Lot: 68
Chatterbox annuals for 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905, all in the scarcer gilt cloth bindings and complete with the chromo-litho plates. Contemporary ownership signatures to front pastedown of two volumes; some foxing to endpapers, very clean internally. One gathering in 1903 volume a little loose. VG (4)
Lot: 71
C.S. Evans The Sleeping Beauty illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Heinemann, 1920, 1st Edn., binding a little slack, tipped-in colour plate with crnr. crease; Genesis, The First Book of Moses, Wood Engravings by Hermann Fechenbach, Mowbrays, 1969, 1st Edn., signed & inscribed by the artist, in VG d/jkt; plus bound volumes of Girl's Own Annual for 1890 and 1907. (4)
Lot: 72
Mary Tourtel Rupert and the Magic Toy Man, [Sampson Low, 1927], second printing with plain endpapers; printed boards with pictorial onlay, original cloth backstrip with printed title; ownership & gift inscriptions in pencil; the pictorial onlay creased, marked and chipped at one corner; rear board stained and marked; corners of boards worn; generally clean internally but pages B1 & B2 with crayon scribble.
Lot: 73
[Alfred Bestall] The Adventures of Rupert, Daily Express [1939], pictorial boards showing slight wear at periphery o/w fine, cloth backstrip complete, without fading; ownership panel neatly completed in ink; very clean internally, hinging a little weak; slight foxing to rear pastedown and the facing page; overall a near fine copy.
Lot: 109
Railway softbacks & juvenilia including Rev.W.Awdry Gordon the Big Engine & His Tender pre-cut Model Engine Book; T.A.C. Jarrett Big Bill & Little Bill and The Silly Stoker; a Tuck's Train Travel transfer book; cut-out model cards of The Flying Scotsman and Princess Royal; and other items including some modern prints. (Qty).