Fold the Corner Books

Condition: Fine. 8vo., maroon sewn wraps with integrated dustwrapper featuring a wooden door design to the upper cover and the onlaid label of a winking owl, lettered 'Two Poems & a hidden thought'; two owls in gilt to the lower cover pictured reading one of CvS's books; green card endpapers; pp. [viii] 8vo pages and two smaller…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo., laminated red boards lettered in various shades of green with image showing birds carrying fruit to the upper cover; lettered in green to spine and lower cover; bright green endpapers; [unpaginated]; containing numerous illustrations by Van Sandwyk; near-fine, just some light bumping to edg…

Condition: Fine. 8vo., red card wraps, stitched to backstrip; lettered with an illustration showing a mouse reading and a slightly austere-looking owl writing with a quill to the upper cover, printed in black and gold; green card endpapers; pp. 20; printed in brown and red throughout on handmade paper; along with pp. [viii] page…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 8vo., plain burgundy boards with decorative endpapers; in the matching dustwrapper priced $19.95 to the lower panel; unpaginated [pp. xxxii] with text printed caligraphically throughout, as well as numerous illustrations and endpapers in full colour, all by the a…

Condition: Fine. Oblong 8vo., red sewn card wraps with integral purple and gold sparkle dustwrapper, lettered in black and decorated with onlaid image reproducing a watercolour of the 'Dream Island'; bordered with plants and birds in gold and bronze; decorated red and gold endpapers; [unpaginated]; proliferated throughout with w…

Condition: Fine. 8vo., dark red card wraps with card wrapper in brown, lettered and decorated in gilt with an onlaid image of a wise-looking owl; decorated owl endpapers; unpaginated [pp. xvi], calligraphically printed directly onto a variety of coloured card in yellows, greens and browns; one folding page; with decorative borde…

Condition: Fine. Small 4to., brown card covers with integrated sewn wrapper in grey card; the latter with onlaid rabbit sticker and blocked direct in gold foil with title and decorative border to upper cover; [unpaginated]; printed direct in browns and golds throughout, on a variety of different card stocks, some with outer edge…

Condition: Fine. 8vo., black card covers with white fleck and integrated gold wrapper; printed with holly design in black and gold, printed gilt label and onlaid rabbit design to upper cover; sewn along spine; dark green endpapers with repeat rabbit design in gilt; [unpaginated]; printed on different colour paper stocks througho…

Condition: Fine. 8vo., black card covers with white fleck and integrated gold wrapper; printed with holly design in black and gold, printed gilt label and onlaid rabbit design to upper cover; sewn along spine; dark green endpapers with repeat rabbit design in gilt; [unpaginated]; printed on different colour paper stocks througho…

Condition: Fine. Oblong 8vo., cream card wraps, fully decorated with coloured illustrations of plants, insects and fairy folk; sewn binding with decorative rainbow-coloured ribbon; front cover with onlaid maroon label decorated in black and gold; the front and rear covers folding, with tri-fold panorama to front; an additional p…

Condition: Fine. An original pencil, pen, ink, and watercolour illustration (16 x 8cm approx); showing Ratty and Mole from 'The Wind in the Willows' rowing across a lake; contained within an olive-green mount (30.5 x 22.5) outlined in blue, gold and red; fine. Painted especially for Fold the Corner in May 2026, and signed by the…

Condition: Fine. An original pen, ink, and watercolour illustration (10 x 12cm) with a slightly smiling crescent moon watching over five stars (one of which is shooting); contained in a full circle against wash background of clouds, outlined in red; contained within an olive-green mount (30.5 x 22.5) itself outlined in blue, gol…

Condition: Fine. An original pen, ink, and watercolour illustration (9.5 x 13cm) entitled 'Life is Grand' with a brightly rainbow-coloured butterfly; against a yellow wash background, outlined in red; contained within a cream mount (30.5 x 22.5) itself outlined in blue, gold and red; fine. Painted especially for Fold the Corner…

Condition: Fine. An original pen, ink, and watercolour illustration (7.5 x 11cm) showing a bumblebee tentatively emerging out of a blue bird's egg shell; against a yellow wash background, outlined in red; contained within an olive-green mount (30.5 x 22.5) itself outlined in blue, gold and red; fine. Painted especially for Fold…

Condition: Fine. An original pen, ink, and watercolour illustration (9.5 x 12.5cm) showing the artist, who has here depicted himself as a bespectacled dormouse in striped shirt, trousers and braces, holding a paintbrush and palette, painting a canvas showing trees and clouds; against a yellow wash background, outlined in red; co…

Condition: Fine. VAN SANDWYK, Charles Spirit Owl Vancouver: n.d. [c.2007] Original hand coloured etching (page measures 28 x 19cm, image 15 x 22cm, in mount 23 x 30.5cm); showing a wise brown owl in front of a full moon, atop a perch with cobwebs, feather and small snail; colour added in watercolour paint; cream mount bordered i…

Condition: Fine. ONE OF JUST 150 COPIES RESERVED FOR THE ILLUSTRATOR GRAHAME, Kennth; Charles VAN SANDWYK, [Illus.] The Wind in the Willows London: The Folio Society, 2005 8vo., dark green cloth boards, prettily and elaborately blocked in gilt to upper board and spine with reeds and dragonflies; onlaid engraved paper label of Ra…

Condition: Fine. VAN SANDWYK, Charles Fables and Fairytales [British Columbia, 2024] Original pen and watercolour illustration; framed and glazed (frame measures 24.5 x 29.5 x 3cm approx, image measures 11.5 x 18cm approx); the watercolour showing a sleeping dragon with red and blue spines, tightly curled around a flowering tree…

Condition: Fine. VAN SANDWYK, Charles Toadstool Tea [British Columbia, 2025] Original pen and watercolour illustration (mount measures 23 x 30.5cm, visible image 6.5 x 12.5cm approx); showing three toadstools with teapot, teacup, and plate of delicacies, painted in full colour, signed and initialled by the artist to the lower ed…

Condition: Fine. VAN SANDWYK, Charles Time Flies Vancouver: n.d. Original hand coloured etching (page measures 18.5 x 14cm, image 10.5x 7.5cm, in mount 23 x 30.5cm); with a black corvid holding a stopwatch in its beak; colour added in watercolour paint; dark green mount bordered in gold; fine. No. 23 of just 35 copies, signed an…

Condition: Fine. VAN SANDWYK, Charles Ratty with Picnic Basket Vancouver: n.d. [c.2005] Original hand coloured etching (page measures 19 x 14cm, image 10 x 6.5cm, in mount 23 x 30.5cm); with an image of Ratty in shirt, knitted vest and brogues, struggling with a laden hamper; colour added in watercolour paint; sage green mount b…

Condition: Fine. VAN SANDWYK, Charles An original, handmade Christmas decoration showing two images from the Folio Society edition of 'Alice in Wonderland' North Vancouver: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, [2025] An original, handmade, double-sided round christmas decoration (11cm total in diameter) showing, on one side, the white…

Condition: Fine. FROM VAN SANDWYK'S PERSONAL COLLECTION CARROLL, Lewis; Charles VAN SANDWYK [Illus.] Alice's Adventures in Wonderland London: The Folio Society, 2016 Folio, quarter vellum over red paper-covered boards with vellum tips, spine lettered typographically in gilt, upper board with the iconic image of the white rabbit…

Condition: Fine. VAN SANDWYK, Charles Mr Rabbit's Symphony of Nature North Vancouver: C.V.S. Fine Arts, 2008 Small 4to., maroon card covers with integrated sewn wrapper; the latter with onlaid rabbit sticker and blocked direct in gold, silver and green foil with title and decorative border to upper cover; [unpaginated]; printed…

Condition: Fine. VAN SANDWYK, Charles Full Moon Eyes Vancouver: n.d. [c.2012] Original hand coloured etching (page measures 14 x 19cm, image 7 x 6.5cm, in mount 23 x 30.5cm); showing a brown owl facing forwards with round yellow eyes; colour added in watercolour paint; cream mount bordered in red, blue and gold; fine. Artist's p…

Condition: Fine. VAN SANDWYK, Charles An original, handmade Christmas decoration showing fawn and two red-breast robins. North Vancouver: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, [2025] An original, handmade, double-sided round christmas decoration (11cm total diameter) showing, on one side, a young fawn; and two embracing robins to the r…

Condition: Fine. 8vo., gold card wraps with sewn integrated dustwrapper printed in gold and metallic green, with decorative borders surrounding an inlaid line and watercolour label showing a reindeer and a penguin; endpapers printed with decorative design featuring repeating images of holly and mistletoe; [unpaginated]; printed…

Condition: Fine. VAN SANDWYK, Charles How to See Fairies and other tales London: The Folio Society, 2020 8vo., oatmeal cloth with onlaid circular watercolour illustration of fairy folk nestling between mushrooms; decoratively blocked in black, gold and metallic red to upper cover and spine; full-colour endpapers; pp. [iv], 5-123…

Condition: Fine. VAN SANDWYK, Charles Fireside Chat Vancouver: n.d. [c. 2005] Original hand coloured etching (page measures 18.5 x 14cm, image 11 x 7.5cm, in mount 23 x 30.5cm); the scene replicating an image of Ratty (smoking a pipe) and Mole (in an armchair with his feet up) sitting by a roaring fire; colour added in watercolo…

Condition: Fine. VAN SANDWYK, Charles Affairs of the Heart Vancouver: n.d. [c.2007] Original hand coloured etching (page measures 19 x 14cm, image 9 x 12cm, in mount 23 x 30.5cm); with the character of a hedgehog writing in a notebook with a quill on top of a pile of books (one entitled 'Sonnets'), an inkwell and sealed letter a…