Children's books, 63 volumes, including
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 October 2017 at 11:00 BST
Description
The World's fair, or Children's prize gift book. [c.1851], 8vo, additional hand-coloured frontispiece and additional title, original cloth gilt; [Dickens, Charles] Sketches of young gentlemen. 1838, Third edition, 8vo, 5 (of 6) plates by Phiz, original boards, worn; [Idem] Sketches of young ladies. 1837. Fourth edition, 6 plates by Phiz, original boards, some spotting, worn; [Browne, Gordon] Some more nonsense. [1896], 4to., original cloth-backed boards, lightly soiled; Burnside, H.M. Buttercup pictures. London: E. Nister, [n.d.], 4to., 7 plates with revolving volvelles, original pictorial boards, slightly rubbed & soiled; Mulholland, R. Puck and blossom, a fairy tale. [c.1877], 8vo, 6 plates attributed to Kate Greenaway, original brown pictorial cloth; Mack, R.E. Blind man's buff. [c.1890], 8vo., chromolithographed plates, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, slightly soiled, corners bit rubbed; and other children's books (63)