Lot 295 , Illustrated books: A selection including Arthur Streets Moonraking, first edition, illustrated throughout by Lionel Edwards, black let
Illustrated books: A selection including Arthur Street's Moonraking, first edition, illustrated throughout by Lionel Edwards, black lettered cloth 4to., 1936; Williamson, Henry - The Patriot's Progress ..., first edition, numerous illustrations by Frank Kermode, gilt lettered cloth and dust wrapper, 1930; Burnett, Frances-Hodgson - The Secret Garden, 2nd impression, 8 coloured plates by Charles Robinson, gilt pictorial cloth and pictorial endpapers, 1912; with 22 others (25)
Estimate £70-100
Street - cloth v.sl. marked, sl. spotting to prelims, otherwise clean; Williamson - cloth trifle marked, d/w. few sl. edge tears (minor loss), generally clean inside, lino cut illus.; Burnett - cloth good (just v.sl. rubbed head and tail of spine), e/ps. spotted and elsewhere in places (heavier now and again), plts. with guards, 6pp. publr's advts. at end, Ist printing was Oct. 1911
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Sold for £40