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(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Original drawing "Up Stairs with Teddy Bear". [1926]
£150,000
Original artwork used to illustrate the final page of Winnie-the-Pooh. Initialled by Shepard and captioned by him in pencil on the reverse. An iconic image, it comes from the last...
Pen and ink drawing on artist's board (206 × 143 mm.) Mounted, glazed, and framed. Excellent condition. Read more
(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Original drawing "Pooh's Party". [1926]
£125,000
Original artwork illustrating Pooh receiving the gift of a pencil case from Christopher Robin during his party on page 155 of Winnie-the-Pooh. Initialled by Shepard. "Nobody was...
Pen and ink drawing on artist's board (90 × 155 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed. A few faint spots. Excellent condition. Read more
(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Original Drawing "Winnie-the-Pooh, Kanga, Roo, Piglet and Rabbit". 1926
£97,500
Original artwork used to illustrate page 98 of the chapter "Kanga and Baby Roo" in Winnie-the-Pooh. A lovely drawing including almost all of the book's characters, it depicts the...
Pen and ink drawing on artist's board (140 × 190 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed. Excellent condition. Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
The Mock Turtle drew a long breath and said, "That's very curious". 1907
£67,500
Superb original drawing of Alice sitting between the Mock Turtle and the Gryphon as used in Arthur Rackham's first and subsequent editions of Lewis Carroll's "Alice's Adventures in...
Approx. image size 26.6 x 17.6 cm. Original artwork in pen and ink and watercolour on board, signed and dated lower right in pen by Arthur Rackham. Framed. Read more
(AUSTEN, Jane) BROCK, C. E.
Complete set of Illustrations for Jane Austen's "Emma". 1909
£60,000
The original 23 signed illustrations, and one title page, for the "Emma" published in 1909 as part of the "Series of English Idylls" by J. M. Dent & Co. The costume and interior...
24 sheets (348 × 247 mm) of pen-and-ink watercolour illustrations, each in a wash-line mount. Some light marks to margins (often by the artist) throughout the... Read more
(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Suite of four original drawings "The Tail is Lost". [1926]
£50,000
A set of four original drawings illustrating Eeyore's search for his missing tail on page 44 of Winnie-the-Pooh, one of which is initialled by the artist. "'Let's have a look,' said...
4 pen and ink drawings on artist's board (largest 75 × 80 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed together. Excellent condition. Read more
([DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge] CARROLL, Lewis.) TENNIEL, John.
Gryphon. 1865
£50,000
Tenniel's original preliminary drawing for the illustration of the Gryphon which appears on page 138 of the 1865 first edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland....
Original artwork in pencil. Approx. image size 85 × 60 mm with large margins all round. John Tenniel's monogram to the lower right. Mounted, glazed and framed.... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Original watercolour from Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens: "He passed under the bridge and came within full sight of the delectable Gardens". 1906
£47,500
This is the scene where Peter steers his little nest-ship, built for him by the thrushes, into Kensington Gardens. Signed and dated by Rackham at upper right. The painting, along...
Ink and watercolour on paper (179 × 258 mm), within original buff card mount, outlined in black and grey ink and gold paper, glazed with UV protection glass in... Read more
(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Original drawing "Pooh Meets a Heffalump". [1926]
£45,000
Original artwork used to illustrate the chapter "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump" on page 62 of "Winnie-the-Pooh". With Shepard's pencilled caption. Pooh and Piglet set out to...
Pen and ink drawing on Whatman drawing board (135 × 105 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed. Toning from previous mount to edges. Excellent condition. Read more
(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Original drawing "Piglet Meets a Heffalump". [1926]
£45,000
Original artwork used to illustrate the chapter "In Which Piglet Meets a Heffalump" on page 65 of "Winnie-the-Pooh". Initialled by Shepard, who has also signed and written his...
Pen and ink drawing on Whatman drawing board (135 × 155 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed. Toning from previous mount to edges. Excellent condition. Read more
TIMLIN, William Mitcheson.
The Arrival. 1923]
£37,500
Born in Northumberland, Timlin emigrated to South Africa, where he studied art and practised as an architect. The Ship That Sailed to Mars (1923) is his only published book, a...
Original watercolour on paper (image 270 × 247 mm; framed 615 × 540 mm). Together with two original leaves of accompanying calligraphic text: the contents... Read more
WELLS, H. G.
The Island of Dr. Moreau. 1896
£30,000
First edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author "M. C. Robbins from H. G. Wells" with a drawing in the author's hand – a characteristic Wells "picshua" – of three...
Octavo. Original tan boards, titles and illustration to upper board in red and black, titles to spine in black. Housed in a red quarter morocco solander box made by... Read more
WRIGHT, Cliff [Original Artwork].
Hogwarts School. 1997.
£25,000
This artwork was used on the first and subsequent editions.
Original artwork in pencil, ink and water-colour. Approx. 14 x 9 inches. This is the original illustration depicting Hogwarts School used on the rear cover of Harry... Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
Original watercolour, "The Paradise of Children." 1922
£24,000
Original pen-and-ink and watercolour drawing for the tinted line drawing illustrating Pandora's Box in Arthur Rackham's "A Wonder Book", 1922. Signed and dated at lower right. Image...
Original pen-and-ink and watercolour drawing for the tinted line drawing illustrating Pandora's Box in Arthur Rackham's "A Wonder Book", 1922. Signed and dated at... Read more
TIMLIN, William M.
Original painting. 1939
£20,000
This magnificent illustration is probably a finished work for a book titled "The Building of a Fairy City" which was is in progress but never published before Timlin's death. His...
Original artwork in pen, ink and watercolour on paper. Image approximately 900 × 740 mm. Signed and dated William M. Timlin 1939 to the lower right. Framed. Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
How Galahad Drew Out the Sword from the Floating Stone at Camelot. 1905
£20,000
Superb original drawing as used in Arthur Rackham's first and subsequent editions of Malory's Morte d'Arthur, The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. The...
Original artwork in pen and ink and watercolour on board, signed lower right in pen by Arthur Rackham. Approx. image size 28 x 20 inches. Framed. Read more
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(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Original drawing,"The Three Foxes" [from When We Were Very Young]. [1923]
£18,750
Signed in pen lower right by Shepard. Return name and address to verso in Shepard's hand together with the publisher's stamp "Copyright reserved by Methuen & Co. Ltd". Original...
Sheet size: 37.9 x 26.6 cm. Pen and ink on drawing board. Excellent condition. Presented in a black wooden frame with UV glass. Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
A Gang of Gypsies. From Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler. 1931
£18,000
An original illustration by Rackham for his edition of Walton's Compleat Angler (1931). The illustration appears opposite page 116 in the published work.
Ink and watercolour (235 × 279 mm). Read more
(RACKHAM, Arthur)
"Come, now bait your hook again, and lay it into the water, for it rains again". 1931
£18,000
An original illustration by Arthur Rackham for his edition of Walton's Compleat Angler (1931), showing Venator and Piscator. The illustration appears opposite page 122 in the...
Ink and watercolour (216 × 178 mm). Read more
(MILNE, A.A.) SHEPARD, E. H.
Original drawing "There's a Dark Dead Water-Wheel Under the Mill". [1927]
£17,500
Original artwork illustrating "There's a dark dead water-wheel under the mill" from the poem "Come Out With Me" on page 56 of Now We Are Six and also used as the frontispiece to the...
Pen and ink drawing, heightened with whitening, on Aquarelle drawing board (210 × 145 mm). Mounted, glazed, and framed. Toning from previous mount to edges.... Read more
FAULKNER, William.
Inscribed original photograph of the author with Sally Emrich on the deck of a yacht in a Greek harbour. [1957]
£12,500
With Faulkner's signed presentation inscription to a blank portion of the image in the upper left corner, "For Miss Sally with love from William Faulkner". Sally Emrich was the wife...
10 x 8 inches. Framed and matted behind glass. A little negligible creasing to the edges of the image but a superb print. Read more
HEMINGWAY, Ernest.
Inscribed photographic portrait of Hemingway holding a black Persian kitten. 1950
£12,500
An unusually intimate image in uncommonly large format. With Hemingway's magnificent presentation inscription on the white portion of his shirt, "To Alfred Rice from his friend,...
13 × 11 ins, original monochrome print from the negative. With the photographer's stamp on the verso. Glazed and framed. Fine. Read more
PEAKE, Mervyn.
Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor. 1939
£12,500
First Edition, First Impression, with a fine original pencil sketch by Peake on the front free endpaper, showing Captain Slaughterboard sitting on a rock holding a piece of paper....
Quarto. Original decorated paper boards with green cloth spine. With the Peake designed dust jacket printed in colours. Housed in a green quarter morocco solander box.... Read more
PUGIN, Augustus Welby Northmore.
Autograph letter, with original captioned ink sketch, to Henry Ridgard Bagshawe. 1841
£12,500
A wittily satirical sketch by Pugin, the Roman Catholic architect, sent to his friend Henry Ridgard Bagshawe (1799-1870), a prominent Catholic lawyer. Bagshawe sat on the committee...
Single leaf, hand-torn along one edge (225 × 182 mm); on recto, address panel with one-penny stamp (the famous Penny Black) with red cancellation, franks, red wax... Read more
SEUSS, Dr.
Original artwork: One-Wheeler Wubble Being Drawn By A Camel. after 1965
£10,000
Original artwork in black wax crayon. Approx. 10.5 x 13.5 inches. A fine drawing of a Chap on a One-Wheeler Wubble being drawn by a camel from the book I had Touble in Getting to...
Original artwork in black wax crayon. Approx. 10.5 x 13.5 inches. A fine drawing of a Chap on a One-Wheeler Wubble being drawn by a camel from the book I had Touble... Read more
