Illustrated Art from BATTLEDORE LTD

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.

(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.

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

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

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

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

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

(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

(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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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