11-14-201011-14-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2526BBoston
November 14, 2010 11:00 AMCalender
158

(Children's Books)

Sell one like this
$296$250
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2526BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 14, 2010 11:00AM

Description:

(Children's Books), Four titles: Tabart, Benjamin, The Book of Games; or, a History of the Juvenile Sports Practiced at the Kingston Academy, New York: George Long, 1822, half calf, 12mo, (covers and spine worn, soiled, and scuffed, browning, scattered soiling); Collier, John Payne, Punch and Judy, New York: G.G. Sickels, 1830, with handcolored illustrations by George Cruikshank, boards, 8vo, (spine a later restoration, wear and soiling to covers, browning, scattered small tears); Kendall, Edward Augustus, Keeper's Travels in Search of his Master, Newburyport: John G. Tilton, 1839, boards, 12mo, (boards chewed at corners with wear, browning, soiling); and a miniature book, Famous Men of Britain, Philadelphia and New Haven, 1847, red pictorial cloth, (lightly bumped, chipped, and soiled).
Estimate $150-250

Keywords

Kingston Academy, Edward Augustus, George Long, John Payne, Kendall, George Cruikshank, Newburyport, John G. Tilton, Britain, New Haven, Philadelphia