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Auction archive: Lot number 271

Rusher's Banbury Chap Books , Complete Set of SixteenRusher's Banbury Chap Books , Complete Set of Sixteen

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$1,353
Auction archive: Lot number 271

Rusher's Banbury Chap Books , Complete Set of SixteenRusher's Banbury Chap Books , Complete Set of Sixteen

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$1,353
Beschreibung:

Rusher's Banbury Chap Books, Complete Set of Sixteen. Banbury: Rusher, [c. 1830]. 32mo, sixteen bound in one, with the publisher's half-title listing the sixteen titles; all with their original colored paper covers bound in (mostly blue and yellow), with the bookplate of C.H. Hammersley pasted inside the front board, and a short inscription stating that this copy formerly belonged to Andrew White Tuer (1838-1900), with a note signed by Tuer tipped in, describing this copy; bound in full mottled calfskin by Zahnesdorf, with gilt-tooled boards and spine, neatly rebacked, the old spine replaced, 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. This volume containing the following titles: Adventures of a Half-penny; Anecdotes for Good Children; Children in the Wood; Children in the Wood Restored; Dick Whittington and his Cat; Dr. Watts' Divine Songs; Dr. Watts' Moral Songs; Galloping Guide to the A.B.C.; Good Farmer; History of a Banbury Cake; House that Jack Built; John Gilpin; Poetic Trifles; Riddle Book; Short Stories; and Trial of an Ox.

Auction archive: Lot number 271
Auction:
Datum:
31 May 2014
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

Rusher's Banbury Chap Books, Complete Set of Sixteen. Banbury: Rusher, [c. 1830]. 32mo, sixteen bound in one, with the publisher's half-title listing the sixteen titles; all with their original colored paper covers bound in (mostly blue and yellow), with the bookplate of C.H. Hammersley pasted inside the front board, and a short inscription stating that this copy formerly belonged to Andrew White Tuer (1838-1900), with a note signed by Tuer tipped in, describing this copy; bound in full mottled calfskin by Zahnesdorf, with gilt-tooled boards and spine, neatly rebacked, the old spine replaced, 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. This volume containing the following titles: Adventures of a Half-penny; Anecdotes for Good Children; Children in the Wood; Children in the Wood Restored; Dick Whittington and his Cat; Dr. Watts' Divine Songs; Dr. Watts' Moral Songs; Galloping Guide to the A.B.C.; Good Farmer; History of a Banbury Cake; House that Jack Built; John Gilpin; Poetic Trifles; Riddle Book; Short Stories; and Trial of an Ox.

Auction archive: Lot number 271
Auction:
Datum:
31 May 2014
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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