Bidspirit auction | Vintage Wooden Open Bookcase Containing

Vintage Wooden Open Bookcase Containing a Large Collection of Antique & Vintage Books, Including Children's Literature, Classics & Illustrated Volumes - A traditional dark-stained wooden open bookcase with shaped raised back, curved side supports and four shelves, containing a substantial collection of antique and vintage hardback books, predominantly late Victorian to mid-20th century. The collection includes numerous attractive pictorial cloth-bound volumes, illustrated children's stories, schoolgirl adventures, literary classics and reference works. Notable titles and authors include Old Jack and The Missing Ship by W. H. G. Kingston, A Pair of School Girls by Angela Brazil, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, The Tale of Tom Kitten, The Tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle and The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Queer Adventure by Enid Blyton, together with works by Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and other authors. Further volumes include Collins Home Dictionary, The Concise Oxford Dictionary, Peter the Whaler, Granny's Girls, Madcap, A Gem of an Aunt and numerous other decorative and collectible books. The bookcase displays general age-related surface wear, scratches and marks. Books are in mixed condition, with varying degrees of rubbing, foxing, discolouration, binding wear and other imperfections. Individual editions and completeness have not been verified. Bookcase and entire contents offered together as one lot.