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Lot 129 - Trio of Vintage Children's Books Including "The Children's Book of the Saguenay," First Edition, 1945, and Two Copies of "Sleeping Beauty" Pictured by Gordon Robinson, Published by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company
Lot 129 - Trio of Vintage Children's Books Including "The Children's Book of the Saguenay," First Edition, 1945, and Two Copies of "Sleeping Beauty" Pictured by Gordon Robinson, Published by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company
Trio of vintage children's books comprising "The Children's Book of the Saguenay," first edition, copyright 1945, published by Editorial Associates Limited, Montreal and Boston, with a color-illustrated cover depicting children aboard a steamship; and two copies of "Sleeping Beauty," pictured by Gordon Robinson, published by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company, No. 432, printed in the U.S.A., each with a color-illustrated cover depicting an armored guard in a forest setting. One copy of "Sleeping Beauty" is bound in a linenette format with a black illustrated back cover; the other is cloth-bound with a red spine.
Condition varies across the three volumes, with wear to covers, corner losses, and soiling present on all examples, most notably to the linenette "Sleeping Beauty" copy.
