First Editions Re-Covered: Sotheby's Auction to Benefit Quentin Blake's House of Illustration - Cataloging

This is a unique collection of first editions of classic books with beautiful original dust jackets designed, and generously donated, by leading artists and designers. Artists chose a book to which they felt a strong connection, and then created a new jacket, or artwork, in response to it. The end result is an auction of 33 wonderful lots, and the ultimate collectible copy of each book.

House of Illustration is the world's only public gallery solely dedicated to illustration and graphic arts. We show 10 exhibitions a year and run a pioneering education programme for children, families and adults, delivered by professional illustrators. We work with schools across London on projects with young people that inspire creativity and enable them to communicate visually, overcoming barriers such as language, literacy and special educational needs. We are the only UK gallery commissioning new illustration work for public

SOLD TO BENEFIT HOUSE OF ILLUSTRATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WINSOR & NEWTON

display and run the only residency for illustrators and graphic artists, enabling us to support artists at every stage of their career.

A registered charity, House of Illustration 2

receives no public funding and is dependent on fundraising to raise over 40% of its income every year. Fundraising events like this are therefore vitally important to support our work.

This project would not have been possible without the incredible generosity of all the artists involved, the support of our partners Sotheby's and Winsor & Newton, the help and advice from the booksellers and collectors, and the generosity,

enthusiasm and determination of Anthea and Jeremy Carver in sourcing and donating the first editions now so gloriously embellished. We would like to say a huge and heartfelt thank you to you all.

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House of Illustration October 2017

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BLAKE, PETER

The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of:

Carroll, Lewis. Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice found there. Boston: Lee and Shepard..., 1872, first American edition (including "wade" for "wabe" on p. 21), original pictorial brown cloth gilt, hinges splitting, spine slightly worn

WITH AN ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET BY PETER BLAKE, 188 by

437mm., watercolour laid-down to paper, signed and dated by the artist "Peter Blake 17")

Peter Blake is one of the leading artists of his generation and is recognised as one of the founders of British Pop Art. One of his best known works is the 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 for services to art.

£ 2,000-3,000 € 2,250-3,350

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BEST, LUKE

The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of:

Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: The Viking Press, 1939, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, original pictorial tan cloth, illustrated endpapers, minor hole to upper hinge

WITH AN ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET BY LUKE BEST, 209 by

498mm., mixed media collage, signed ("Luke") with note by the artist

Luke Best is an award-winning illustrator who works both on his own projects and as a founding member of Peepshow Collective, a London-based animation and illustration studio. In 2015 he won an Emmy Award for his work on the PBS television series How We Got to Now. Best experiments with abstract compositions, exploring line quality, shape, texture and colour and works in a range of mediums.

"I love Steinbeck's writing. I wanted to depict the broken, disparate feel of the book. The mass migration that displaces people and the hope that binds them together"

£ 1,000-1,500 € 1,150-1,700

BLAKE, QUENTIN

The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of

Hugo, Victor. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame... translated expressly for this edition... by Frederick Shoberl. Richard Bentley, 1833, 8vo, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, engraved frontispiece and title-page, nineteenth-century half calf, spine gilt in compartments, slight wear at extremities

WITH AN ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET BY QUENTIN BLAKE, 167 by

347mm., pen and ink, chinagraph pencil and watercolour wash, signed and dated by the artist "Quentin Blake 21 Sept 2017"

Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and most highly regarded illustrators of our time. His books have won numerous prizes and awards, including the Whitbread Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award and the international Bologna Ragazzi Prize. He won the 2002 Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the highest international recognition given to creators of children's books. He was appointed the first UK Children's Laureate in 1999. In addition to his work on children's books, Quentin Blake has illustrated numerous adult classics. He received a knighthood for 'services to illustration' in the New Year's Honours

for 2013. Blake has a lifelong enthusiasm for France and French literature and in 2014 he was admitted to the Légion d'Honneur.

£ 3,000-5,000 € 3,350-5,600

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BLAKE, QUENTIN

Original artwork (alternative version) for:

Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots. Frederick Warne, 2016, small 4to, FIRST EDITION, illustrated by Quentin Blake, INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST ("To the Reader Open the dust jacket and you see the real Catherine St Quintin...") signed and dated ("Quentin Blake 2017"), pictorial boards, dust-jacket

WITH AN ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR, 130 by 100mm., pen and

indian ink with watercolour wash, signed lower right ("Quentin Blake"), framed and glazed

The watercolour is an unpublished alternative version of Catherine St. Quintin ("Kitty-in-Boots") comprising a "portrait from the life". The published version appears on page 13 of the book. This is the only piece of original artwork from the book that has been offered for sale.

£ 3,000-5,000 € 3,350-5,600

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BROWN, CHRISTOPHER

The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of:

Doyle, A. Conan. The Sign of Four. George Newnes, 1892, 8vo, second edition, original pictorial cloth, contents shaken, split

4 atgutter before title-page, tears to upper joint, lower joint split,

worn

WITH AN ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET BY CHRISTOPHER

BROWN, 193 by 464mm., three block lino cut print, signed and dated by the artist ("Christopher B Sept 2017"); also an artist's proof, framed and glazed

Christopher Brown is an illustrator, printmaker, educator and writer. He is particularly celebrated for his linocuts. He has exhibited at The Royal Academy and the V&A Museum and worked extensively in the publishing industry. He is an Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins on MA Fashion,

BA Fashion Menswear, BA Fashion Knit and MA Illustration at Camberwell.

"During my childhood I always enjoyed a good detective story. First there was Pookie the little rabbit with wings, next Rupert the clever bear of Nutwood (always solving mysteries), then Hergé's masterpiece Tintin and finally Conan Doyle's Holmes; who at 10 became my bedside reading. The two volumes of the complete works are still read with as much pleasure as when I was a child"

£ 1,000-1,500 € 1,150-1,700

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BUTLER, GEORGE

The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of:

Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. Heinemann, 1960, 8vo, first English edition, original burgundy cloth lettered in silver, foot of spine and upper cover slightly sunned

WITH AN ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET BY GEORGE BUTLER,

203 by 545mm., pen, ink and watercolour, signed by the artist ("George Butler") together with a note by the artist, signed and dated ("George Butler 2nd Oct. 2017")

George Butler is an award-winning artist and illustrator specialising in travel and current affairs reportage. His drawings have been published by The Times, New York Times, BBC, CNN, and Der Spiegel. His work has been shown in the Imperial War Museum North and forms part of the National Archive held in the V&A Museum.

"To Kill a Mockingbird has always been close enough to reality for me to want to draw it. Both at the time it was written and now, it is still relevant. Still a great lesson. I've always preferred books with more pictures than words but this is an exception"

£ 1,000-1,500 € 1,150-1,700

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CAPALDI, PETER

The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of:

Kafka, Franz. The Metamorphosis... translated by A.L. Lloyd.

The Parton Press, 1937, 8vo, FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH,

original blue cloth-backed boards with lettering piece to upper cover, some minor spotting, corners slightly bumped

WITH AN ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET BY PETER CAPALDI, 192

by 464mm., acrylic on paper, signed and dated by the artist "P. CAPALDI 2017"

Peter Capaldi is a BAFTA-award-winning British actor, writer and director. He is best known for being the twelfth and current actor - until December 2017 - to play Doctor Who in the BBC TV series, and for the role of Malcolm Tucker in the BBC comedy series The Thick of It.

"I chose to illustrate the cover of The Metamorphosis because I find the story so powerful, the imagery unforgettable, and the sadness at its heart completely human. It is rightfully

considered one of the greatest stories of the twentieth century"

£ 1,500-2,000 € 1,700-2,250

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CHILD, LAUREN

Original artwork for:

Lindgren, Astrid. Pippi Longstocking translated by Tina Nunnally... illustrated by Lauren Child, Oxford University Press, 2007, small 4to, first edition thus, signed by the artist on the half-title, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket

WITH ORIGINAL ARTWORK, 265 by 160mm., coloured pencil and collage, signed lower right "A cover illustration for Pippi - Lauren Child", framed and glazed

Lauren Child is a multi-award-winning, bestselling writer and artist whose books are known and loved the world over. She became the UK Children's Laureate in 2017-2019. She is the creator of many much-loved characters, including Clarice Bean, Ruby Redfort and Charlie and Lola. She was awarded an MBE for Services to Literature in 2010.

This artwork is the first image the artist created of Pippi when she illustrated the story in 2007. A later version is featured on the dust-jacket. The artist rarely sells her original artwork.

"I discovered Pippi Longstocking when I was eight years old and found her completely inspiring… an entirely free spirit"

£ 2,000-3,000 € 2,250-3,350

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COX, PAUL

The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of:

Amis, Kingsley. Lucky Jim. Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1953, FIRST EDITION, original green cloth lettered in gilt, booklabel "From the Library of V.S. Pritchett", spine discoloured

WITH AN ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET BY PAUL COX, 195 by

520mm., watercolour and ink line on paper, signed and dated

by the artist ("Paul Cox 2017") together with note and two sketches by the artist

Acclaimed illustrator Paul Cox has worked for the Daily Telegraph, Country Life, The Spectator, Sunday Times Magazine, Punch, The Times, Vanity Fair and Esquire. He has illustrated numerous classic titles for The Folio Society.

"I feel that I owe my career as an illustrator to Jim Dixon - raising the three-quarters full port bottle to his lips, leaning on Professor Welsh's drinks cabinet from which he had been given 'the smallest drink he'd ever been socially offered'. It so vividly struck me that my image connected with such a resonance.

It was for a Folio Society competition in 1982 judged by David Driver for The Times who gave me my first real work and the Folio Society my first book - Thank you Jim!"

£ 1,500-2,000 € 1,700-2,250

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COX, PAUL

The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of:

Milne, A.A. Toad of Toad Hall... from Kenneth Grahame's book... Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1929, first edition, NUMBER 54 OF 200 COPIES SIGNED BY KENNETH GRAHAME AND A.A.

MILNE, original blue cloth-backed boards, lettering label on upper cover, uncut, additional lettering label at end, original dust-jacket, corners bumped, dust-jacket torn and soiled with some loss

WITH AN ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET BY PAUL COX, 240 by

744mm., watercolour and ink line on paper, signed and dated by the artist ("Paul Cox 2017"), together with note and a sketch by the artist

In addition to his work in publications and books, Paul Cox's other commissions have included stamp designs for Royal Mail, set designs for the 50th anniversary production of the musical Salad Days, a mural for the lecture hall at the Royal

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College of Surgeons, and a set of fifteen large watercolours for

the St Charles Hospital, Ladbroke Grove, London.

"Anticipating the commotion of retaking of Toad Hall I felt was more interesting than the actual fight - some drawings are best left undone!"

£ 2,500-3,000 € 2,800-3,350

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DOWNTON, DAVID

The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of:

Fleming, Ian. Dr No. Jonathan Cape, 1958, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, original black boards lettered in silver on spine, light spotting and soiling to edges, very slightly skewed

WITH AN ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET BY DAVID DOWNTON,

195 by 425mm., pen, ink and watercolour, signed with artist's monogram

David Downton is one of the world's leading fashion artists. His work has appeared in V Magazine, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, The Times, The New York Times, Telegraph Magazine and Vanity Fair.

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draw Ursula Andress, my idol since I was a teenager"

£ 1,500-2,000 € 1,700-2,250

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GAIMAN, NEIL

The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of:

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Rupert Hart-Davis, 1954, first English edition, frontispiece by Joe Mugnaini, original red boards lettered in silver, light spotting, spine soiled

WITH AN ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET BY NEIL GAIMAN, 205 by

470mm., matches, spray paint, ink and mixed media on paper, signed and dated "Neil Gaiman 23 Sep 2017" with note by the artist

Neil Gaiman is a multi-award-winning, critically acclaimed writer credited with being one of the creators of modern comics. In 1991 his series Sandman became the first comic ever to receive a literary award: the 1991 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Story. His fairy tale Stardust was turned into a 2007 film while his novel Coraline became an Oscar- nominated, BAFTA award-winning animated film. His best-

selling novel American Gods was adapted for television in 2017.

"The temperature at which book-paper catches fire and BURNS..."

£ 1,500-2,000 € 1,700-2,250

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The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of:

Murdoch, Iris. The Sea, The Sea. Chatto & Windus, 1978, FIRST EDITION, original turquoise boards lettered in gilt, head and foot of spine slightly bumped

WITH AN ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET BY MAGGI HAMBLING,

205 by 505mm., ink on paper, signed and dated by the artist ("Hambling 2017")

Maggi Hambling is one of Britain's foremost contemporary artists, known for her portraits, paintings of the sea and her celebrated and controversial public sculpture including A Conversation with Oscar Wilde in London and Scallop, a

4-metre-high steel sculpture on Aldeburgh beach dedicated to Benjamin Britten. She won the Jerwood Prize for Painting jointly with Patrick Caulfield in 1995 and her work is represented in all major British collections from the British Museum to Tate.

"I share with the author the inspiration of the sea"

£ 2,000-3,000 € 2,250-3,350

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HEARLD, MARK

The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of:

Hughes, Ted. The Hawk in the Rain. Faber and Faber, 1957, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, original blue cloth lettered in yellow, minor spotting to endpapers

WITH AN ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET BY MARK HEARLD, 226

by 480mm., mixed media collage, signed by the artist ("Mark Hearld") together with a paste paper envelope

Mark Hearld is an acclaimed illustrator and printmaker.

He studied illustration at Glasgow School of Art and then completed an MA in Natural History Illustration at the Royal College of Art. His work is based on his observations of the natural world and he works across a number of mediums.

"Nature... vivid... acute... deeply felt"

£ 1,000-1,500 € 1,150-1,700

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HODES, CHARLOTTE

The "First Editions: Re-covered" copy of:

Woolf, Virginia. A Room of One's Own. The Hogarth Press, 1929, 8vo, FIRST EDITION, original brown cloth lettered in gilt, browning to free endpapers

WITH AN ORIGINAL DUST-JACKET BY CHARLOTTE HODES,

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186 by 417mm., papercut, signed and dated ("Charlotte Hodes

2017") with note by the artist. Also with two leaves of pencil sketches both signed with initials and dated

Charlotte Hodes is a painter whose practice includes ceramics, glass, papercuts and installation. She was awarded the first prize in the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2006 and is currently Professor in Fine Art at the London College of Fashion. Her work has featured in numerous exhibitions and is represented in many public collections.

"A Room of One's Own made a deep impression on me when I read it not long before becoming a student at the Slade school. It has given me self-belief and confidence in shaping my life as an artist for over thirty years. I hope that increasingly women have rooms of their own"

£ 1,000-1,500 € 1,150-1,700

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