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Auction No 427, Category: Children's Books

15 Lots (displaying 1 - 15)

Assorted books including "The Spectator", Routledge, 1860, complete in 2 vols, worn leather; Genestoux "Les Trois Petits Chats", Hachette, 1936,

Lot: 8

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Assorted books including The Spectator, Routledge, 1860, complete in 2 vols, worn leather; Genestoux Les Trois Petits Chats, Hachette, 1936, in poor d/jkt o/w VG; Mayhew London Labour and the London Poor – Those That Will Not Work, [1861], one leaf of the Contents missing; Brown's Signalling, James Brown, 1920; Smith The Class Book of Anatomy, 1837, old calf, some damp staining to first & last few leaves; and four others. Mixed condition. (10)

Rupert Bear annuals comprising Arthur Bestall "The New Rupert Book" 1946, "The New Rupert Book" 1951, and "More Adventures of Rupert" 1953;

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
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Rupert Bear annuals comprising Arthur Bestall The New Rupert Book 1946, The New Rupert Book 1951, and More Adventures of Rupert 1953; and Mary Tourtel The Big Rupert Story Book 1951 (in damaged d/jkt). 1946 issue in card wraps, others pictorial boards. No inscriptions or colouring-in etc. (4)

"Mickey Mouse in King Arthur’s Court", Dean & Son, [1934], pictorial boards grubby & worn, the four pop-ups in fine condition,

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £24
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Mickey Mouse in King Arthur's Court, Dean & Son, [1934], pictorial boards grubby & worn, the four pop-ups in fine condition, gift inscription front endpaper, hingeing very weak.

Children’s Books including "The Milkmaid", Walter Scott, c.1886; Maria Bird "Nursery Rhymes for Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men",

Lot: 87

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Children's Books including The Milkmaid, Walter Scott, c.1886; Maria Bird Nursery Rhymes for Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men, and Joy Laurey Mr Turnip flies round the World, both novelty ‘Twirly Books'; four Marvel Annuals 1976-79; and two others. Five with an ownership inscription or handstamp. Also a pamphlet signed by Robert Graves but in poor condition. (10) [Offered on behalf of Englesea Brook Museum.]

Children’s Books, mostly illustrated, a few with ownership inscriptions, mainly VG/VF. (60)

Lot: 88

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Children's Books, mostly illustrated, a few with ownership inscriptions, mainly VG/VF. (60)                                                           

Children’s Books including works by Alison Uttley (25) and other popular authors. Mostly illustrated works, a few with ownership inscriptions.

Lot: 89

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Children's Books including works by Alison Uttley (25) and other popular authors. Mostly illustrated works, a few with ownership inscriptions. Mainly VG/VF (62)     

Children’s Books including works by Roald Dahl (12), J.P. Martin (3), Rosemary Sutcliff and other popular authors. Some with ownership inscriptions.

Lot: 90

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £40
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Children's Books including works by Roald Dahl (12), J.P. Martin (3), Rosemary Sutcliff and other popular authors. Some with ownership inscriptions. Mainly VG/VF (49)

Children’s Annuals, mostly 1970s/80s, with several Rupert Bear titles, a few with ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (37)

Lot: 91

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Children's Annuals, mostly 1970s/80s, with several Rupert Bear titles, a few with ownership inscriptions. VG/VF (37)

Enid Blyton selection including "The River of Adventure" 1955,1st Edn. in VG d/jkt; "Five on a Secret Trail", 1956, 1st Edn. in VG d/jkt;

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £72
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Enid Blyton selection including The River of Adventure 1955, 1st Edn. in VG d/jkt; Five on a Secret Trail, 1956, 1st Edn. in VG d/jkt; Five Go To Demon's Rocks, 1961, in near fine d/jkt; various Mystery and Noddy books, etc. Fair to fine, some with ownership inscriptions. (33)       

 

A selection of Pop-Up books, plus some lift-flap types & other ‘mechanical’. VG/VF (23)

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
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A selection of Pop-Up books, plus some lift-flap types & other ‘mechanical'. VG/VF (23)     

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

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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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)

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

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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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)    

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

Lot: 96

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £20
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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: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £30
SOLD £15
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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 1891/92, 1894/95, 1895/96, 1896/97, and 1899/1900, leather or cloth bindings, good to fine, coloured plates;

Lot: 98

  • Auction Date: Wed 17th Jul 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £15
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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.]