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Southern Estates and Private Collections

Thu, Oct 8, 2020 10:30PM EDT
Lot 496

Group of 8 Children's Books

Estimate: $100 - $200

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$3,000 $250
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Property of a Private Collection, Savannah, GAcomprising T. S. Elliot, Collected Poems 1909-1935, London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1936, printed 1954, inscribed on first page (pages yellowed with minor foxing, severe foxing to first few pages and last few pages, one page dogeared, wear to edges and corners of cover), A. A. Milne, When We Were Very Young, New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1924, printed 1938 (wear to cover and spine, yellowing to pages, and some foxing to pages) A. A. Milne, Winnie The Poo, New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1926, printed 1943 (wear to cover and spine, stains to spine, dust jacket with rips and staining, pages yellowed, and two pages with tears) A. A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner, New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1928, printed 1943 (wear to cover, rips and heavy wear to dust jacket, yellowing to pages, and foxing to few first and last few pages) Johnny Gruelle, Raggedy Andy Stories, New York/Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co., 1920 (wear to cover, yellowing to pages, and some pages with rips), Johnny Gruelle, Raggedy Ann Stories, New York/Chicago: M. A. Donohue & Co., 1918 (wear to cover, pen marks and 'R' scratched out on front cover, yellowing to pages, and some pages with rip), Nathaniel Hawthorn, Tanglewood Tales, Illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett, New York: The Hampton Publishing Company, 1921, with bookplate 'Ex Libris, Janet Bowden' and inscription on first page (wear to cover, yellowing to pages, foxing to some pages, and spine separating), Robert Louis Stevenson, A Child's Garden of Verses, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1931 (wear to cover and spine, yellowing to pages, and spine cracked). Size of Collected Poems: H. 8 1/4 in. x W. 5 1/2 in. x D. 7/8 in.
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