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BRIGGS, Raymond.
Ethel & Ernest.
London, Jonathan Cape, 1998.
The recipient was Julia MacRae, an important figure in the world of children's publishing. Some of her significant contributions include Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Raymond Briggs' Father Christmas. MacRae worked on Briggs' books while she was at Hamish Hamilton and she would go on to publish his works under her own imprint, Julia MacRae Books, established in 1979. The warmth of this inscription is a testament to her close working relationship with him.
With a ticket to the 10th Annual British Book Awards 1998 loosely inserted at rear. Briggs won the prize for Best Illustrator for this book.
First edition, first impression, inscribed by the author; 8vo; colour illustrations by Raymond Briggs, internally fine; publisher's brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine, with the unclipped pictorial dust-jacket, a little rubbing to extremities, else fine.
Stock code 114531
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Ethel & Ernest.
ROWLING, J.K.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
2003
The first edition, first impression of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, a near-fine copy in the original dust-jacket
£250.00
MILNE, A.A.; SHEPARD, E.H. (illustrator).
Now We Are Six.
1927.
A handsome first edition of Now We Are Six by A.A. Milne with illustrations by E.H. Shepard.
£350.00
CARROLL, Lewis [pseud. DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge]; TENNIEL, John (illustrator).
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [with] Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice Found There.
1885.
A handsomely illustrated copy of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass.
£1,500.00
GRAHAME, Kenneth; SHEPARD, Ernest H. (illustrator)
The Wind in the Willows.
1931.
A charming copy of the perennial children's classic, The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and illustrated by E.H. Shepard
£575.00
