18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2086
Noddy. Group of original illustrations, together with 5 limited edition John Tenniel prints
Noddy. Group of original illustrations, comprising:
1) Edgar Hodges (1928-), Noddy ABC, 2 illustrations, watercolour on board, each 263 x 235 mm, separately mounted, framed and glazed,
2) Mary Cooper (1911-?), Toyland Train and Passengers, 1 illustration, watercolour with pen-and-ink outlining, 145 x 360 mm, mounted, framed and glazed,
together with a set of 5 limited edition prints from wood-engravings by Sir John Tenniel for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, c.1985-90, each one of 250 copies, separately mounted, framed and glazed (qty: 8)
Provenance: Sotheby's, Enid Blyton: Noddy, 29 October 1997, lots 271 (Edgar Hodges) and 173 (Mary Cooper), the lot sold with with marked-up catalogue and invoice; the Tenniel prints acquired from Duncan Campbell Fine Art in 1992 (invoice present).
Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022
Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
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