Modern First Editions & Children's Books, Original Illustrations & Artwork, Playing Cards

Aldin (Cecil Charles Windsor, 1870-1935). St Bernard, watercolour, depicting a large dog standing in profile against a wall, head turned towards t...

Ardizzone (Edward, 1900-1979). Downside Abbey - The Tower, circa 1964, lithograph on wove paper, depicting Downside Abbey school boys huddled and...

Ardizzone (Edward, 1900-1979). The Beard was Black. Ran Towards the Hedge, pen and ink, depicting the shadowy figure of a man running off to the r...

Ardizzone (Edward, 1900-1979). The Queen, pen and ink, depicting a lady dressed regally with a crown sitting on a throne on a rooftop, her head sl...

Austen (Winifred Marie Louise, 1876-1964). Ducklings, watercolour on paper, 17 x 20.5 cm mount aperture, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance:...

Birk (Hans, Dietrich 1916-1997). The Story of Little Puck and the Slippers, 1945, 11 watercolours, depicting various scenes featuring Puck the gob...

Blake (Quentin, 1932-). Heavy Load, pen, ink and pencil, depicting a woman carrying two heavy baskets, signed lower left, 25.3 x 17.7cm (10 x 7ins...

Blyton, Enid. Famous Five illustrations, 1977-84, pen, ink & watercolour, monochrome and colour, depicting various scenes showing the Famous Five ...

Bright (Henry, 1810/14-1873). At Gipsy Hill Station, 1867, watercolour and ink, depicting a woman in contemporary dress sitting in a railway carri...

Brooke (Leonard, Leslie 1862-1940). Fairy Tales, circa 1930, watercolour and pen and ink on board, 14 illustrations (3 colour, 11 black & white), ...

Brooke (Leonard, Leslie 1862-1940). Fairy Tales, [1905], watercolour, pen and ink on board, 5 colour illustrations produced for The Golden Goose B...

Brooke (Leonard, Leslie 1862-1940). The Golden Goose, [1904], pen and ink on thin artists board, 20 original illustrations from The Golden Goose, ...

Burra (Edward, 1905-1976). Woman's Head/Male Nude Torso, brown ink, depicting a woman's head, looking slightly to the right, eyes cast down, E. J ...

Campbell (Barbara, Mary, 20th Century). Barbara Lamb, [1944], watercolour, pencil, pen and ink, original illustrations for Barbara Lamb, including...

Campbell (Barbara, Mary, 20th Century). The Three Jolly Boatmen, [1953], watercolour, gouache, pencil, pen and ink, 2 on acetate overlay, original...

Fortnum (Peggy, 1919-2016). Original illustrations, [1956], pen and ink and watercolour, 20 black and white illustrations produced for Bel the Gia...

Gough (Philip, 1908-1986). 10 original illustrations for Barlasch of the Guard by H. S. Merriman, London: J.M. Dent, [1971], ten original illustra...

Gough (Philip). 10 original illustrations for The Theatre by Ruth Robinson, illustrated by Philip Gough, London: Oliver & Boyd, [1968], ten origin...

Gough (Philip). Three original colour illustrations to Grimm's Fairy Tales (one for Rapunzel and two for The Clever Brothers), and twenty-four ori...

Gough (Philip, 1908-1986). Two stage set designs for 'The Two Bouquets', 1953, gouache with traces of pencil on wove paper, each titled and dated ...

Gough (Philip, 1908-1986). A Lunatic's Love Song, circa 1950s, pen, coloured inks, watercolour and gouache on artist's board, with mounted type wr...

Gough (Philip, 1908-1986). An archive of photographs, press cuttings, printed dustwrappers, theatre programs, and other illustrations relating to ...

Gough (Philip, 1908-1986). Fifteen original illustrations for The Balloon People by Ann Stone, London: Lutterworth Press, [1971], fifteen original...

Greenaway (Kate, 1846-1901). Throwing the Peel to get a Letter, pencil, depicting a woman and man together in the countryside, the woman has her s...

Hassall (John, 1868-1948). Cat with Knot in Tail, circa 1910, pen and ink, depicting a cat laying on its side with front paws crossed underneath i...

Hassall (John, 1868-1948). Fairy Tales, circa 1930-33, mainly pen and ink on board plus some watercolour, (6 colour), showing original illustratio...

Hocknell (Lilian, 1891-1977). Chilprufe for Children [1920s], 12 original pen and ink drawings on board, depicting various scenes including childr...

Hughes (Shirley, 1927-). He Led Hans into the Princess's Pleasure Garden, pen and ink on paper, depicting the Old King and John standing in the ga...

Jaques (Faith, 1923-1997). A Hero of our Time, 1966, pen and ink, depicting a man and woman in early 19th century clothing on horseback, horses st...

Johnson (Jane, 1951-). Henny has laid a fresh warm egg, watercolour, depicting two children in a Spring time garden, one approaching a chicken on ...

Le Cain (Errol, John 1941-1990). Encounter by a Gnarled Tree, (illustration for The Twelve Dancing Princesses by the Brothers Grimm), 1977, pen an...

Le Cain (Errol John, 1941-1990). A Sea Deity, possibly Amphitrite, watercolour, highlighted with bodycolour, depicting a fantastical sea deity wit...

Leech (John 1817-1864). 'A Peculiar Kind of Sensation caused amongst the dirty little boys by the appearance of Bloomers', 1851, watercolour and g...

Macbeth-Raeburn (Henry, 1860-1947). Head of an Arab Woman, monochrome watercolour, depicting the head and shoulders of a woman wearing a Middle Ea...

Pearse (Susan Beatrice, 1878-1980). 'The Magic Fishbone', 1911, 2 colour and 3 grisaille watercolour, original illustrations, depicting different ...

Peter Pan. Four etched illustrations for J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, circa 1910, 4 drypoint etchings on cream Whatman wove paper, illustrating J.M. ...

Rackham (Arthur, 1867-1939). Woman Standing, Head on One Side, pencil, depicting a seated woman with her head bowed reading a book, 20.8 x 12.5 cm...

Reed (Edward Tennyson, 1860-1933). 'A Deputation of the Unemployed', 1906, pencil, depicting two gentlemen sitting down talking to each other, to ...

Reed (Edward Tennyson , 1860-1933). 'Not Idle Hands but Free Loafers', pencil, depicting a gentleman standing on the left in a long overcoat, hat ...

Reed (Edward Tennyson , 1860-1933). The Bearded Don, pencil on paper, depicting six scenes all featuring a gentleman being humorously examined, si...

Searle (Ronald, 1920-2011). "And how are we feeling this morning?", 1952, pen and ink on letterheaded paper 'Ronald Searle, 32 Newton Road London ...

Searle (Ronald, 1920-2011). King Penguin, 1951, pen and ink, depiciting a frightened man riding a horse looking back towards a flying cape, wig an...

Searle (Ronald, 1920-2011). Pay TV Movie Guide, 1984, pen and black ink on paper, depicting a line of varying characters walking across from left ...

Searle (Ronald, 1920-2011). Soldier, circa 1974, colour celluloid, depicting a soldier holding a long wooden stick with a spike on the end, his ot...

Searle (Ronald, 1920-2011). The Mourners Mourned from Souls in Torment, circa 1953, pen and black ink and wash over pencil, depicting a smiling ma...

Searle (Ronald, 1920-2011). 'The Stalls', circa 1952, pen, brown and black ink, depicting men and women in their finery sitting in the first three...

Geisel (Theodor Seuss, 'Dr. Seuss', 1904-1991), Head of a yellow animal, pen and ink, depicting a yellow long necked animal in profile with eyes s...

Geisel (Theodor Seuss, 'Dr. Seuss', 1904-1991). Horton the Elephant, blue and red thick coloured pencils, depicting Horton the elephant standing i...

Geisel (Theodor Seuss, 'Dr. Seuss', 1904-1991). One fish...two fish, Red fish, Blue fish, pen and black ink and blue and red pencil, depicting one...

Geisel (Theodor Seuss, 'Dr. Seuss', 1904-1991). Sneetches, pen and ink and crayon, depicting one large yellow bird like creature with a white ruff...

Geisel (Theodor Seuss, 'Dr. Seuss', 1904-1991). The Cat in the Hat, 1972, blue and red pen and ink on envelope, depicting head and shoulders of Ca...

Geisel (Theodor Seuss, 'Dr. Seuss', 1904-1991). The Cat in the Hat, blue and red pencil, depicting a cat with a red bow tie wearing a red and whit...

Geisel (Theodor Seuss, 'Dr. Seuss', 1904-1991). Yertle the Turtle, blue and black felt tip pen, depicting a blue turtle sitting upright with his b...

Sharp (Dorothea, 1874-1955). Studies of Children, 6 pencil studies framed as one, each depicting studies of children undertaking different activit...

Shepard (Ernest Howard, 1879-1976). Sickly Child, pencil study, depicting a young child standing slightly hunched over, eyes barely open, 15.2 x 7...

Shepard (Ernest Howard, 1879-1976). Coaxing Pan, pencil drawing for Punch Magazine, depicting a woman and a boy, the woman coaxing a mythical crea...

Shepard (Ernest Howard, 1879-1976). Devon, pen and ink, heightened with white bodycolour, vignettes depicting gentlemen dressed in 16th century at...

Shepard (Ernest Howard, 1879-1976). 'Mary She's in Eglinton', pen and ink on Whatman drawing board, heightened with white bodycolour, vignettes, o...

Shepard (Ernest Howard, 1879-1976). Tony Points at Mole, Pencil sketch for Punch Magazine, depicting a gentleman dressed in hunting attire, holdin...

Shepard (Ernest, Howard 1879-1976). 'All the Pigeons come to his call' (illustration for The Brownies and other Stories by Mrs J.H Ewing), [1954],...