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Children's Illustrators
Here we are celebrating the joy that is Children's Illustrations and Illustrators. From the inimitable EE Shepard to John Tenniel, many of these illustrators' images have become iconic and part of all of our collective consciousness. The world would surely be a poorer place without these pictures. They range wildly in style all the way from Tintin to the darker images of Gustav Dore.
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1890 The Red Fairy BookLondon: 1890An association copy of the first edition of Andrew Lang's second fairy book. Inscribed by Lang's friend and collaborator H. Rider Haggard to Haggard's own children, Dolly and Angie.
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Signed1882 The Day of Rest: An Illuminated Magazine of Sunday Reading for the FamilyPhiladelphia: 1882A very scarce illuminated US Christmas number of the periodical 'The Day of Rest', inscribed by publisher Alexander Strahan.
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Signed1929 Sleeping PartnersLondon: 1929A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this beautifully illustrated work on dogs by artist Cecil Aldin.
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Signed1991 Farmer DuckLondon: 1991A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this award winning children's book. Inscribed by illustrator Helen Oxenbury to publisher Tom Maschler.
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Signed1930 New Cautionary TalesLondon: 1930The first edition, second impression of this charming illustrated children's work by Hilaire Belloc, a presentation copy signed by the author to his friend, fellow writer D.B. Wyndham Lewis.
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Signed1911 Mother Carey's ChickensNew York: 1911A signed presentation copy of American writer Kate Douglas Wiggin's charming children's novel with a moral message.