Illustrated Art from BATTLEDORE LTD
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Complete Poems for Children edited by James Reeves.
by Ardizzone (Edward), illustrator.
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- 1973
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Kingston, New York, USA
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A$27,567.00
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ARDIZZONE (Edward):
Complete Poems for Children. 1973.
Original ink and watercolor drawing for the dust-jacket of Complete Poems for Children by James Reeves. London: William Heinemann, 1973. Measures 9-1/2 x 14-3/16 inches, framed and glazed.
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Oliver Twist
by (DICKENS, Charles) DARLEY (F O C)
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- Used
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- 1882
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Kingston, New York, USA
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A$6,891.75
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(DICKENS, Charles)
DARLEY (Felix O C) [1822–1888]
Oliver Twist: First meeting with the Artful Dodger, 1882
Original pencil and watercolor wash drawing depicting this
pivotal scene from the novel by Charles Dickens
Measures 8-3/8 x 6-3/4 inches
Signed and dated by the artist "F O C Darley /82" at bottom left
Darley is considered amongst the pioneers of American illustration.
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Alice in Wonderland
by DODGSON (Charles L) "Lewis Carroll". LAURENCIN (Marie)
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- Used
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- 1930
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- Portfolio
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Kingston, New York, USA
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A$38,287.50
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DODGSON (Charles L) "Lewis Carroll":
LAURENCIN (Marie) [1883–1956]
Alice in Wonderland. [Paris: Black Sun Press, 1930].
Complete set of six colored pastel drawings for this unusual Art Deco vision of ALICE, being the actual finished originals made by MARIE LAURENCIN inside a set of black and white outline designs printed as proofs on wove paper. Her original outlines would have been… Read more about this item Item Price
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Household Tales
by (GRIMM Brothers) CRANE (Walter)
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- Used
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- 1882
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- Framed
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Kingston, New York, USA
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A$30,630.00
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GRIMM (Brothers)
CRANE (Walter) [1845–1915]
Grimms Fairy Tales: Household Stories, 1882
(London: Macmillan, 1882)
Gouache over graphite on paper
Original design for the cloth cover and spine
Measures 7-7/8 x 6-7/8 inches
Exhibited: Chrysler Museum of Art,
Myth Magic and Mystery, 1996, Cat # 151 Item Price
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Miniature Drawings
by GREENAWAY (Kate)
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- Used
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- 1890s
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- 1
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Kingston, New York, USA
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A$5,360.25
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GREENAWAY (Kate) [1846–1901]
MINIATURE Artwork, circa 1885-1895.
Original pencil and watercolor drawings on toned paper, the bottom titled in pencil: "The cloud baby gone to sleep".
Pictures measures 1-7/8 x 2-1/2 and 2 x 3 inches (framed together).
Delicate illustrations typical for her set of Almanacs (1883–1895), though we have not confirmed their specific publication. Nevertheless, absolutely… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Bus Driver (Knightsbridge Road)
by NICHOLSON (William
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- Used - cartridge board trimmed
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- De luxe edition
- Published
- 1898
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- 1
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Kingston, New York, USA
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A$5,360.25
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NICHOLSON (William) [1872–1949]
London Types: The Bus Driver (Knightsbridge Road)
(London: Heinemann, 1899)
Original Woodblock Print on very thin Japanese tissue, hand colored by Nicholson and mounted onto cartridge board (as issued), albeit this copy is closely trimmed (probably from having been previously framed)..
One of 13 woodcuts created for the deluxe edition limited to only 40 copies. It is our understanding that… Read more about this item Item Price
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"The Staff and the Fiddle", original ink drawing for THE WONDER CLOCK reproduced as headpiece for its 20th story, previously published in Harper's Young People magazine
by PYLE (Howard)
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- [1886]
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Kingston, New York, USA
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PYLE (Howard) [1853–1911]
The Staff and The Fiddle, 1886.
Ink drawing for headpiece vignette
Illustration for the 20th story of The Wonder Clock
This headpiece first published Harper's Young People (31 August 1886, page 695), after anthologized from its serialization and published in book form (NY: Harper & Bros.,1887; p. 255)
Measures 3-7/8 x 7-15/16 inches
Signed with initials at bottom center
With designation and instruction note… Read more about this item Item Price
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Teatime with Daughters of the American Revolution by Leonard Weisgard
by (NEW YORKER)
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- Used
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- 1935
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- Original art, framed
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Kingston, New York, USA
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A$5,360.25
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(NEW YORKER design)
WEISGARD (Leonard) [1916–2000]
Teatime with Daughters of the American Revolution. 1935
Original watercolor and ink, among the earliest known drawings by Weisgard, most likely conceived as a New Yorker illustration (? front cover design, but probably unused). Signed and dated at lower right
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Street Cries
by (Trades)
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- 1790s
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Kingston, New York, USA
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A$7,657.50
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(Street Cries / Trades)
Four Drawings of Vendors/Street Cries, French or Italian, late-18th century, each an original ink and watercolor on laid paper comprising: a Caffetier, Tobacconist, Milk Man and Curd and Cheese seller (in wooden Dutch shoes).
Measure approx. 5-1/2 x 3-3/4 inches and others slightly smaller, each matted and framed
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Sketchbook of North Carolina, Florida, and Rondout NY
by MATTSON (Henry Ellis):
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- 1940-1942
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Kingston, New York, USA
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SKETCH BOOK by HENRY ELLIS MATTSON Containing Twenty-Eight full Watercolors, created 1940–1942, mostly in North Carolina and Florida (two identified as Coney Island and also Rondout, NY). Drawn on [50] pages, mostly titled and dated, with additional notations. Ring-bound album with stiff buff covers with original watercolor pasted label, inscribed "Florida, N.C. '41".
Henry Mattson [1877–1971] was a Swedish-born American artist… Read more about this item Item Price
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Kate Greenaway, A Biography
by ENGEN (Rodney)
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- Used
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- First edition
- Published
- 1981
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- Cloth over boards, printed pictorial dust-jacket
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Kingston, New York, USA
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A$61.26
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ENGEN (Rodney):
Kate Greenaway, A Biography.
London: Macdonald, 1981.
With 15 color and 121 b/w illustrations (many hitherto unpublished).
8vo., 240 pp.; clothbound with pictorial dust-wrapper.
First edition.
Authoritative illustrated biography based upon unpublished correspondence (including her "love letters" to John Ruskin), family papers and interviews with surviving friends.
At the end is an annotated checklist of books.
Considered the best Greenaway biography… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Seven Ages of Man
by KENT (Rockwell)
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- Used
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- 1918
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Kingston, New York, USA
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A$11,486.25
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KENT (Rockwell):
The Seven Ages of Man. 1918.
Portfolio of 4 linecut reproductions after pen/brush and ink drawings, each signed and mounted, contained in paper cartridge wrappers with an illustrated cover label dated 1918. Limited to 100 numbered copies (#88).
THIS is apparently the first publication of any Rockwell Kent illustrations. Item Price
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Love is a Pink Cake by Corkie & Andy
by WARHOL (Andy) and WARD (Ralph Thomas)
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- Used
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- First edition, of which it is believed about 100 copies were pri
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- 1952
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- Loose as issued.
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Kingston, New York, USA
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A$30,630.00
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WARHOL (Andy) and WARD (Ralph Thomas):
Love is a Pink Cake by Corkie & Andy
New York: Privately Printed, ca. 1952.
8vo. (individual sheets measure 11 x 8-1/2 inches), [25] ff., loose as issued.
First edition, of which it is believed about 100 copies were printed.
Illustrated with 11 pairs of historical "Lovers" by Andy Warhol
Offset lithographs on light-blue-green wove paper.
One of two collaborations… Read more about this item Item Price
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Little Toot.
by GRAMATKY (Hardie)
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- Used
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- 1938.
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- (matted and framed).
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Kingston, New York, USA
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A$45,945.00
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Finished watercolor study for the original dust jacket design of Little Toot,
the book was published in 1939. (G P Putnam's Sons, NY).
Hardie Gramatky (1907–1979), an American author, artist and watercolorist worked as an animator for Walt Disney, and when he settled back in New York, his studio overlooked the East River, where he saw the cityscape and the boat… Read more about this item Item Price
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Nonsense is the Fourth Dimension of Literature.
by BURGESS (Gelette)
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- Used
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- 1899
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- First reproduced as the front cover design for the Nonsense Almanack for 1900 [1899].
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Kingston, New York, USA
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A$38,287.50
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A fine original black and red ink drawing, it was also used as Frontispiece for More Goops (1903). With pencil annotations along the margins. Of particular significance is Burgess transcribes and replicates his most famous nonsense poem "The Purple Cow" in the background.
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Original Ink Nature Studies created by Thomas Bewick for carving into woodcut engravings,
by BEWICK (Thomas)
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- Used
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- circa 1820.
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- Matted together, framed and glazed.
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Kingston, New York, USA
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BEWICK (Thomas) [1753–1828]
Three Miniature Drawings, circa 1820
Pencil and watercolor studies of birds and squirrels, the first examples we have experienced available on the marketplace.
Provenance: Dr. Edward Brett, pioneer and renowned
specialist in the study of Paediatric Neurology Item Price
A$13,017.75