Crane (Walter).- Collection of books from his family library.- Crane (Walter) The Baby's Bouquet, first edition, presentation copy from Crane to his two children, the inscription reading 'Beatrice & Lionel, with Father's Love, Nov 7 1875', colour full-page illustrations and decorations by Walter Crane, lacking front free endpaper, occasional staining, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, short split to lower joint, corners worn, rubbed, George Routledge and Sons, 1875 § Crane (Walter) The Baby's Opera, first edition, inscribed by Crane, 'Copy of first edition, 10, 000, 1877, Walter Crane', colour full-page illustrations and decorations by Walter Crane, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, corners worn, rubbed, 1877; and c.40 others, mostly works by Crane or with contributions by him but also including others like Randolph Caldecott (a presentation copy from him to Mrs. Walter Crane), all from the Crane family library, the majority with inscriptions by Crane himself or family members,v.s. (c.42)
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