Auction No 426, Category: Children's Books

23 Lots (displaying 21 - 23)

A.A. Milne "Winnie-the-Pooh", Methuen, 1927, 3rd Edition, orig. gilt cloth, neat ownership signature top of front endpaper;

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £56
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A.A. Milne Winnie-the-Pooh, Methuen, 1927, 3rd Edition, orig. gilt cloth, neat ownership signature top of front endpaper; light browning to reverse of titles list and colophon page at rear o/w fine internally. An attractive bright example.

J.R.R. Tolkien "The Lord of the Rings", George Allen & Unwin,1961, three volume set in issued slipcase, all in complete d/jkts, maps at rear;

Lot: 55

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £400 - £500
SOLD £660
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J.R.R. Tolkien The Lord of the Rings, George Allen & Unwin, 1961, three volume set in issued slipcase, all in complete d/jkts, maps at rear; Two Towers and Return of the King eighth impressions, Fellowship of the Ring eleventh impression. Spines of the jackets dulled and marked. Fellowship of the Ring shows discolouration to the cloth binding at the foot of the spine. Fine internally, no inscriptions, appear unread. The slipcase with some staining and dust-affected.

Andrew Lang "The Olive Fairy Book", Longmans, 1907, first edition, orig. gilt cloth, complete with the colour & b/w plates;

Lot: 56

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th May 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £115
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Andrew Lang The Olive Fairy Book, Longmans, 1907, first edition, orig. gilt cloth, complete with the colour & b/w plates; ownership signature in pencil to front pastedown, minor spotting to prelims; together with Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales with Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, Hodder & Stoughton for Boots the Chemist, c.1930, some foxing.