Lot Essay
Also included in the lot are a small collection of woodblocks and linocuts by John Austen for The Old Plough, The Faerie Queen and other works, various sizes.
Details
PERRAULT, Charles & John AUSTEN (illustrator). Tales of Passed Times, [London]: Selwyn & Blount, 1922, 4°, PRESENTATION COPY, front free endpaper inscribed, "To my wife, Oct. 19, 1922, John A.", coloured frontispiece and illustrations by John Austen, original cloth with pictorial label mounted on upper cover (lower cover scuffed, spine slightly faded) -- Benjamin DISRAELI & John AUSTEN (illustrator). The Infernal Marriage, London: William Jackson & The Curwen Press, 1929, 4°, limited to 850 copies, this one of 200 signed by the illustrator and specially bound, plates and illustrations, some coloured, by John Austen, morocco-backed cloth-covered boards (spine slightly faded) -- Villiers DAVID & John AUSTEN (illustrator). The Guardsman and Cupid's Daughter and other poems, [London]: The Cayme Press, 1930, 8°, limited to 500 copies signed by the author and illustrator, plates by John Austen, original cloth with pictorial label mounted on upper cover (spine faded). With 6 other books illustrated and signed by John Austen. (9)