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CONTENTS
3 AUCTION INFORMATION 5 SPECIALISTS AND AUCTION ENQUIRIES 8 INTRODUCTION BY SIR QUENTIN BLAKE 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BY COLIN MCKENZIE 10 FIRST EDITIONS: REDRAWN: LOTS 1–38 49 ABSENTEE BID FORM 51 CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS FOR BUYERS
INTRODUCTION SIR QUENTIN BLAKE
I have two reasons to feel fortunate. One is that earlier this year – as I hope everybody will know by now – the House of Illustration opened the doors of its own premises on Granary Square and, as someone who has been a supporter and enthusiast for the project from the beginning (even though it was not originally my idea) I was asked to put on its first exhibition, “Inside Stories”. The second reason is that I have been invited to write an introduction to this catalogue. House of Illustration has been at 2 Granary Square since the spring. Over the years when it was still a project, ably guided by Flora Craig, its activities were already numerous, including travelling exhibitions, talks and the initiation of an education programme. Now that it has its own front door and Colin McKenzie as its director an even wider range of possible activities and ventures opens up, for which funds will be needed; hence this auction. It’s an auction of first editions, and each volume is annotated and added to by the artist or author, with drawings, comments or explanations which, we hope, will give a new insight into the work and of course give it a special value. House of Illustration is deeply grateful and it is my enjoyable task to express its most profound thanks to all those artists who have responded. And what a response it has been! It’s an astonishing array. There are the great names from children’s book illustrations we have known all our lives as well as any number of other familiar younger names. However not the least striking aspect of this collection is the way that it demonstrates the range of possibilities of illustration from reportage to caricature to fantasy and beyond. I haven’t mentioned individual artists’ names here, because I invite you to go and look for your own favourites. I have so many that I would find such a decision difficult, but I’ll allow myself to say that I am particularly delighted to see on the list not one but two books from Australia’s incomparable Shaun Tan, as well as Paula Rego’s legendary Nursery Rhymes. The presence of all these works is an enormous act of generosity and, I believe, a striking vote of confidence in House of Illustration and our hopes for its future. Deeply-felt thanks are also due, not for the first time, to Sotheby’s for putting on this auction with their incomparable mix of style, experience and erudition; and in particular to Melanie Clore and Dr Philip W. Errington for their unfailing kindness and interest in our ventures. They have done wonders for us. And thank you everybody, in advance, for your really serious bidding. We love you for it.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS COLIN MCKENZIE, DIRECTOR, HOUSE OF ILLUSTRATION
It would have been impossible to put together such a wonderful and unique collection of works to auction in support of House of Illustration without the generosity, dedication, hard work and enthusiasm of a great many people, and we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to all those involved. We set out with the intention of creating the ultimate copy of a number of illustrated books that have become classics and, looking at the works contributed, it is clear that we have achieved this. I should like to express, on behalf of House of Illustration, heartfelt thanks to all those who have given so generously of their creativity, care and time. The readiness of such an illustrious group of illustrators and authors to support House of Illustration at this important moment in its evolution is not just appreciated but a source of great pride. We are particularly grateful to Claudia Zeff who was instrumental in getting this project off the ground, and to the enthusiasm and generosity of Anthea and Jeremy Carver who not only donated works from their own collection, but who searched high and low for the first editions they didn’t have, and, having located and purchased them, they donated these too. We are also most grateful to the following who have donated books for annotation or embellishment: James Hallgate of Lucius Books, Lauren Child, Tony Ross, Shaun Tan, Laura Carlin, Walker Books, Bruce Ingman, Cate Olson and Nash Robbins, Dave McKean, Angela Barratt and Peter Brookes. Much valued help and advice was given by Jean Hedger Rare Books, John Atkinson, Don Woollard and Russell Vandenberg, and many thanks are due to Deborah Davis, Chair of the Provincial Book Fairs Association, who has helped us to promote the auction. Sotheby’s has long been a most generous supporter of House of Illustration, and we owe them a great debt not just for all that they have done to make this auction a reality, but for ensuring that it will make a very real financial contribution to House of Illustration by waiving their commission on the sale. Particular thanks must go to Dr Philip W. Errington, whose unbounded energy, enthusiasm, expertise and sheer hard work have been invaluable. As this auction takes place, House of Illustration will have been open for fewer than six months. The works displayed on the pages that follow remind us, if any reminder is necessary, just how important the art of illustration is. The money raised by this sale will make a huge contribution to the future success of what is the first organisation in the world devoted to the celebration and promotion of illustration in all its forms.
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BARRETT, ANGELA–POOLE, JOSEPHINE Anne Frank. Hutchinson, 2005 oblong small folio, first edition (“1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2” on imprint page), extensively annotated throughout by Angela Barrett together with facsimile copies of preparatory sketches laid down, original illustrated boards, dust-jacket Angela Barrett studied illustration at the Royal College of Art and, after graduating in 1980, began an acclaimed career in children’s book illustration. Can It Be True?, her collaboration with author Susan Hill, won the Smarties Book Prize in 1988, she has been short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal and twice been runner-up for the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award. The picture book retelling of Anne Frank has been translated into 12 languages.
“There is some madness in the perspective of the cinema entrance – I usually make blunders like this when I’m in a hurry but this is really v. careless…” 1
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BLAKE, PETER–CARROLL, LEWIS. Alice Through the Looking-Glass. Nottingham: D3 Editions, 2004 4to, number 176 of 500 copies, extra-illustrated with seven new illustrations together with several annotations by Peter Blake, signed by the artist, two items of ephemera signed by the artist and loosely inserted, original cloth, acetate dust-jacket Peter Blake is one of the leading artists of his generation and is known as the pioneer of British pop art. One of his best-known works is the 1967 album cover for The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. In 1981 he was elected a member of the Royal Academy and in 1994 was made the Third Associate Artist of the National Gallery. He was knighted in 2002. Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass was first published in 1872. It has never been out of print.
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“It is impossible to illustrate either of the Alices without the shadow of Sir John Tenniel’s wonderful drawings over your drawing board. They are the definitive works, which can’t be bettered, you can only try to look for alternative approaches...”
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BLAKE, QUENTIN–DAHL, ROALD The BFG. Jonathan Cape, 1982 8vo, first edition, extra-illustrated with two additional illustrations by Quentin Blake, original boards, dust-jacket Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and most highly regarded illustrators of our time. He published his first drawings in Punch, aged just 16, and since then he has illustrated over 300 books, including some of the great children’s books of the last fifty years. Internationally celebrated for his partnership with Roald Dahl, he has also created children’s books of his own and illustrated adult classics by Cervantes, Cyrano de Bergerac, Voltaire and La Fontaine. Dahl’s story of the big friendly giant and Sophie the orphan was described, on the original dust-jacket blurb, as ‘Dahl’s most startling and wonderful tale since Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’.
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BLAKE, QUENTIN–DAHL, ROALD Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Viking, 1995 8vo, first edition (“1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2” on imprint page), extraillustrated with two additional illustrations by Quentin Blake, original boards, dust-jacket, extremities very slightly bumped Quentin Blake was appointed the first UK Children’s Laureate in 1999. He has won numerous awards for his illustration including the Kate Greenaway Medal (for Mr Magnolia), the Kurt Maschler Award (for All Join In) and the international Bologna Ragazzi Prize (for Clown). In 2002 he won the Hans Christian Anderson award, the most prestigious award in the world for children’s books. He was knighted for services to illustration in 2013. In 2014, reflecting his popularity in France, he became a Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur, an honour very rarely given to anyone who is not a French national. Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 2014, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of the most loved children’s books.
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“This is the only copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with specially added Vanilla Fudge…”
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BOND. MICHAEL–FORTNUM, PEGGY A Bear Called Paddington. Collins, 1958 8vo, first edition, extensively annotated throughout by Michael Bond, original cloth, dust-jacket, some minor soiling and spotting On Christmas Eve 1956, writer Michael Bond bought a toy bear as a present for his wife Brenda. It was named “Paddington” and inspired Bond to write a story. Since then Paddington Bear has become one of the best-loved and most enduring characters in British children’s literature; Paddington’s adventures have been drawn by six illustrators and have sold more than 35 million books in over forty languages. In 1997, Bond was awarded the OBE for services to children’s literature.
“As you will have gathered, I didn’t sit down to write a book, and paradoxically I think that turned out to be a plus, because it wasn’t aimed at any particular age group. There is something in it for everyone - and no ‘writing down’ for children - which they hate anyway - so long as the meaning is clear within the text you can go wherever your fancy takes you!” 5
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BRIGGS, RAYMOND The Snowman. Hamish Hamilton, 1978 small folio, first edition, signed by the artist, extensively annotated throughout by Raymond Briggs, original illustrated boards, slight discolouration to boards and fixed endpapers Raymond Briggs is an award-winning writer and illustrator. He studied painting at the Slade, and his first work was in advertising, before winning great acclaim as a children’s book illustrator as well as teaching illustration at Brighton College of Art. Briggs has twice won the Kate Greenaway Medal, the UK’s principal illustration award; in 1966 for his fourth picture book, The Mother Goose Treasury, and again in 1973 for Father Christmas. The Snowman is one of the best-loved classic children’s books, known throughout the world. In 1982 it was made into an Academy-Award-nominated animated film, which is shown every year at Christmas in the UK. A live stage show, with music and lyrics by Howard Blake, has been running for over 15 years.
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“Many people have said that this book is a parable about death. That was not my intention, but my parents both died in 1971 and my wife, Jean, died in 1973. The book was published in 1978.”
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BROOKES, PETER Sign of the Times. The Robson Press, 2013 oblong small folio, first edition (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page), extra-illustrated with three new illustrations by Peter Brookes, original boards, dust-jacket Peter Brookes is the multi-award winning political cartoonist of The Times, a post he has held since 1992. He has contributed to many other magazines, including Radio Times, The Times Literary Supplement, New Society, New Statesman and The Listener. He has also produced illustrations for The Folio Society, Glyndebourne Opera, and Penguin Books. Brookes won Cartoonist of Year at the British Press Awards in 2002, 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Sign of the Times is the latest collection of Brookes’s stand-out pieces from his opinion page cartoons in The Times.
“…in this collection you will see how I drew Alex Salmond… before the campaign for Scottish independence properly took off. Early in 2014, after this volume was published, I decided to depict him always as Mickey Mouse…”
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BROWNE, ANTHONY Gorilla. Julia MacRae Books, 1983 oblong small folio, first edition, extra-illustrated with three new illustrations together with numerous annotations by Anthony Browne, original pictorial boards, minor soiling and abrasions to first three leaves Anthony Browne is an internationally-acclaimed author and illustrator of children’s books. Gorillas feature in many of his books, including one of his best-known works Gorilla, and his much-loved character Willy the Wimp. In 2000 he was the first British illustrator to win the Hans Christian Anderson award, the most prestigious award in the world for children’s books. He has been illustrator in residence at the Tate and in 20092011 he was appointed the sixth Children’s Laureate.
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Gorilla, published in 1983, has won a number of awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award, the New York Times Best Illustrated Book and The Boston Globe Book Award.
“I made the gorillas in the cage more realistic than Hannah’s gorilla. He’s something in-between a gorilla and something else (like the original Kong).”
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BURNINGHAM, JOHN–FLEMING, IAN Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The Magical Car. Jonathan Cape, 1964-1965 8vo, first editions, three volumes, extra-illustrated with three new illustrations by John Burningham, original pictorial boards, dust-jackets, some very minor scratches or soiling to dust-jacket John Burningham is an award-winning author and illustrator. His first book, Borka, the Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers, was published in 1963 and won the Kate Greenaway Medal, the UK’s principal illustration award. He won the medal again in 1970 for Mr Gumpy’s Outing. In 1964 after the success of Borka he was commissioned to do the illustrations for Ian Fleming’s novel Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is an enduring classic. Created by Ian Fleming for his son Caspar at bedtime, it was made into a 1968 film starring Dick Van Dyke. A hugely successful stage musical opened in London in 2002 and on Broadway in 2005.
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CARLIN, LAURA–HUGHES, TED The Iron Man. Walker Books / Faber & Faber, 2010 4to, first edition, number 33 of 150 copies with a signed print and artist’s own limitation label, extra-illustrated with two additional illustrations and single annotation by Laura Carlin, original illustrated boards, folding box with cut-out silhouette, original wrapping and box carton, minor tears to wrapping Laura Carlin has illustrated many books for Walker Books, the Folio Society and illustrates a weekly column in the Financial Times as well as being a regular contributor to Condé Nast Traveller, The New York Times, The Guardian and The New Statesman. Laura has been voted one of the fifty most influential creatives under thirty years of age by the Art Director’s Club of America. In October 2014 she published her first book as an author, A World of Your Own. Laura Carlin’s illustrations to The Iron Man won a V&A Illustration Award in 2011.
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“I gave myself a ‘way in’ by purposefully depicting the Iron Man with a shadow – interpreting Hughes’ empathy with the character as a ‘real’ being. That’s what’s so brilliant about the book…”
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CHICHESTER CLARK, EMMA I Love You, Blue Kangaroo! Andersen Press, 1998 4to, first edition (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page), extensively extra-illustrated with numerous new illustrations including several preliminary pencil drawings by Emma Chichester Clark, original pictorial boards Emma Chichester Clark studied at The Royal College of Art in Kensington, where her tutors were Quentin Blake and Michael Foreman. In 1988 she won the Mother Goose Award for the most exciting newcomer to British children’s book illustration for the anthology Listen to This. The book launched a highly successful career as an author and illustrator, including the hugely popular ‘Blue Kangaroo’ and ‘Melrose and Croc’ series. I Love You, Blue Kangeroo! is a modern children’s classic. Shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal, it is the first of seven in the Blue Kangeroo series.
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CHICHESTER CLARK, EMMA–CARROLL, LEWIS Alice in Wonderland. HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2009 4to, first edition (“1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2” on imprint page), extensively extra-illustrated with numerous new illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket Emma Chichester Clark is an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books. She has written and illustrated many of her own picture books and created accompanying artwork for numerous stories, picture books, anthologies, and retellings by other writers, including Roald Dahl, Anne Fine, Allan Ahlberg, John Yeoman and Geraldine McCaughrean. Alice in Wonderland is a picture book retelling of the original story by Lewis Carroll.
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CHILD, LAUREN I will not ever Never eat a tomato. Orchard Books, 2000 4to, first edition (“1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2” on imprint page), extraillustrated together with numerous annotations and mixed media tipped-in or laid-down by Lauren Child, original pictorial boards Lauren Child is an award-winning author and illustrator, best known for the Charlie and Lola picture book series and for her children’s novel Clarice Bean. Lauren Child’s humorous illustrations are produced through many different media including magazine cuttings, collage, material and photography as well as traditional watercolour. In 2010 she was awarded an MBE for services to literature. I will not ever Never eat a tomato is the first Charlie and Lola book, winning the Kate Greenaway Medal, the UK’s principal illustration award, in 2000. It came third in a public vote to find the ‘Greenaway of Greenaways’ to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005).
“I saw a little Danish girl when I was on a train from Copenhagen to Jutland. She was 3 I think and she looked like a pixie. When I returned home I drew her as I remembered her. I wanted to find a story for her and I searched though my notebook of ideas and found this…” 13
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COWELL, CRESSIDA How to Train Your Dragon... New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2004 8vo, first American edition (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page), extensively annotated and extra-illustrated throughout by Cressida Cowell including numerous loose inserted leaves, original illustrated boards Cressida Cowell is an award-winning author and illustrator. How to Train Your Dragon is set in a fictional Viking world and focuses on the experiences of protagonist Hiccup and his tribe as they train Dragons as pets. Cowell also writes picture books, including the award-winning Emily Brown books, illustrated by Neal Layton. How to Train Your Dragon has become a modern children’s classic. It is the first of eleven books in the Dragon series and was made into an award-winning feature film by DreamWorks Animation in 2010, with the second film in the series released in 2014.
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“Please do not blame the story... The story cannot help itself. For sometimes, we do not realise it at the time, but the story we are all a part of, is not just a story about Vikings and dragons. It is a story about growing up. And one of the things about growing-up, one of the inescapable, inevitable laws is that one day... One day... One day... It is going to happen. I am sorry, but it’s true.” FIRST EDITIONS: REDRAWN
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COX, PAUL–JEROME, JEROME K. Three Men in a Boat. Pavilion Books, 1989 4to, first edition (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page), extensively extra-illustrated including new dust-jacket) and approximately 80 other illustrations with paragraph of explanation by Paul Cox together with 11 leaves of preliminary pencil drawings in illustrated envelope, vignette dedication to the artist’s parents, original cloth with additional illustration, dust-jacket Acclaimed illustrator Paul Cox has worked for the Daily Telegraph, Country Life, The Spectator, The Sunday Times Magazine, Punch, The Times, Blueprint Magazine, Vanity Fair and Esquire. He has illustrated numerous classic titles for the Folio Society, including Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows (1993), eleven volumes of Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series of novels and five of the Blandings novels. Three Men in a Boat has been translated into many languages and since its publication in 1889 has never been out of print.
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FANELLI, SARA–ROSE, EMMA–COLLODI, CARLO Pinocchio. Walker Books, 2003 small 4to, first edition (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page), extensively extra-illustrated with numerous new illustrations and mixed media laid-down by Sara Fanelli, original illustrated boards, slipcase Sara Fanelli is an award-winning author and illustrator who divides her time between writing her own books and commercial illustration commissions. She has twice been overall winner of the V&A Illustration Award and has won two D&AD Pencils. Her work has been exhibited in galleries all over the world and in 2006 she became the first woman illustrator to be elected an Honorary Royal Designer for Industry.
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FOREMAN, MICHAEL War Boy. Pavilion Books, 1989 oblong small folio, first edition (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page), extra-illustrated with an additional illustration and extensively annotated throughout by Michael Foreman, original boards, dust-jacket, very minor tear to head of dust-jacket Award-winning writer and illustrator Michael Foreman has won numerous awards for his illustration including the Kate Greenaway Medal twice (Long Neck and Thunder Foot and Sleeping Beauty and Other Favourite Fairy Tales and War Boy) and the Kurt Maschler Award (Sleeping Beauty and Other Favourite Fairy Tales). He was elected a Royal Designer for Industry in 1985 and his work is represented in the collection of the V&A Museum. War Boy was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1989.
“Of all the places in our house for a fire bomb to land… it landed in the fireplace! A lucky start for a very lucky life.”
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GENTLEMAN, DAVID. David Gentleman’s London. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1985 4to, first edition, extra-illustrated with two full-page illustrations with numerous annotations by David Gentleman, original cloth, dust-jacket, dust-jacket price-clipped David Gentleman is an eminent watercolourist, lithographer, wood engraver and designer. His platform-length mural at Charing Cross underground station is well-known to Londoners; he has illustrated numerous books, published lithographs and screenprints and designed British postage stamps. His work is represented in Tate Britain, the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and in private collections. David Gentleman’s London is a beautifully illustrated book covering London from the inner city to the outer limits.
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“Changes since 1985 – London now richer, busier, more unfair, more cosmopolitan, more contrasts… Single great asset: the Thames, because it can’t be built on and offers space and distance and views.”
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GILLIAM, TERRY Animations of Mortality. Eyre Methuen, 1978 small folio, first edition, extra-illustrated with a double-page illustration by Terry Gilliam, original boards, dust-jacket Terry Gilliam is a writer, illustrator, animator, screenwriter, film director, actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe. Nominated for an Academy Award for the original screenplay for Brazil in 1985, he has won multiple international awards for his work, including an Academy Fellowship of BAFTA in 2009. In June 2014 he directed Berlioz’s rarelyperformed Benvenuto Cellini for English National Opera. Animations of Mortality - a parody of the Wordsworth ode “Intimations of Immortality” - details Gilliam’s world-famous animation techniques.
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INGMAN, BRUCE–AHLBERG, ALLAN The Pencil. Walker Books, 2008 4to, first edition (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page), extra-illustrated with three illustrations together with numerous annotations by Bruce Ingman, signed by Allan Ahlberg, 9 page photocopy of original typescript (signed with an illustration of a pencil) by Bruce Ingman loosely inserted, 1 page photocopy of original handwritten notes loosely inserted, original pictorial boards Bruce Ingman is an acclaimed author and illustrator who has exhibited worldwide. His first book When Martha’s Away won The National Art Library Award in 1996, and in the same year he also won the prestigious Mother Goose Award for the most exciting British newcomer to children’s books. The Pencil is a modern children’s classic, and one of several collaborations with award-winning author Allan Ahlberg.
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“The Pencil was originally going to be a book with very few words… A little while later this most fantastic story with lots of words arrived in the post!”
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JEFFERS, OLIVER Lost and Found. HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2005 4to, first edition (“1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2” on imprint page), extra-illustrated with several illustrations together with numerous annotations by Oliver Jeffers, original illustrated boards, dust-jacket Oliver Jeffers is an award-winning author and illustrator. His picture books How to Catch a Star, Lost and Found, and The Incredible Book Eating Boy are international bestsellers, highly acclaimed by critics and have won numerous respected awards. Lost and Found won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 2005, the Blue Peter Book Award in 2006 and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. A 2008 animated film by Studio AKA won over 60 international awards, including the BAFTA for best children’s animation.
“It was difficult to make a penguin look sad. So I gave it MORE of a NECK in this one to heighten the body language.” 21
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KERR, JUDITH The Tiger who came to tea. Collins, 1968 small 4to, first edition, extra-illustrated with a new illustration together with numerous annotations by Judith Kerr, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket, dust-jacket price-clipped Judith Kerr is an acclaimed author and illustrator who is best known for her children’s picture books, including The Tiger who came to tea and the seventeen-strong Mog series, and novels such as When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, which tells the story of the rise of the Nazis in 1930s Germany from a child’s perspective. She was awarded an OBE in 2012 for for services to children’s literature and Holocaust education. The Tiger who came to tea is one of the all time classic children’s books, selling millions of copies and never out of print since its first publication in 1968. It has also been the subject of an Olivier-nominated West End play with songs and lyrics by David Wood.
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“The publishers weren’t sure about the tiger drinking all the water in the tap. ‘Not very realistic,’ they said – which seemed odd in view of the rest of the story”
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KITSON, LINDA The Falklands War – A Visual Diary by Linda Kitson The Official War Artist. Royal College of Art, 1982 small folio, first edition, number 168 of 1000 copies signed and numbered by the artist, extra-illustrated with eight pages of preliminary sketches by Linda Kitson loosely inserted, original morocco-backed cloth by Zaehnsdorf, upper joint slightly chipped Linda Kitson was commissioned by the Imperial War Museum as the official war artist with the Falklands Task Force in 1982, and was the first British female artist to be officially commissioned to accompany troops going into battle. Many of her drawings are now part of the Imperial War Museum’s art collection. She has taught illustration at Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of Art and Design, City and Guilds Art School and the Royal College of Art. The Falklands War - A Visual Diary is a beautifully illustrated account of the the daily life of the troops and the conditions under which they had to operate.
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LAWRENCE, JOHN–ADAMS, RICHARD Watership Down. Penguin Books/Kestrel Books, 1976 8vo, first illustrated edition, extra-illustrated with numerous new illustrations by John Lawrence, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, slipcase, some minor abrasions to dustjacket spine John Lawrence is an eminent English illustrator and woodengraver. He has illustrated a large number of books for both adults and children, and has twice won The Francis Williams Award for illustration (sponsored by the Victoria and Albert Museum), and twice been runner-up for the Kurt Maschler Award. His artwork is included in collections all over the world, including the V&A Museum and the Ashmolean Museum. Watership Down, first published in 1972, is still one of Penguin’s best-selling books of all time with sales of more than fifty million copies.
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MCKEAN, DAVE–GAIMAN, NEIL Coraline. Burton: Subterranean Press, 2007 8vo, number 574 of 1000 copies signed by the author and artist, extra-illustrated with an additional illustration by Dave McKean, original cloth, dust-jacket Dave McKean is an award-winning illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician. He has collaborated extensively with author Neil Gaiman on picture books, covers for the celebrated Sandman series and children’s novels, including Coraline. His feature film Luna won Best British Feature Award at the 2014 Raindance Film Festival. Coraline won the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novella, the 2003 Nebula Award for Best Novella and the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers. It was made into an Academy Award-nominated animated film written and directed by Henry Selick.
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MCKEE, DAVID Elmer. Andersen Press, 1989 small 4to, first edition thus (“1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10” on imprint page), extra-illustrated with double-page illustration by David McKee, original pictorial boards David McKee is an acclaimed author and illustrator, bestknown for illustrating children’s books and the creation of much-loved classics including Elmer, Not Now Bernard and Mr Benn. He has also illustrated books for other authors, including some of the Paddington Bear books. In 2006 he was UK nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the most prestigious award in the world for children’s books. Elmer is one of the world’s most-loved children’s characters, published in more than twenty languages. This is the first edition of the book published by Anderson Press. The work was originally published by Dobson in 1968.
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OXENBURY, HELEN–ROSEN, MICHAEL We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Walker Books, 1989 oblong small folio, first edition, extra-illustrated with an additional illustration by Helen Oxenbury, original boards, dust-jacket Helen Oxenbury is an award-winning author and illustrator of picture books. She has won numerous awards and is a two-time winner and four-time runner up for the annual Kate Greenaway Medal. For the fiftieth anniversary of that Medal (1955–2005) her 1999 illustrated edition of Alice in Wonderland was named one of the top ten winning works. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is an enduring children’s classic and winner of the Nestle Smarties Book Prize.
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REGO, PAULA Nursery Rhymes. The Folio Society, 1994 4to, first edition, numerous annotations throughout by Paula Rego, original cloth-backed boards, slipcase, slipcase slightly faded in places Paula Rego is an eminent painter and printmaker who is particularly well-known for her paintings and prints based on storybooks and folk tales. She was the first associate artist at the National Gallery in 1989-1990 and was created a Dame of the British Empire in 2010. Her artwork has been exhibited internationally, and is in the public collection of the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery and Tate, among others. Nursery Rhymes contains some of Rego’s most distinctive and well-known images.
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RIDDELL, CHRIS–JENKINS, MARTIN– SWIFT, JONATHAN Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver. Walker Books, 2004 oblong small folio, first edition (“2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 5 3 1” on imprint page), extra-illustrated with several illustrations together with numerous annotations by Chris Riddell, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket Chris Riddell is an award-winning author and illustrator and political cartoonist for the Observer. He is known for his work on the children’s fantasy series The Edge Chronicles, has written and illustrated a number of picture books, and writes and also illustrates the award-winning Ottoline young fiction series. He has twice won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal (for Gulliver and Pirate Diary). Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver by Chris Riddell is a modern day re-telling by Martin Jenkins of the four extraordinary voyages of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver and won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2004.
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ROSS, TONY–SIMON, FRANCESCA Horrid Henry’s Nightmare. Orion Children’s Books, 2013 8vo, first edition (“1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2” on imprint page), extraillustrated with three illustrations and annotations by Tony Ross, original pictorial wrappers Tony Ross is one of Britain’s best-known creators of original and traditional picture books. For twenty years he has been illustrating the Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon. For his contribution as a children’s illustrator he was UK nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2004. Horrid Henry’s Nightmare is the twenty-second book in the Horrid Henry series, which has won multiple awards and sold millions of copies worldwide.
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ROSS, TONY–WALLIAMS, DAVID Demon Dentist. HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2013 8vo, first edition (“1” on imprint page), extra-illustrated with four new illustrations by Tony Ross and extensively annotated throughout by David Walliams, original illustrated boards, dust-jacket Tony Ross has illustrated over 800 books, which are published all over the world in countries as far apart as the USA, Japan, and Greenland. As well as writing his own books, including the highly successful Little Princess books, he has illustrated books for many other authors, including Roald Dahl, Michael Palin, Paula Danziger and David Walliams, the UK’s number one bestselling children’s book author. Demon Dentist is the sixth children’s book by David Walliams, and the fourth to be illustrated by Tony Ross. It won the National Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year in 2014.
“The first line of the book is always the hardest to write”
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SCARFE, GERALD The Making of Pink Floyd The Wall. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2010 folio, first edition (“10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1” on imprint page), extra-illustrated with two full-page illustrations (comprising new dust-jacket) with numerous annotations and mixed media tipped-in by Gerald Scarfe, original boards, dust-jacket Gerald Scarfe is an eminent cartoonist and illustrator, working as political cartoonist for the London Sunday Times for 44 years. He collaborated with Pink Floyd on the album, tour and film of Pink Floyd The Wall and was often regarded as the fifth member of the band. He has designed the sets and costumes for many plays, operas and musicals in London, the US and New Zealand and his work has been exhibited worldwide. He was awarded a CBE in 2008. The Making of Pink Floyd The Wall is the definitive book of The Wall, and includes contributions from all the members of Pink Floyd as well as the the director of the film, Alan Parker.
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SCHEFFLER, AXEL–JULIA DONALDSON The Gruffalo. Macmillan Children’s Books, 2007 4to, first edition of the “Gift Edition” (“1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2” on imprint page), annotated by Julia Donaldson and extensively extra-illustrated with numerous new illustrations by Axel Scheffler, original cloth gilt, slipcase Axel Scheffler is an award-winning illustrator best-known for his collaborations with author Julia Donaldson, including The Gruffalo. Axel has also illustrated novelty titles for younger readers such as Noisy Farm and The Bedtime Bear, as well as the Pip and Posy series. The Gruffalo is a modern classic children’s book which has sold over five million copies worldwide and been translated into fifty languages.
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SHARRATT, NICK–WILSON, JACQUELINE The Story of Tracy Beaker. Doubleday, 1991 8vo, first edition, extra-illustrated with two new illustrations together with numerous annotations by Nick Sharratt, annotation by Jacqueline Wilson, original boards, dust-jacket, dust-jacket torn with some wear to extremities Nick Sharratt is an award-winning children’s book illustrator and writer. He has illustrated books for authors including Julia Donaldson, Jeremy Strong, Michael Rosen, Giles Andreae, Kaye Umansky and Kes Gray and has also written around forty of his own books. His best-known collaboration is with Jacqueline Wilson on the Tracy Beaker books. The Story of Tracy Beaker has sold millions of copies worldwide and was the most lent library book in the UK over the past decade.
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SIMMONDS, POSY Gemma Bovery. Jonathan Cape, 1999 8vo, first edition (“2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1” on imprint page), extraillustrated with four illustrations and numerous annotations by Posy Simmons, facsimile leaves from sketchbooks tipped-in together with four leaves of original drawings loosely inserted in an envelope, original boards, dust-jacket Posy Simmonds is an award-winning newspaper cartoonist for The Guardian and a writer and illustrator of children’s books. Her graphic novels Gemma Bovery and Tamara Drewe were originally published as comic strips in The Guardian. She was awarded an MBE in 2002. Gemma Bovery has been made into a French film starring Gemma Arterton and directed by Anne Fontaine, and released in September 2014.
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TAN, SHAUN The Arrival. Melbourne: Lothian Books, 2006 4to, first edition, extra-illustrated with an additional illustration by Shaun Tan, original pictorial boards Shaun Tan is an award-winning writer, illustrator and film-maker whose books have won numerous awards and been widely translated throughout Europe, Asia and South America. In 2011, for his contribution to children’s and young adult literature, Tan won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council, the biggest prize in children’s literature. The Arrival, a wordless graphic novel, has won numerous awards including New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2007, Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2007 and Picture Book of the Year 2007 from the Children’s Book Council of Australia.
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TAN, SHAUN The Bird King and other sketches. Victoria: Windy Hollow Books, 2010 8vo, first edition, extra-illustrated with an additional illustration by Shaun Tan, original cloth-backed boards Shaun Tan is an artist who works in a variety of mediums. In addition to writing and illustrating picture books he has worked as a theatre designer, and as a concept artist for the films Horton Hears a Who and Pixar’s WALL-E. He is currently directing a short film with Passion Pictures Australia. In 2011 he won an Academy Award for his 15-minute animation short film of his 2000 picture book The Lost Thing. The Bird King is book of sketches, artwork, and personal reflection which gives a fascinating insight into Shaun Tan’s creative process. In 2014 the book won the USBBY Outstanding International Book Award.
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WILDSMITH, BRIAN ABC. Oxford University Press, 1962 oblong small folio, first edition, extra-illustrated with an additional illustration (with a second illustration loosely inserted) and a typed note signed by Brian Wildsmith, four folders or envelopes include additional facsimile leaves including material relating to the Kate Greenaway Medal, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, some minor soiling, binding and dust-jacket frayed at extremities Brian Wildsmith is an internationally renowned, award-winning illustrator of children’s picture books. He has written and illustrated over eighty books and exhibited his work interationally. His first picture book, ABC, won the Kate Greenaway Award in 1962, and four of his works were subsequently commended runners up. In 1994, the Brian Wildsmith Art Museum was established in Izukogen, a town south of Tokyo, Japan. Brian Wildsmith’s ABC is an all time classic picture book that has never been out of print since it was published. In 1962 it won the Kate Greenaway Medal.
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ABSENTEE/TELEPHONE BIDDING FORM Sale Number L14910 I Sale Title FIRST EDITIONS: REDRAWN I Sale Date 8 DECEMBER 2014 Please see the important information regarding absentee bidding on the reverse of this form. Forms should be completed in ink and emailed, mailed or faxed to the Bid Department at the details below. SOTHEBY’S ACCOUNT NUMBER (IF KNOWN) TITLE
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GUIDE FOR ABSENTEE AND TELEPHONE BIDDERS If you are unable to attend an auction in person, you may give Sotheby’s Bid Department instructions to bid on your behalf by completing the form overleaf. This service is confidential and available at no additional charge. General
Conditions of Absentee & Telephone Bidding
Before the Auction We will try and purchase the lot(s) of your choice for the lowest price possible (dependent on the reserve price and other bids) and never for more than the maximum bid amount you indicate. Where appropriate, your bids will be rounded down to the nearest amount consistent with the auctioneer’s bidding increments. Please place your bids as early as possible, as in the event of identical absentee bids the earliest received will take precedence. Bids should be submitted at least twenty-four hours before the auction. If bidding by telephone, we suggest that you leave a maximum bid which we can execute on your behalf in the event we are unable to reach you. Multi-lingual staff are available to execute bids for you. Please refer to Condition 5 of the Conditions of Business printed in this catalogue.
Please note that the execution of absentee and telephone bids is offered as an additional service for no extra charge. Such bids are executed at the bidder’s risk and undertaken subject to Sotheby’s other commitments at the time of the auction. Sotheby’s therefore cannot accept liability for any reasonable error or failure to place such bids. All bids are subject to the Conditions of Business applicable to the sale printed in the sale catalogue. Buyer’s premium in the amount stated in paragraph 2 of Buying at Auction in the back of the sale catalogue will be added to the hammer price as part of the total purchase price, plus any applicable taxes and charges. Bids will be executed for the lowest price as is permitted by other bids or reserves. Where appropriate your written bids will be rounded down to the nearest amount consistent with the auctioneer’s bidding increments.
After the Auction Successful bidders will receive an invoice detailing their purchases and giving instructions for payment and clearance of goods. If you are bidding for items marked with a ‘W’ in the catalogue, we recommend you contact us on the afternoon of the sale to check whether you have been successful. These items will be sent to Sotheby’s Greenford Park Fine Art Storage Facility immediately following the sale and therefore buyers are requested to arrange early collection of their goods as they will be subject to handling and storage charges after 30 days.
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From time to time, Sotheby’s may ask clients to provide personal information about themselves or obtain information about clients from third parties (e.g. credit information). If you provide Sotheby’s with information that is defined by law as “sensitive”, you agree that Sotheby’s Companies may use it: in connection with the management and operation of our business and the marketing and supply of Sotheby’s Companies’ services, or as required by law. Sotheby’s Companies will not use or process sensitive information for any other purpose without your express consent. If you would like further information on Sotheby’s policies on personal data, to opt out of receiving marketing material, or to make corrections to your information please contact us on +44 (0)20 7293 6667. In order to fulfil the services clients have requested, Sotheby’s may disclose information to third parties (e.g. shippers). Some countries do not offer equivalent legal protection of personal information to that offered within the EU. It is Sotheby’s policy to require that any such third parties respect the privacy and confidentiality of our clients’ information and provide the same level of protection for clients’ information as provided within the EU, whether or not they are located in a country that offers equivalent legal protection of personal information. By signing this Absentee and Telephone Bidding Form you agree to such disclosure. Please note that for security purposes Sotheby’s premises are subject to video recording. Telephone calls e.g. telephone bidding/voicemail messages may also be recorded.
This form should be used for one sale only. Please indicate the sale number, sale title and sale date in the space provided at the top of the form if it is not already pre-populated. Please record accurately the lot numbers, descriptions and the maximum hammer price you are willing to pay for each lot. Instructions to “BUY” or unlimited bids will not be accepted. Bids must be numbered in the same order as the lots appear in the catalogue. Alternate bids for items can be made by placing the word “OR” between lot numbers. This means if your bid on an early lot is successful, we will not continue to bid on subsequent lots for you. Or, if your early bids are unsuccessful, we will continue to execute bids for the remaining lots listed on your absentee bidding form. If you are arranging a telephone bid, please clearly specify the telephone number on which you can be reached at the time of the sale, including the country code. We will call you from the saleroom shortly before the relevant lot is offered. New Clients
If you have opened a new account with Sotheby’s since 1 December 2002, and have not already provided appropriate identification, you will be asked to present documentation confirming your identity before your property or sale proceeds can be released to you. We may also contact you to request a bank reference. Please provide government issued photographic identification such as a passport, identity card or drivers licence and confirm your permanent address.
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In the event that you are successful, payment is due immediately after the sale unless otherwise agreed in advance. Payment may be made by bank transfer, credit card (subject to a surcharge), debit card, cheque or cash (up to US$10,000 equivalent). You will be sent full details on how to pay with your invoice.
CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS FOR THE HOUSE OF ILLUSTRATION AUCTION TO BE HELD ON 8 DECEMBER AT SOTHEBY’S NEW BOND STREET PREMISES The property offered in this sale and listed in this catalogue will be sold by House of Illustration, registered with the Charity Commissioners under number 1095210. Any questions in relation to the auction should be directed to House of Illustration and not to Sotheby’s, which serves merely as auctioneer for House of Illustration in conducting the sale and participates on the following terms and conditions which govern the sale of all the property offered (as amended by any posted notices or oral announcements during the auction): 1. (a) Neither Sotheby’s nor House of Illustration assumes any risk, liability or responsibility for the authenticity or the authorship of any property identified in this catalogue (that is, the identity of the creator or the period, culture, source or origin, as the case may be, with which the creation of any property is identified herein). (b) All property is sold with all faults and imperfections and errors of description and neither Sotheby’s nor House of Illustration makes any representations or warranties of any kind or nature, expressed or implied, with respect to the property and in no event shall either of them be responsible for the correctness of any descriptions of property, nor be deemed to have made, any representations or warranties of physical condition, size, quality, rarity, importance, genuineness, attribution, authenticity or provenance of the property. No statement in the auction catalogue or other description made at the sale, in any sale invoice or elsewhere, shall be deemed such a representation or warranty. (c) Prospective bidders should inspect the property before bidding to determine its condition, size and whether or not it has been repaired or restored. (d) Property may be offered subject to reserves. 2. Any property may be withdrawn by Sotheby’s or House of Illustration at any time before the actual sale. 3. Unless otherwise announced by the auctioneer at the time of sale, all bids are per lot as numbered in the catalogue. 4. Sotheby’s and House of Illustration reserve the right to reject a bid from any bidder. The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer shall be the purchaser. In the event of any dispute between bidders, the auctioneer shall have sole and final discretion either to determine the successful bidder or to re-offer and resell the lot in dispute. If any dispute arises after the sale, the sale records of House of Illustration shall be conclusive in all respects. 5. If the auctioneer determines that any opening bid is not commensurate with the value of the property, he may reject
the same and withdraw the property from sale, and if, having acknowledged an opening bid, he decides that any advance thereafter is insufficient, he may reject the advance. 6. On the fall of the auctioneer’s hammer, the highest bidder shall be deemed to have purchased the offered lot subject to all of the conditions set forth herein and thereupon (a) assumes the risk and responsibility thereof, (b) will sign a confirmation of purchase thereof and (c) will pay the full purchase price or such part as House of Illustration may require. House of Illustration will not release a lot to a successful buyer until payment of the total amount due has been made. After payment, the purchaser shall remove the Property from Sotheby’s premises (if held at Sotheby’s). If the property is not so removed, it may be sent by House of Illustration at its discretion to storage for the account, risk and expense of the purchaser and such charges will then be added to the purchase price of the property. If the foregoing conditions and other applicable conditions are not complied with, in addition to other remedies available to House of Illustration by law including, without limitation, the right to hold the purchaser liable for the bid price, House of Illustration, at its option, may either (a) cancel the sale, retaining as liquidated damages all payments made by the purchaser or (b) resell the property on three days notice to the purchaser and for the account and risk of the purchaser, either publicly or privately, and in such event the purchaser shall be liable for payment of any shortfall between the original sale price and the price achieved upon resale, all other charges due hereunder and any incidental damages. 7. Payments for purchases must be made in Sterling and in the following forms; cash, cheque (backed by cheque guarantee card) and all major credit cards. 8. In the case of commission bids or bids transmitted by telephone, Sotheby’s and House of Illustration are not responsible for errors or omissions arising out of or resulting from mechanical difficulties or failure. 9. In no circumstances will Sotheby’s or House of Illustration rescind any purchase made or refund the amount paid in respect of any lot. 10. Neither shipping nor delivery costs are included in the price at which a lot is knocked down by the auctioneer to the buyer. 11. These Conditions of Sale, as well as the purchaser’s, House of Illustration’s and Sotheby’s respective rights and obligations hereunder, shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. By bidding at an auction, whether present in person or by agent, commission bid, telephone or other means, the purchaser shall be deemed to have consented to the exclusive jurisdiction of Courts of England and Wales.
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