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Sale 317: Fine Children's Books (#317) 09/15/2005 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 09/15/2005 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #34 The Bedtime Story-books

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$162.50

Estimate: $250 - $350

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Description

Title:

The Bedtime Story-books

Author:

Burgess, Thornton W.

Place Published:

Boston

Publisher:

Little, Brown

Date Published:

1945-1946

Description:

Comprises: The Adventures of Buster Bear. * The Adventures of Grand-father Frog. * The Adventures of Reddy Fox. Together, 3 volumes. Illustrated in color by Harrison Cady. 8x6½, cloth-backed pictorial boards; color pictorial jackets.

Presentation copies, each volume inscribed and signed by the author for Joan on the half-titles. All dated 1946. The second volumes reads: "This is a story for Joan when she is big enough to say 'Chuga-rum'. Her friend / Thornton W. Burgess. 1946."

Condition:

Mild edge-wear to jackets; two vols. with some fading to cloth spines; overall about fine in near fine jackets.

Item#:

164072
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