20th Nov, 2024 10:00
The November Auctions
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Garrett (Frank, binder): Carroll (Lewis) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Garrett (Frank, binder): Carroll (Lewis) [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan and Co, 1932, 8vo, full black calf with the cover gilt tooled and inserted with five hand painted roundels in colours of characters from the book, spine tooled with leafy roundels, title and date, back cover with gilt central rosette centred by JF monogram, inside back cover lower corner tooled with monogram F.G. for Frank Garrett of Birmingham, AEG, with geometric lattice gauffering, John Tenniel illus., pictorial endpapers, bookplate for Denton Jenner-Fust with monogram 'F.L.G.' and dated 1935 by Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs (1876-1938), half title, frontispiece and 15 colour plates and copious vignettes to text
Provenance:By descent from Denton Jenner-Fust (1880-1938)
Footnote:The bookbinder Frank Garrett was associated with the Birmingham Municipal School of Art and regularly exhibited at arts and crafts exhibitions of the period. Garrett learned the binding craft from Douglas Cockerell, who in turn learned from T. J. Cobden-Sanderson.
The November Auctions: Modern Art & Design | Fine Art & Antiques
Day 2
20 November from 10am
Modern Art & Design
Fine Art & Antiques
Sold for £1,800
Garrett (Frank, binder): Carroll (Lewis) [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, London: Macmillan and Co, 1932, 8vo, full black calf with the cover gilt tooled and inserted with five hand painted roundels in colours of characters from the book, spine tooled with leafy roundels, title and date, back cover with gilt central rosette centred by JF monogram, inside back cover lower corner tooled with monogram F.G. for Frank Garrett of Birmingham, AEG, with geometric lattice gauffering, John Tenniel illus., pictorial endpapers, bookplate for Denton Jenner-Fust with monogram 'F.L.G.' and dated 1935 by Frederick Landseer Maur Griggs (1876-1938), half title, frontispiece and 15 colour plates and copious vignettes to text
By descent from Denton Jenner-Fust (1880-1938)
The bookbinder Frank Garrett was associated with the Birmingham Municipal School of Art and regularly exhibited at arts and crafts exhibitions of the period. Garrett learned the binding craft from Douglas Cockerell, who in turn learned from T. J. Cobden-Sanderson.
The November Auctions: Modern Art & Design | Fine Art & Antiques
Day 2
20 November from 10am
Modern Art & Design
Fine Art & Antiques
All over good condition with slight browning to the edges of the bookplate. Light tear to lower front pastedown near hinge. Minor toning to pages
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Auction: The November Auctions, 20th Nov, 2024
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