss paper. “Bombing Middle England” is present without the bomb section and measures 15.5 x 16 inches, black spraypaint on irregular shaped white glos...

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Belardinelli, Massimo: DAN DARE - ORIGINAL ARTWORK

Published in the 2000 AD Comic. c. July 1977

Original pen and ink drawing on paper with hand drawn captions pasted over the top. Measuring 19.5 x 14 inches. The condition is GOOD with some rubbing and creasing to the extremities.

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Chess, Victoria: ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION FOR THE WITCH MOBILE BY MIRIAM YOUNG

Later published in New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Company. 1969

Watercolour and ink on paper. Measuring 9 x 5.5 inches. Mounted.

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de Brunhoff, Laurent: ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION FOR BABAR’S FRENCH LESSONS (LE LEçONS DE FRANçAIS DE BABAR.)

Original Artwork. 1963

Watercolour and ink drawing on heavy paper. Paper size 32.5 x 25 cm. Sellotape residue to edges, one piece partially coming into the image. Mounted, framed and glazed. Published twice, the first time in 1963 to illustrate Lesson 7 of Brunhoff’s book “Babar’s French Lessons” The Old Lady is Cooking. In 1966 the artist repainted the sugar and rice flour packet labels and attached them over the original French so that the image could be used in “Je Parle Espagnol avec Babar” (Babar's Spanish Lesson...

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Detmold, Edward J. (Maurice Maeterlinck): 'VENUS FLYTRAP' WITH HOURS OF GLADNESS

Original painting from 'Hours of Gladness' with a first edition of the book. c. 1912

Gouache and Watercolour on paper. A superb extremely fine piece painted and reproduced in Maurice Maeterlinck's 'Hours of Gladness' published in London in 1912 by George Allen & Co. Ltd (Published in the US under the title 'News of Spring & Other Nature Studies' by Dodd Mead, New York in 1913) The Image measures 20.5cms x 12.5cms and is matted, framed and glazed. Complete with original annotated exhibition label to the rear board of frame from The Brook Street Art Gallery, New Bond Street, Londo...

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Dulac, Edmund (1882 - 1953): PEW’S DEATH

c. 1927

Watercolour and Gouache on paper. Published in 1927 by Ernest Benn in the UK and Charles Scribners Sons for the first Dulac edition of Treasure Island. This illustration reproduced opposite page 46. Mounted, Framed and Glazed. Provenance: Charles Scribners Sons, Original label to the reverse.

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Dulac, Edmund (1882 - 1953): THE MAN OF THE ISLAND

c.1927

Watercolour and Gouache on paper. Published in 1927 by Ernest Benn in the UK and Charles Scribners Sons for the first Dulac edition of Treasure Island. This illustration reproduced opposite page 118. Mounted, Framed and Glazed. Provenance: Charles Scribners Sons, Original label to the reverse.

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Evans, Treyor: ORIGINAL FAIRY PAINTING

c. 1940

Gouache, Watercolour and ink on card. Mounted, framed and glazed. Measuring 9 inches x 7 inches.

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Fleming, Ian: MOONRAKER

Original Manuscript / Artwork. 1955

Original advertising paste-up montage for the American first edition published by The Macmillan Company. Mapping ink and printed collage, on artist’s board. Measuring 205 x 200 mm. Drawn in the shape of a spirits bottle "Bottled in Bond (James)", The heading reads "Stop at your local bookshop for a dose of Moonraker the sensational new 100 proof spinecurling concoction compounded by that peerless, fearless concoctor and bibliotherapist Ian Fleming” the contents labelled as "suspense, danger, dra...

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Goble, Warwick: VASTOLLA AND PERUONTO APPROACHING THE SHIP AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR FROM STORIES FROM THE PENTAMERONE BY GIAMBATTISTA BASILE.

Later published in London: Macmillan and Co. 1911

Pen-and-ink and watercolour on paper. Signed and dated lower right. Approximate image size: 13 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (34 x 24cm). Scattered foxing, otherwise a bright image. This original drawing was used to illustrate Stories from the Pentamerone, facing page 28.

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Grabianski, Janusz: ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION FOR THE BIG BOOK OF PETS COMPILED AND EDITED BY MARGARET GREEN. TOGETHER WITH A SIGNED FIRST EDITION OF THE PUBLISHED BOOK.

London: Dobson Books and New York: Franklin Watts. 1966

Gouache, watercolour and crayon on paper. Measuring 14 x 9.5 inches. Mounted, framed and glazed. The image appears as the endpapers to both the front and rear of the published book.

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Hale, Kathleen: ORLANDO THE MARMALADE CAT “WHEN THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT”

Original drawing. Pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper. Signed. Inscribed by the artist underneath the mount. 7 x 11 inches. A lovely illustration showing Orlando and Grace pushing a pram containing three kittens: Tinkle, Blanche and Pansy.

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