Sports Memorabilia, Trading Cards, and Americana May 16'26
Lot 885:
Description
BID PER WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO, NOT THE AI GENERATED TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS! A Collection of Vintage Children’s Literature, an Arabic Reference Volume, and Map Ephemera
A group of vintage children’s literature, reference works, and map ephemera. The collection includes several volumes from the Windermere Readers series published by Rand McNally and Company, featuring titles such as Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, and The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss. These are hardcover octavos in uniform pictorial cloth bindings with colorful, stylized cover illustrations. The lot also contains a thick Arabic reference volume bound in red cloth with a black decorative band. The cover and spine identify the publisher as Al-Maktaba al-Sharqiya, Beirut. The front cover features a central globe logo. The interior text is arranged in a two-column dictionary or encyclopedia format and includes monochrome photographic plates of locations like Alexandria and historical figures such as Alexander the Great. Associated ephemera includes a large folded historical-style map of the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia titled Penisola dell’ India et Orientale with Italian text. Also present is a rolled modern reproduction map of the Caribbean Islands, including labels for Dominica, St. Vincent, and Grenada.
Condition report:
Windermere volumes show light shelf wear to the extremities and minor scuffing to the pictorial boards. The Arabic reference volume exhibits moderate wear to the spine and hinges, with some fraying to the cloth at the head and foot of the spine; the interior pages are age-toned. The folded map has creases consistent with storage and minor edge wear. The rolled map is housed in a clear plastic sleeve.
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