Bidspirit auction | Vintage and Antique Children's Books

Vintage and Antique Children's Books and Royal Ephemera including Rupert Annuals - A collection of vintage and antique children's books and historical ephemera. The lot includes multiple Rupert Bear annuals featuring the characteristic orange and white Rupert title on the front covers, bound in pictorial hardcover boards. A hardcover edition of Lancashire Witches by William Harrison Ainsworth is present, featuring a brown cloth binding with blind-stamped Art Nouveau style decorative motifs to the front board. Also included is a dark blue cloth-bound volume titled The Wizard in gilt lettering, and a hardcover edition of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, which retains a pictorial dust jacket. Historical ephemera includes a boxed souvenir for the coronation of King George VI dated May 12th 1937, and a commemorative booklet for the 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, decorated with a stained-glass style illustration of the Royal Coat of Arms. Other notable titles include an antique natural history volume titled Feathers and Fur, a distressed volume titled Playtime, and a girls' adventure story titled Her Aim. No signatures or specific publisher marks are clearly legible on the external bindings.