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Lot 142 · Virtue | Post-War and Contemporary Art

DULAC, Edmund

Edmund Dulac · watercolor on illustration card, matted and framed

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Estimate
$30,000–$40,000 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Christie's — Virtue | Post-War and Contemporary Art, New York · 13 December 2006
Dimensions
13¾ x 10 1/8 in. (352 x 258 mm), sheet size
Record ID
TB-2026-5606547
Record
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Edmund Dulac, DULAC, Edmund. Christie's, 13 Dec 2006, lot 142. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5606547.

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[AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS]. Collection of early American Children's … [AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS]. Collection of early American Children's books. Various places, various dates. Bound in uniform blue morocco, most original covers bound in. $400–$600
[AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS]. Melodies from the Old Arm Chair or a Col… [AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS]. Melodies from the Old Arm Chair or a Collection of the Most Popular Songs . New York: Slater, n.d. -- Jack and the Bean-Stalk . New York: Hewet, n.d. -- The Story of Little John . Boston: Putnam & Hunt, 1829. -- The Story of a Bell . Boston: Brown, Taggard and Chase, n.d. -- A History of Beasts . New York: American Tract Society, n.d. -- GALLAUDET, T.H. The Child's Book of Bible Stories, with Practical Illustrations and Remarks . New York: American Tract Society, 1836. -- The Tales of Peter Parley about Asia . Philadelphia: Desilver, Thomas and Co., 1836. -- ABBOTT, John S.C. A Visit to the Mountains; or a Narrative of an Excursion into the Country . Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1844. -- The Lady's Vase, or Polite Manual for Young Ladies . Hartford: Parsons, 1847. -- EDGEWORTH, Maria. The Fireside Story Book . Philadelphia and New York: Appleton, 1847. -- FLETCHER, J.M. The Golden Gift . Nashua, NH: Buffum, 1848. -- HUGHS, Mrs. The Mother's Birthday; or, the Broken Vase; and Little Boys and Little Girls . Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1849. -- MANTEL, Trauer. Children's Trials; or, the Little Rope-Dancers and Other Tales . Boston: Crosby, Nichols, 1855. -- MADISON, Uncle. Our Little Boy's Book . Boston: Usher, n.d. -- EDGEWORTH, Maria. Waste Not Want Not . Boston: Carter, n.d. -- TILTON, Theodore. The Fly . New York: Sheldon & Co., 1865. -- "Oliver OPTIC." The Gold Thimble . Boston: Lea and Shepard, 1869. -- My Picture Book . New York: American Tract Society, n.d. -- BROWN, Margaret Wise. Little Fur Family . New York: Harper and Brothers, 1946. Together 19 volumes, most in original wrappers or cloth, condition varies. [ With: ] ROSENBACH, A.S.W. Early American Children's Books . Portlans: The Southworth Press, 1933. 4 o. Full turquoise morocco. LIMITED EDITION, number 448 of 585 copies signed by Rosenbach. (20) $300–$500
BARRIE, James Matthew, Sir (1860-1937). Peter Pan in Kensington Garde… BARRIE, James Matthew, Sir (1860-1937). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens . London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. $800–$1,200
CALDECOTT, Randolph, illustrator (1846-1886). A collection of Picture… CALDECOTT, Randolph, illustrator (1846-1886). A collection of Picture Books : Sing a Song for Sixpence . London, n.d. -- The Babes in the Wood . London, n.d. -- The House that Jack Built . London, n.d. -- The Diverting History of John Gilpin . London, n.d. -- The Mad Dog . London, n.d. -- The Queen of Hearts . London, n.d. -- The Great Panjandrum Himself . London, n.d. -- The Fox Jumps Over the Parson's Gate . London, n.d. -- Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting . London, n.d. -- A Frog he Would a-Wooing Go . London, n.d. -- The Three Jovial Huntsmen . London, n.d. -- The Farmer's Boy . London, n.d. -- Ride a-Cock Horse to Banbury & A Farmer Went Trotting upon his Grey Mare . London, n.d. -- The Milkmaid . London, n.d. -- Mrs. Mary Blaize . London, n.d. -- Come Lasses and Lads . London, n.d. Together 16 volumes, 4 o, all in original wrappers, housed in quarter morocco clamshell box, generally in good condition. [ With: ] CALDECOTT. Picture Book Containing The Diverting History of John Gilpin, The House that Jack Built, The Babes in the Wood, and an Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog . London, n.d. 4 books in one, 16 o. Illustrated. Original cloth. (17) $600–$800
CRUIKSHANK, George. My Sketch Book. London: published for the Aritist… CRUIKSHANK, George. My Sketch Book. London: published for the Aritist by Charles Tilt, 1834-36. $600–$800
[CRUIKSHANK'S COPY]. TUPPER, Martin F. Proverbial Philosophy. London:… [CRUIKSHANK'S COPY]. TUPPER, Martin F. Proverbial Philosophy. London: Thomas Hatchard, 1854. $200–$300

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