A limited <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Hans+Andersen&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hans Andersen</a>'s Fairy Tales, one of only 100 copies signed by the illustrator, <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=W.+Heath+Robinson&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">W. Heath Robinson</a>.<ul><li>Hans Anderson (Danish).</li><li>Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson (British).</li><li>London:&nbsp;Constable &amp; Co. Ltd,&nbsp;1913.</li><li>XII, 288, [2] pages.&nbsp;</li><li>Illustrated by Robinsin with 16 full-page color plates mounted under captioned tissue guards, pictorial title page, and 88 black-and-white illustrations.</li><li>Signed by Robinson on the limitation page.</li><li>Original full publisher's vellum boards elaborately stamped in gilt after design by Robinson, spine ornamented in gilt, top edge gilt, other edges uncut and partially unopened, housed in a custom clamshell box with the front cover stamped in gilt after Robinson's design.</li></ul> Among the stories included are many that have deeply influenced our modern culture, including "The Little Mermaid," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Emperor's New Clothes," and "The Snow Queen." Robinson, a respected illustrator who became one of the more prominent artists during the Golden Age of Illustration, would soon make a name as a satirical cartoonist during World War I.

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales | Limited First Edition, Signed by the Illustrator

A limited edition of A Song of the English, by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Rudyard%20Kipling&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rudyard Kipling</a>, one of only 500 copies <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> by the illustrator.<ul><li>Rudyard Kipling (English).</li><li>Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson (English).</li><li>London:&nbsp;Hodder &amp; Stoughton,&nbsp;[1909].</li><li>Illustrated by Robinson with 30 tipped-in color plates with illustrated / lettered guards and 59 line illustrations throughout.</li><li>Original full vellum stamped in gilt, red, and green, new ties, top edge gilt, other edges uncut, printed on handmade paper.</li></ul>

A Song Of The English

A deluxe <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book?locale=en&amp;Book%20Type=Signed%2520and%2520Inscribed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">signed</a> limited edition of Bill the Minder, one of only 380 numbered copies signed by <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=W.+Heath+Robinson&amp;pfilters.dateRange=upcoming" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Robinson</a>.<ul><li>W. Heath Robinson (English).</li><li>London:&nbsp;Constable,&nbsp;1912.</li><li>xvi, 256 pages.</li><li>Illustrated by Robinson with frontispiece and 15 other full-page color plates, plus many full-page and vignette black-and-white images throughout.</li><li>Signed by Robinson on the limitation page.&nbsp;</li><li>Original full gilt-stamped vellum with original silk ties, top edge gilt, other edges uncut.</li></ul> Because the book is printed entirely on handmade paper, the quality of the black and white illustrations in this limited edition is far superior to those in the trade edition, and the mounted color plates seem to be sharper and richer in color as well. The story features a boot cleaner named Bill who ends up baby sitting, or becoming the Minder, for a disagreeable group of children and they have marvelous adventures with Bill.

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