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Auction No 428, Category: Children's Books

15 Lots (displaying 1 - 15)

Herge "The Adventures of Tintin", Egmont, 2015, pictorial boards, fine boxed set of eight vols; "The Poems of T.S. Eliot", Annotated Text, Faber,

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Herge The Adventures of Tintin, Egmont, 2015, pictorial boards, fine boxed set of eight vols; The Poems of T.S. Eliot, Annotated Text, Faber, 2015, two vols, in d/jkts, fine, and various others. No inscriptions

W. Audry "Troublesome Engines", 1967, and a collection of other Audry’s railway engine titles with many reprints in pictorial boards.

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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W. Audry Troublesome Engines, 1967, and a collection of other Audry's railway engine titles with many reprints in pictorial boards. Mainly VG to fine. (41)

Children’s books by Dr.Seuss (26) and Roald Dahl (21), most with pictorial boards, some in d/jkts. Five with ownership inscriptions. Mostly VG/VF (47)

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £30
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Children's books by Dr.Seuss (26) and Roald Dahl (21), most with pictorial boards, some in d/jkts. Five with ownership inscriptions. Mostly VG/VF (47)   

Children’s comic-strip books, chiefly Asterix titles, plus few Beano Annuals and similar. Eleven are h/bks. VG/VF (32)

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £20
SOLD £12
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Children's comic-strip books, chiefly Asterix titles, plus few Beano Annuals and similar. Eleven are h/bks. VG/VF (32)

Children’s Books by Alison Uttley (43, fourteen in d/jkts), and Jill Barklem’s ‘Brambly Hedge’ series (14, nine in d/jkts). Mostly VG/VF (57)

Lot: 16

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Children's Books by Alison Uttley (43, fourteen in d/jkts), and Jill Barklem's ‘Brambly Hedge' series (14, nine in d/jkts). Mostly VG/VF (57)

Beatrix Potter selection, 1940s/60s, all with pictorial onlay to front boards, six in d/jkts, good to fine;

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Beatrix Potter selection, 1940s/60s, all with pictorial onlay to front boards, six in d/jkts, good to fine; together with a modern pop-up and a Complete Tales in d/jkt. (17)

Rupert Bear annuals (22) from 1970, VG/Fine, and seven 1930s/50s children’s annuals with some peripheral wear to the boards. (29).

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
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Rupert Bear annuals (22) from 1970, VG/Fine, and seven 1930s/50s children's annuals with some peripheral wear to the  boards. (29). 

Illustrated Children’s Books, mostly 1970s/1990s with a few 1930s, the majority with pictorial boards, some in d/jkts.

Lot: 19

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Illustrated Children's Books, mostly 1970s/1990s with a few 1930s, the majority with pictorial boards, some in d/jkts. Some with ownership inscriptions. Mainly good to VF. (72)

Children’s Fiction 1900s to 1990s, including Helen Bannerman "The Story of Little Black Sambo", 1911; many illustrated including Arthur Rackham

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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Children's Fiction 1900s to 1990s, including Helen Bannerman The Story of Little Black Sambo, 1911; many illustrated including Arthur Rackham (7, modern reprints). Some with ownership inscriptions. (34)     

Enid Blyton selection from late-1940s, some in d/jkts, including Secret Seven, Noddy, and various others. Mixed condition. (28)

Lot: 21

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
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Enid Blyton selection from late-1940s, some in d/jkts, including Secret Seven, Noddy, and various others. Mixed condition. (28)     

Pop-Up Books, mostly 1970s/90s, a collection in very good condition, all pop-ups in good working order. (39)

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Pop-Up Books, mostly 1970s/90s, a collection in very good condition, all pop-ups in good working order. (39)

Pop-Up, Lift-Flap, Lever-Change and other novelty books, including 13 reproductions of Ernest Nister ‘Revolving Picture’ books & similar.

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Pop-Up, Lift-Flap, Lever-Change and other novelty books, including 13 reproductions of Ernest Nister ‘Revolving Picture' books & similar. A VG collection, all moving parts in good working order. (37)

Ronald Welch "Ensign Carey", Oxford, 1976, First Edition in a complete d/jkt, spine a little faded, neat gift inscription front endpaper;

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Ronald Welch Ensign Carey, Oxford, 1976, First Edition in a complete d/jkt, spine a little faded, neat gift inscription front endpaper; A Christmas Carol designed by Alan Tabor, Chancellor Press reprint, 1984, in d/jkt; The Jackdaw of Rheims, Gale & Polden, [1917], twelve fine colour plates by Charles Folkard, some binding faults; Little Dutchy Nursery Songs from Holland, 1925, 11 of 12 plates by Rie Cramer; and two others. (6)       

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

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £22
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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.]

Pop-Up Books, a collection, many 1980s, with better items including Wyllie & Paul "Dinner with Fox", 1990; "The Pop-Up Book of Gnomes", 1979;

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Aug 2024 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Pop-Up Books, a collection, many 1980s, with better items including Wyllie & Paul Dinner with Fox, 1990; The Pop-Up Book of Gnomes, 1979; Jan Pienkowski Dinner Time, Orchard Books, 1981, 1st UK Edn; The Phantom of the Opera, Aurum Press, 1988; Jakubowski & Van de Meer The Great Movies, 1987; Froud Goblins 1983; The Ugly Duckling, Hallmark, n.d.; and reproductions of 19th Century pop-ups comprising Entrez dans la Ronde, The City Park, and Al Giardino Zoologico (2 copies). Largely fine but a copy of Skylab in poor condition. (28). Also four pop-up greetings cards (modern)