Sale 2508 - 19th & 20th Century Literature, May 14, 2019

48 50 48 c   BARRIE, J.M. The Little White Bird. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 8vo, publisher’s maroon cloth, front cover and spine gilt-stamped, mild rubbing to lower extremities, one corner bumped; original dust jacket, spine panel and flap folds tanned, few short closed tears and small chips, spine panel rubbed with some abrading but letters all intact; contents clean. first edition thus . In rare surviving dust jacket. NewYork: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1913 [500/750] 49 c   BEMELMANS,LUDWIG. Madeline and the Bad Hat. Color illustrations throughout by Bemelmans. Thin small folio, publisher’s pictorial green cloth lettered in dark green along spine; light, faint soiling and occasional soft creasing to lower margins, front hinge tender. one of 985 copies of the autographed , limited first edition , signed by bemelmans . Pomerance A25. Sold for the Benefit of the Granby, CT Public Library. NewYork:Viking Press, (1956) [400/600] 50 c   BURNETT, FRANCES HODG- SON. Little Lord Fauntleroy. Illustrated by Reginald B. Birch. 14-page publisher’s ads at end. 8vo, publisher’s pictorial brown cloth, stamped in gold, red, and black, spine tips lightly rubbed, small blemish to rear board; ownership signature. first edition , first is - sue with DeVinne Press imprint on p. [210], signature mark “12” on page 177 and “14” on page 209.A bright, clean copy. NewYork: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1886 [300/400] 51 c   CRANE, WALTER. Flora’s Feast. A Masque of Flowers. Color illustrations by Crane. 8vo, original 1 / 4 cloth over pictorial boards, corners bumped, light wear to board edges; contemporary ownership inscription tipped to front flyleaf; 1 page ad and 8 page catalogue at end. first edition . London: Cassell and Company, 1889 [300/400] with - The Quiver of Love: ACollection of Valentines Ancient and Modern. With color illustrations from drawings by Walter Crane and Kate Greenaway. 8vo, original blue cloth over bevelled edges, elaborately gilt, spine darkened with light rubbing to head and foot, all edges gilt; front hinge starting, plates bright. First edition. London, 1876. 51