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Auction archive: Lot number 161

Seven volumes from the Christmas Stocking Series

Estimate
US$700 - US$1,000
Price realised:
US$480
Auction archive: Lot number 161

Seven volumes from the Christmas Stocking Series

Estimate
US$700 - US$1,000
Price realised:
US$480
Beschreibung:

Title: Seven volumes from the Christmas Stocking Series Author: Place: Chicago Publisher: The Reilly & Britton Co. Date: Description: Includes: Animal A. B. C. A Child's Visit to the Zoo Ptg. 1st Ptg.1905. The Story of Little Black Sambo. 2d Ptg. With frontispiece oriented sideways. 1906. Fairy Tales from Anderson. 1st Ptg. 1905. Fairy Tales from Grimm. 1st Ptg. 1905. The Night Before Christmas. 1st Ptg. 1905. Cinderella & Sleeping Beauty. 1st Ptg. 1905. The Story of Peter Rabbit. 1st Ptg., binding variant B (precedes variant A). [1911]. Together 7 volumes. Each approximately 120 pp. or more, all with 1 or more ad pp. in the back. With an introduction by L. Frank Baum and illustrated with color plates by John R. Neill and E. S. Hardy. 10x7.5 cm (4x3"), 1st 6 in original decorative red front cover boards stamped in green, with cloth spine and rear covers, with a color pictorial cover label; last in red boards with slight vertical ribbing, embellishments in metallic ink, pictorial cover label. First Editions. The complete Christmas Stocking Series reprinting classics with introductions by L. Frank Baum - there were six in the original 1905 series, then in 1911 Peter Rabbit replaced the Animal A.B.C. Bienvenue & Schmidt pp.220-224. Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing and edge wear to covers, a few creases; overall very good. Item number: 279891

Auction archive: Lot number 161
Auction:
Datum:
9 Mar 2017
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Seven volumes from the Christmas Stocking Series Author: Place: Chicago Publisher: The Reilly & Britton Co. Date: Description: Includes: Animal A. B. C. A Child's Visit to the Zoo Ptg. 1st Ptg.1905. The Story of Little Black Sambo. 2d Ptg. With frontispiece oriented sideways. 1906. Fairy Tales from Anderson. 1st Ptg. 1905. Fairy Tales from Grimm. 1st Ptg. 1905. The Night Before Christmas. 1st Ptg. 1905. Cinderella & Sleeping Beauty. 1st Ptg. 1905. The Story of Peter Rabbit. 1st Ptg., binding variant B (precedes variant A). [1911]. Together 7 volumes. Each approximately 120 pp. or more, all with 1 or more ad pp. in the back. With an introduction by L. Frank Baum and illustrated with color plates by John R. Neill and E. S. Hardy. 10x7.5 cm (4x3"), 1st 6 in original decorative red front cover boards stamped in green, with cloth spine and rear covers, with a color pictorial cover label; last in red boards with slight vertical ribbing, embellishments in metallic ink, pictorial cover label. First Editions. The complete Christmas Stocking Series reprinting classics with introductions by L. Frank Baum - there were six in the original 1905 series, then in 1911 Peter Rabbit replaced the Animal A.B.C. Bienvenue & Schmidt pp.220-224. Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing and edge wear to covers, a few creases; overall very good. Item number: 279891

Auction archive: Lot number 161
Auction:
Datum:
9 Mar 2017
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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