Bidspirit auctions | Chaucer Auctions Auction Apr 30, 2025

Chaucer Auctions, Apr 30, 2025. 583 lots, estimates 8 - 100 £.

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Lots in this catalog (583)

• Lot 1: Blackies Girls' Annual, published by Blackie and Son Ltd., London, Glasgow, Bombay 1924. — £8 - £12
• Lot 2: Blackies Girls' Annual, published by Blackie and Son Ltd., London. Contains contributions from Angela Brazil. 1928. — £8 - £12
• Lot 3: Blackies Boys' Annual, Published by Blackie and Son Ltd., London, Glasgow and Bombay. Circa. early 1920s. — £8 - £12
• Lot 4: The Girls' Budget, published by Blackie and Son Ltd., London, Glasgow. 1928. — £8 - £12
• Lot 5: The Girls' Budget, published by Blackie and Son Ltd., London, Glasgow. Circa. 1925. — £8 - £12
• Lot 6: The Girls' Budget, published by Blackie and Son Ltd., London, Glasgow. Circa. 1927. — £8 - £12
• Lot 7: The Golden Budget for Girls, published by Blackie and Son Ltd. Fine condition in publishers coloured pictorial boards. — £8 - £12
• Lot 8: The Golden Annual for Girls, published by the Amalgamated Press, London. 1929. — £8 - £12
• Lot 9: The Schoolgirl's Annual, Edited by J. B. Knowlton. Includes four coloured plates and black and white illustrations. — £8 - £12
• Lot 10: Mrs Strang's Annual for Girls, published by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press. Circa. 1920. — £8 - £12
• Lot 11: Hullo Girls!, A Budget of Good Things by The Aunties on the Wireless, published by courtesy of the B.B.C. — £12 - £16
• Lot 12: The Boy's Own Annual, published by Boys Own Paper Office , London. Volume 56. 1933-34. Editor G. J. H. Northcroft. — £8 - £12
• Lot 13: The Boy's Own Annual, published by Boy's Own Paper Office , London. Volume 58. 1935-36. Edited by Robert Harding. — £8 - £12
• Lot 14: Young England, 53rd Annual Volume, published by Pilgrim Press, London. — £8 - £12
• Lot 15: The Big Book of School Stories for Boys, edited by Herbert Strang, published by Humphrey Milford, London. 1932. — £8 - £12
• Lot 16: Peter Farley's Annual, 1879, with many coloured illustrations printed in oil by Ben George. Published by Ben George, — £8 - £12
• Lot 17: Little Peoples Annual, made for you by Father Tuck. Writers include A. L. Harris, Grace C. Floyd, E. Tracey, — £20 - £24
• Lot 18: The Golden Treasure Book for Boys, edited by Herbert Strang, published by Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, — £8 - £12
• Lot 19: Little Wide-Awake, 1884. A coloured annual for children by Mrs Sale Barker. — £12 - £16
• Lot 20: Our Darlings, published by John F. Shaw and Co., London. Circa. 1905. — £8 - £12
• Lot 21: Our Darlings, published by J. F. Shaw, London. 1885. Edited by T. J. Bernardo, F.R.C.S. — £8 - £12
• Lot 22: Our Darlings, published by J. F. Shaw, London. 1922. Contains many coloured illustrations. 192 pages. 7 x10 . — £8 - £12
• Lot 23: Father Tucks Annual, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons, London. Circa. 1910? Illustrated by Hilda Cowham, — £8 - £12
• Lot 24: the Childs Companion, profusely illustrated volume 78. Published by the Religious Tract Society, London. Circa. — £12 - £16
• Lot 25: Bubbles, published by Ward and Lock. Circa. 1890. 7¼ x9½ . Generally, — £14 - £18
• Lot 26: Our Little Dots, 34th volume annual. Published by R. T. S. London. Circa. 1900. Approximately 190 pages, — £12 - £16
• Lot 27: The Children's Friend for Boys and Girls, volume XLIV. Edited by J. A Hammerton. Published by S. W. Partridge, London. — £12 - £16
• Lot 28: Our Own Magazine, volume XIV. Edited by T. B. Bishop. Published by the Children's Special Service Mission, London. — £20 - £24
• Lot 29: The Childs Pictorial, a monthly-coloured magazine, January-December 1887. — £12 - £16
• Lot 30: Childs Companion and Juvenile Instructor, published by the R.T.S. London. 1895. 140 pages, — £20 - £30
• Lot 31: The Juvenile Missionary Magazine, Volumes 5 and 6 (1848-1849, January-December), — £12 - £16
• Lot 32: Wonder Book, Picture Annual for Boys and Girls, with 12 colour plates and hundreds of pictures. Published by Ward Lock, — £8 - £12
• Lot 33: Tots' Story Bumper, Stories, articles, and poems by Olive Chandler, Marjory Royce, G. B. Hughes and John Clare. — £8 - £12
• Lot 34: Playmates, published by John F. Shaw, London. Circa.1934. Unpaginated. Publishers coloured pictorial glazed boards. — £8 - £12
• Lot 35: The Big Book of Happy Games, edited by Mrs Herbert Strang. Published by Oxford University Press. Circa. 1940. — £8 - £12
• Lot 36: Monster Book for Tinies, published by Dean and Son, London. Circa. 1930. 132 pages. Highly illustrated throughout, — £8 - £12
• Lot 37: Looking Forward, illustrated by 'Gaffron'. Published by the Thames Publishing Company, London. Circa. 1948. — £8 - £12
• Lot 38: Two Dust Jackets for The Daily Mail Annual for Boys and Girls, edited by Susan French. — £8 - £12
• Lot 39: Puffin Post, Volume 2, Nos. 2, 3, and 4, 1968. Volume 3, Nos. 1 and 2. Published by Penguin Books. — £8 - £12
• Lot 40: The Magazine for Children, by Cricket and Company. Published by the Open Court Publishing Co., London. — £30 - £40
• Lot 41: Parables from Nature, by Mrs Alfred Gatty, author of The Fairy Godmothers . Illustrations by C. W. Cope, R. A. — £12 - £16
• Lot 42: The Literary Souvenir; or Cabinet of Poetry and Romance, edited by Alaric A. Watts. Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, — £8 - £12
• Lot 43: The Literary Souvenir; The Cabinet of Modern Art, edited by Alaric A Watts, 2nd series. Published by Whittaker and Co. — £20 - £24
• Lot 44: Forget Me Not, A Christmas, New Years and Birthday present 1835, edited by Frederic Shoberl. — £30 - £40
• Lot 45: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction, Volume 12, 1828. Published by J. Limbird, London, London. — £12 - £16
• Lot 46: The Keepsake for 1828, published by Hurst Chance and Co., London. 312 pages in publishers' red boards. 5 x7½ . — £8 - £12
• Lot 47: The Keepsake for 1829, published November 1828 by Hurst Chance and Co., London. 360 pages. — £12 - £16
• Lot 48: Aunt Judy's Christmas Volume for Young People, edited by Mrs A. Gatty. Published by Bell and Daldy, London, 1866. — £8 - £12
• Lot 49: Aunty Judy's Magazine Christmas Volume, 1866, 384 pages. May Day Volume 1867, 384 pages. — £8 - £12
• Lot 50: Aunt Judy's Magazine May-Day Volume 1867, 384 pages. Christmas Volume 1867, 378 pages. — £8 - £12
• Lot 51: Aunt Judy's Magazine May-Day Volume 1867, Published by Bell and Daldy. Excellent copy in green publishers' boards. — £8 - £12
• Lot 52: Aunt Judy's Magazine Christmas Volume 1868. Contains contributions by G. M. Fenn, 5 contributions by H. C. Andersen. — £8 - £12
• Lot 53: Aunt Judy's Magazine May-Day Volume for Young People, edited by Mrs A. Gatty. Published by Bell and Daldy, — £8 - £12
• Lot 54: Aunt Judy's Magazine May-Day Volume 1869, 380 pages. 3 contributions by H. C. Andersen. — £8 - £12
• Lot 55: Aunt Judy's Christmas Volume 1869, contains 3 contributions by H. C. Andersen. 380 pages. Publishers' brown boards. — £8 - £12
• Lot 56: Aunt Judy's Christmas Volume 1872, edited by Mrs A Gatty. Published by Bell, Daldy, London. Illustration H. Paterson, — £8 - £12
• Lot 57: Aunt Judy's Christmas Volume 1874, published by George Bell and Sons, London. 760 pages. 6 x8 . — £8 - £12
• Lot 58: Aunt Judy's Christmas Volume 1875, edited by H. Gatty and J. Ewing. Illustrations by W. H. Petherick, A. W. Bayes, — £8 - £12
• Lot 59: Aunt Judy's Christmas Volume for 1876, with many illustrations. Published by George Bell and Sons, London. 762 pages, — £8 - £12
• Lot 60: Aunt Judy's Christmas Volume for 1877, Includes numerous illustrations by W. L. Jones, F. Gilbert and A. W. Bayes etc. — £8 - £12
• Lot 61: Aunt Judy's Christmas Volume for 1878, illustrations by W. L. Jones, F. Gilbert, F. — £8 - £12
• Lot 62: Aunt Judy's Christmas Volume for 1878, illustrations by W. L. Jones, F. Gilbert, and F Flinzer etc. — £8 - £12
• Lot 63: Aunt Judy's Christmas Volume 1879, with coloured frontispiece and numerous illustrations by R. Caldecott, — £8 - £12
• Lot 64: Aunt Judy's Annual Volume 1881, frontispiece by H. Giacomelli and numerous illustrations by W. Hennessy, F. — £8 - £12
• Lot 65: Aunt Judy's Annual, (2 volumes as one lot), published by David Bogue, London, 1882. — £8 - £12
• Lot 66: Aunt Judy's Annual Volume 1883, with coloured frontispiece by R. — £8 - £12
• Lot 67: Aunt Judy's Annual Volume 1883, with coloured frontispiece by R. Andre. Numerous illustrations by R. Caldecott, R. S. — £8 - £12
• Lot 68: Aunt Judy's Annual Volume 1883, (2 volumes as one lot), — £8 - £12
• Lot 69: Aunt Judy's Annual 1884, published by Bemrose and Sons, London. — £8 - £12
• Lot 70: Aunt Judy's Annual 1884, published by Bemrose and Sons, London. — £8 - £12
• Lot 71: Aunt Judy's Annual 1885, with an autotype portrait of Mrs Juliana Horatia Ewing and numerous illustrations by R. Andre, — £8 - £12
• Lot 72: Number One Joy Street, a medley of prese and verse for boys and girls. Published by Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1923. — £8 - £12
• Lot 73: Number Six Joy Street, a medley of prese and verse for boys and girls. Contributions by Walter De La Mare, — £8 - £12
• Lot 74: Fifty-two Excelsior Stories for Girls, by Alice F Jackson, Evelyn Everett-Green, Nora Ryeman, H. J. A. Harvey, — £8 - £12
• Lot 75: Fifty-two Stories of Greater Britain, by Geo. Manville Fenn, Marcus Clarke, Robert Overton, H. Hervey, Alice Jackson, — £8 - £12
• Lot 76: Fifty-two Stories of Head, Heart and Hand, for Girls, by Evelyn Everett-Green, Alice F. Jackson, Elizabeth Phelps, — £8 - £12
• Lot 77: The Tiger Voyage, illustrated by Nicola Bayley. Published by Jonathan Cape, London. First edition. — £8 - £12
• Lot 78: The Fables of Aesop and Others, translated into human nature. — £16 - £18
• Lot 79: Marcus Ward's Fable Picture Book, — £30 - £40
• Lot 80: Fables by G Washington Aesop, illustrations by F. S. Church. Published by W. Mack, London. 54 pages, — £20 - £30
• Lot 81: Aesop's Fables, with a full-page coloured illustration in colour by Charles Folkard. Published by A. and C. Black Ltd. — £8 - £12
• Lot 82: Aesop's Fables, adapted by F. C. Tilney with coloured illustration by F. C. Tilney. Published by J. M. Dent and Sons, — £8 - £12
• Lot 83: Aesop's Fables, retold by Blanche Winder with 24 colour plates by Harry Rountree. Published by Ward, Lock and Co., — £8 - £12
• Lot 84: Aesop's Fables, illustrated by Harry Rountree. Published by the Children's Press, London, Glasgow. Circa. 1938. — £12 - £16
• Lot 85: Aesop's Fables, retold by Blanche Winder with 18 colour plates by Harry Rountree. Published by Ward, Lock and Co., — £8 - £12
• Lot 86: The Fables of Aesop, translated by Samuel Croxall, D.D. and Sir Roger Lestrange with applications, moral, etc. — £8 - £12
• Lot 87: New Light Through Old Windows, a series of stories illustrating Fables of Aesop by Gregson Gow. — £12 - £16
• Lot 88: Fables from Aesop and Others, illustrated by Arnrid Johnston. Published by Transatlantic Arts. Circa. 1940s. 48 pages. — £8 - £12
• Lot 89: 3 Card Covered Booklets, each one a single tale of Aesop's. Offered as one lot. No. 1, Aesop's Fables, — £8 - £12
• Lot 90: Mockingbird, by Allen Ahlberg. Illustrated by Paul Howard. Published by Walker Books, London. First Edition 1998. — £8 - £12
• Lot 91: Jackanory Stories, by Joan Aiken. Tales of Arabel's Raven containing Arabel's Raven , — £8 - £12
• Lot 92: Jackanory Stories, by Joan Aiken. Tales of Arabel's Raven containing Arabel's Raven , — £8 - £12
• Lot 93: Jackanory Stories, by Joan Aiken. Arabel and Mortimer containing Mortimer's Tie , — £8 - £12
• Lot 94: Jackanory Stories, by Joan Aiken. Mortimer's Cross . Pictures by Quentin Blake. Published by B.B.C. Jonathan Cape. — £8 - £12
• Lot 95: Jackanory Stories, by Joan Eadington. The Adventures of Jonny Briggs . Published by the B.B.C. — £8 - £12
• Lot 96: Wizards are a Nuisance, by Norman Hunter. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. Published by the B.B.C. First edition 1973. — £8 - £12
• Lot 97: The Star Chamber, by W. Harrison Ainsworth. Published by Frederick Warne and Co., London, New York. Circa. 1900. — £8 - £12
• Lot 98: Rookwood, by William Harrison Ainsworth. Published by W. Foulsham and Co., London. Circa. 1940s. Abridged edition. — £8 - £12
• Lot 99: Wiltshire Tales, by John Yonge Ackerman. Published by John Russell, London, 1853. First edition. — £20 - £30
• Lot 100: Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, by Louisa M. Alcott. New edition. Published by Sampson Low, — £16 - £18
• Lot 101: Little Women Wedded, by Louisa M. Alcott. New edition 1873. Published by Sampson Low, Marston Low and Searle, London. — £12 - £16
• Lot 102: Penny Popular Novels, Little Woman Married by Louisa M. Alcott (The Masterpiece Library). Abridged edition. — £12 - £16
• Lot 103: Little Women, by Louisa Alcott. Abridged edition. Illustrated by Heade. Published by Pictorial Art Ltd., London. Circa. — £8 - £12
• Lot 104: Good Wives, by Louisa M. Alcott. Published by Collins' Clear Type Press, London, Glasgow. Undated, circa. 1930s. — £8 - £12
• Lot 105: Little Men, Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys, by Louisa M. Alcott. Published by Sampson, Low, Marston and Co., London. — £20 - £24
• Lot 106: A Dog-Day or The Angel in the House, by Walter Emanuel. Picture by Cecil Aldin. Published by William Heinemann, London, — £12 - £16
• Lot 107: Ardizzone's Hans Andersen, 14 classic tales selected and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Translated by Stephen Corrin. — £8 - £12
• Lot 108: The Adventures of Tim, six delightful stories by the award-winning illustrator and author Edward Ardizzone. — £8 - £12
• Lot 109: Tim and Charlotte by Edward Ardizzone. Published by the Oxford University Press. First edition, third impression 1958. — £8 - £12
• Lot 110: Tim's Friend Towser, by Edward Ardizzone. Published by the Oxford University Press. First edition 1962. — £8 - £12
• Lot 111: Sarah and Simon (and no red paint), by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Constable Young Books, London. — £8 - £12
• Lot 112: Tim and Ginger, by Edward Ardizzone. Published by the Oxford University Press. First edition 1965. — £8 - £12
• Lot 113: Tim's Last Voyage, by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Bodley Head. First edition 1972. — £8 - £12
• Lot 114: Ship's Cook Ginger (another Tim story), by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Bodley Head. First edition 1977. 48 pages. — £8 - £12
• Lot 115: The Young Ardizzone, An Autobiographical Fragment of Edward Ardizzone, published by Studio Vista, London. — £8 - £12
• Lot 116: Paul the Hero of the Fire, by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Penguin Books. First edition 1962. 32 pages. — £8 - £12
• Lot 117: Baggage to the Enemy, by Edward Ardizzone. Published by John Murray, London. First edition 1941. 121 pages. — £8 - £12
• Lot 118: Baggage to the Enemy, by Edward Ardizzone. Published by the Right Book Club, London. 1942 edition. — £8 - £12
• Lot 119: My Uncle Silas, stories by H. E. Bates. First edition 1939. Drawings by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Jonathan Cape. — £12 - £16
• Lot 120: My Uncle Silas, stories by H. E. Bates. Drawings by Edward Ardizzone. Published by the Reprint Society, London, 1947. — £8 - £12
• Lot 121: Sugar for the Horse, by H. E. Bates. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Michael Joseph. First edition 1957. — £8 - £12
• Lot 122: A Ring of Bells Poems of John Betjeman, introduced and selected by Irene Slade. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. — £8 - £12
• Lot 123: Birthday Greetings, telegram, G.P.O. 7½ x8¼ highly coloured pictorial folded card dated approximately 1973. — £12 - £16
• Lot 124: The Illustration of Books, by David Bland. Published by Faber and Faber, London. First edition 1951. — £8 - £12
• Lot 125: Nurse Matilda, by Christianna Brand. Illustrated by Ardizzone. Published by Brockhampton Press. First edition, — £8 - £12
• Lot 126: Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital, Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Brockhampton Press. First edition 1974. — £8 - £12
• Lot 127: The Thirty-Nine Steps, by John Buchan. With colour frontispiece and line drawings in the text by Edward Ardizzone. — £8 - £12
• Lot 128: The Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Faber and Faber, London. — £8 - £12
• Lot 129: Brief to Counsel, by Henry Cecil. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Foreword by the Hon. Mr Justice Devlin. — £8 - £12
• Lot 130: The Witch Family, by Eleanor Estes. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Constable and Co., London. — £8 - £12
• Lot 131: The Long Sunday, by Peter Fletcher. Published by Faber and Faber, London. First edition 1958. 188 pages. — £8 - £12
• Lot 132: Bull and Brass, by John Foley. Published by Cassell, London. First edition 1958. 168 pages. — £8 - £12
• Lot 133: Bull and Brass, by John Foley. Published by Cassell, London. First edition 1958. 168 pages. — £8 - £12
• Lot 134: Hey, Nanny, yes, passions and conceits from Shakespeare assembled by Hallam Fordham. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. — £12 - £16
• Lot 135: Julian Franklyn, the Cockney, a survey of London life and language by Andre Deutsch. First edition 1953. — £8 - £12
• Lot 136: Back to the Local, by Maurice Gorham. Illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Percival Marshall. — £8 - £12
• Lot 137: The Orange Carol Book, Arranged by Mervin Horder. Published by Constable and Co., and Stainer Bell (music publishers), — £8 - £12
• Lot 138: The Orange Carol Book, Arranged by Mervin Horder. Published by Constable and Co., and Stainer Bell (music publishers), — £8 - £12
• Lot 139: The Otterbury Incident, by C. Day Lewis. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Putnam and Co., London. — £8 - £12
• Lot 140: Stories from the Bible, by Walter De La Mare. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Faber and Faber, London. — £8 - £12
• Lot 141: Dick Whittington, retold by Kathleen Lines. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by the Bodley Head. — £8 - £12
• Lot 142: The Red Danube, by Bruce Marshall. Published by Constable, London. First edition 1947. 216 pages. — £8 - £12
• Lot 143: The Battle of France, by Andre Maurois. Translated from French by F. R. Ludman. Published by John Lane, — £8 - £12
• Lot 144: Exploits of Don Quixote, retold by James Reeves. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Blackie, London. — £8 - £12
• Lot 145: Exploits of Don Quixote, retold by James Reeves. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Blackie, London. — £8 - £12
• Lot 146: Exploits of Don Quixote, retold by James Reeves. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Blackie. — £8 - £12
• Lot 147: The James Reeves Story Book, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Heinemann, London. First edition 1978. — £8 - £12
• Lot 148: The James Reeves Story Book, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Books for Children. — £8 - £12
• Lot 149: The Angel and the Donkey, by James Reeves. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Hamish Hamilton, London. — £8 - £12
• Lot 150: Rhyming Will, by James Reeves. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Published by Hamish Hamilton, London. — £8 - £12