Lot 10
  • 10

Cox, Paul

Estimate
2,500 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Cox, Paul
  • The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of:
  • book with new dust-jacket
Milne, A.A. Toad of Toad Hall... from Kenneth Grahame's book... Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929, first edition, NUMBER 54 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY KENNETH GRAHAME AND A.A. MILNE, original blue cloth-backed boards, lettering label on upper cover, uncut, additional lettering label at end, original dust-jacket, corners bumped, dust-jacket torn and soiled with some loss

WITH AN ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET BY PAUL COX, 240 by 744mm., watercolour and ink line on paper, signed and dated by the artist ("Paul Cox 2017"), together with note and a sketch by the artist

Condition

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Catalogue Note

In addition to his work in publications and books, Paul Cox’s other commissions have included stamp designs for Royal Mail, set designs for the 50th anniversary production of the musical Salad Days, a mural for the lecture hall at the Royal College of Surgeons, and a set of fifteen large watercolours for the St Charles Hospital, Ladbroke Grove, London.

“Anticipating the commotion of retaking of Toad Hall I felt was more interesting than the actual fight – some drawings are best left undone!”