Lot 171: UPTON, Florence K. (1873-1922, illustrator) and Bertha UPTON. The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls -- and a Golliwog . London and New York: Longmans, [1895]. Oblong 4° (214 x 280mm), lithographed illustrations, many full-page and coloured.

UPTON, Florence K. (1873-1922, illustrator) and Bertha UPTON. The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls -- and a Golliwog. London and New York: Longmans, [1895]. Oblong 4° (214 x 280mm), lithographed illustrations, many full-page and coloured. (Margins soiled, pp. 5-6 with 20mm. marginal tear, pp. 55-56 and 63-64 torn at inner margin, the latter 75mm., several inner margins strengthened with white tape.) Original cloth-backed pictorial boards (soiled, extremities worn).

Together with the twelve other Golliwog titles (1896-1909) and The Vege-Men's Revenge (1897) all illustrated by Florence Upton (condition variable; Golliwog at the Seaside with three extensively repaired leaves and one margin torn away; Golliwog in War also extensively repaired; Golliwog's Auto-Go-Cart with some heavy stains; Golliwog's Circus severely worn). A COMPLETE SET OF GOLLIWOG BOOKS, produced on an almost annual basis, with text by the artist's mother. (14)