Books and Manuscripts · Los 1075
[Drawings]. Anonymous (1st half 20th cent.) "A Merry Xmas (...)."
Seven typescript books with num. illustrations in pen and ink and watercolour and gold, occas. heightened w. white, 1920-1953, recto only, text mainly in English but also German and some Dutch, in custom-made clothbacked boards/ wr., each w. diff. dec. paper covers and endpapers, and 2x w. large mounted ms./ drawn pictorial title-plate on frontcover, large 4to.
- Los
- 1075
- Auktion
- Auction 81, 18-22 Nov 2024
- Schätzpreis
- 150 € – 250 €
- Zuschlag
- 850 €
- Fotos
- 1 Foto
Zustand
Contents fine, occas. loosening. Bindings sl. rubbed/ frayed/ worn along extremities.
Anmerkungen
Interesting and charming "Christmas Journals" for the year 1920, 1921, 1922, 1931, 1932, 1933 and 1953, full of tales and poems and not devoid of some merry humor, sarcasm and irony. The origins and authors are untraced, the editor(s)/ writer(s)/ illustrator(s) identifying themselves as i.a. The Monkey, The Tweet, The Skeleto Nun, The Dab, The Mouse and The Mole (also the main characters of the stories). Nice and often excellent drawings, probably by one and the same artist (contrary to what is made to believe), the illustrations and typescript text nicely integrated with one another and sometimes in comic-strip lay-out.