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Auction No 426, Category: Children's Books

23 Lots (displaying 1 - 20)

Charles Kingsley "The Water Babies", illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, Hodder & Stoughton [1916], first UK edn.,12 fine tissue-guarded plates,

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £92
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Charles Kingsley The Water Babies, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, Hodder & Stoughton [1916], first UK edn., 12 fine tissue-guarded plates, fox marks to prelims and last few leaves; and Housman Stories from the Arabian Nights, Hodder & Stoughton for Boots Pure Drug Co., n.d., 20 tipped-in colour plates by Edmund Dulac. (2) [This is the first of a collection of Children's Books in this auction offered on behalf of a Cheshire vendor.]

"Grimm’s and Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales selected and edited for Little Folk", Blackie & Son [1906], illustrated by Helen Stratton,

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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Grimm's and Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales selected and edited for Little Folk, Blackie & Son [1906], illustrated by Helen Stratton, large format, pictorial cloth, a.e.g., glassine d/wrapper, worn inner hinges front & back; Harrod's presentation bookplate; very clean internally, no inscriptions. Scarce

Elizabeth Gordon "Billy Bunny’s Fortune", 1936; Helen Vanderveer "Little Slam Bang", 1928; and Lang Campbell "The Dinky Ducklings",1928;

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Elizabeth Gordon Billy Bunny's Fortune, 1936; Helen Vanderveer Little Slam Bang, 1928; and Lang Campbell The Dinky Ducklings, 1928; all Algonquin Publishing Co., minor pencil marks to endpapers of Billy Bunny's Fortune o/w very clean internally, no inscriptions. (3)

J.R.R.Tolkien "Bilbo’s Last Song", Unwin Hyman,1990, in complete but partially discoloured d/jacket, and a large collection of other children’s books

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £20
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J.R.R. Tolkien Bilbo's Last Song, Unwin Hyman, 1990, in complete but partially discoloured d/jacket, and a large collection of other children's books, largely illustrated, generally fine, a few with ownership inscriptions. (87)  

Helen Bannerman "The Story of Little Black Mingo", James Nisbet [1901], and "The Story of Little Black Sambo", Chatto & Windus, 1911;

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Helen Bannerman The Story of Little Black Mingo, James Nisbet [1901], and The Story of Little Black Sambo, Chatto & Windus, 1911; Mingo with a vertical crease to first 13 leaves; Sambo with neat ownership signature to front endpaper. (2)    

Robert Louis Stevenson "A Child’s Garden of Verses", illustrated by Willebeek le Mair, George G. Harrap, 1931, first edition, in rare d/jacket;

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £82
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Robert Louis Stevenson A Child's Garden of Verses, illustrated by Willebeek le Mair, George G. Harrap, 1931, first edition, in rare d/jacket; the pictorial boards fine, very clean internally, no inscriptions; the price-clipped d/jacket has some closed tears and a small piece missing from the foot of the rear panel. Fox marks to edge of text block       

W.H.D. Rouse "The Latin Struwwelpeter", Blackie, 1934, some foxing to boards; Norman Hunter "The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm",

Lot: 26

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £20
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W.H.D. Rouse The Latin Struwwelpeter, Blackie, 1934, some foxing to boards; Norman Hunter The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm, 1933, 1st Edn., illustrated by Heath Robinson, faded cloth, coloured plate, two of the smaller line drawings partially coloured in; and a large qty. of children's books, mostly illustrated, a few with ownership inscriptions, mainly fine. (67)

A collection of Pop-Up books including Ron van der Meer "The Ghost Book" 1983; John Howe "Knights: a 3-Dimensional Exploration", 1995; and similar

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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A collection of Pop-Up books including Ron van der Meer The Ghost Book 1983; John Howe Knights: a 3-Dimensional Exploration, 1995; and similar, plus two flip-up books. Paul Strickland's Swamp Stomp! with some faults o/w VG/VF (13)     

Ladybird Books, a collection of 171 including nineteen in d/jkts. Mixed condition, many fine. Also 11 other small books for children. (182)

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £66
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Ladybird Books, a collection of 171 including nineteen in d/jkts. Mixed condition, many fine. Also 11 other small books for children. (182)

Chatterbox annuals for 1883, 1884, 1890, 1892, 1898, 1901, 1903 (2) and 1905 (2), various bindings, all with the coloured plates,

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Chatterbox annuals for 1883, 1884, 1890, 1892, 1898, 1901, 1903 (2) and 1905 (2), various bindings, all with the coloured plates, the 1890 and 1901 volumes each have a page badly torn (the plates unaffected). (10) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust ]

"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1881/82, 1882/83, 1888/89, and 1889/90, half-leather, gilt, some wear, all with the coloured plates;

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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Boy's Own Annual for 1881/82, 1882/83, 1888/89, and 1889/90, half-leather, gilt, some wear, all with the coloured plates; 1889/90 volume with one coloured plate and one b/w plate damaged. (4) [Offered om behalf of The National Trust.]   

"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1884/85, 1887/88, 1891/92, 1892/93, and 1897/98; all in publisher’s decorated cloth, all with the coloured plates.

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £24
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Boy's Own Annual for 1884/85, 1887/88, 1891/92, 1892/93, and 1897/98; all in publisher's decorated cloth, all with the coloured plates. 1891/92 volume with one plate repaired, 1897/98 volume with one plate damaged. (5). [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.] 

"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1891/92, 1894/95. 1895/96, 1896/97, and 1899/1900, leather or cloth bindings, good to fine, coloured plates;

Lot: 32

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Boy's Own Annual for 1891/92, 1894/95. 1895/96, 1896/97, and 1899/1900, leather or cloth bindings, good to fine, coloured plates; three of the vols with a folding plate damaged. (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]    

"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1902/03, 1904/05, 1907/08, 1913/14, and 1914/15, mixed condition, 1902/03 and 1913/14 lacking frontispiece,

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
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Boy's Own Annual for 1902/03, 1904/05, 1907/08, 1913/14, and 1914/15, mixed condition, 1902/03 and 1913/14 lacking frontispiece, elsewhere colour plates by Cecil Aldin, John Hassell, Tom Browne and other well-known artists. (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.] 

"Boy’s Own Annual" for 1915/16, 1929/30, 1931/32, 1934/35, and 1935/36 (with d/jkt), publisher’s pictorial cloth, all with the plates,

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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Boy's Own Annual for 1915/16, 1929/30, 1931/32, 1934/35, and 1935/36 (with d/jkt), publisher's pictorial cloth, all with the plates, repairs to binding of the 1929/30 volume. (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]   

"Girl’s Own Annual" for January 1880 to September 1884, Vols. 1 to 5 complete, publisher’s decorated cloth, some wear, fine internally,

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Girl's Own Annual for January 1880 to September 1884, Vols. 1 to 5 complete, publisher's decorated cloth, some wear, fine internally, with the plates (mostly b/w). (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]            

"Girl’s Own Annual" for 1884/85, 1885/86, 1886/87, and 1897/98 (2, variant bindings), publisher’s decorated cloth, some wear, coloured plates,

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
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Girl's Own Annual for 1884/85, 1885/86, 1886/87, and 1897/98 (2, variant bindings), publisher's decorated cloth, some wear, coloured plates, 1886/87 volume with frontispiece & title page by Kate Greenaway. (5) [Offered on behalf of The National Trust.]

"Our Darling’s Surprise Pictures", Ernest Nister [1895], a large-format transformation book; pictorial boards, marked & dust-affected,

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Our Darling's Surprise Pictures, Ernest Nister [1895], a large-format transformation book; pictorial boards, marked & dust-affected, cloth backstrip intact; mechanical plates and text complete, front endpaper with long tear near hinge; prize bookplate dated 1897, rear endpaper missing; the sliding tabs intact and the 8 moveable pictures with some toning in margins otherwise in good condition. A few pages loose.

Maurice Maeterlinck "Hours of Gladness", illustrated by E.J. Detmold,1912, first edition; quarto, cream cloth, gilt, 19 fine colour plates,

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
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Maurice Maeterlinck Hours of Gladness, illustrated by E.J. Detmold, 1912, first edition; quarto, cream cloth, gilt, 19 fine colour plates, lacking frontispiece; boards slightly bowed; in the rare issued d/jkt which is chipped in places and has some internal repairs.

DC "Action Comics", "Superman", "Adventure Comics" and few similar, from 1960s, mostly 1970s, a selection in VG/Fine condition. (40)

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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DC Action Comics, Superman, Adventure Comics and few similar, from 1960s, mostly 1970s, a selection in VG/Fine condition. (40)