Lot 257k: Two Early 20th Century Small Format Items comprising a Pictorial Children's Book and a Boxed Religious Volume
This lot comprises two distinct collectible items from an estate. The first, marked 257J, is a small-format pictorial children’s volume featuring a colour lithographic illustration on the cover. The scene depicts a young girl posting a letter at a red GPO pillar box, accompanied by a plush rabbit, a dog, and a cat. The illustration style is in the manner of Ernest Nister or similar publishers of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. The second item, marked 257K, is a small religious book, typically a Book of Common Prayer or Hymnal, bound in cream-coloured celluloid, commonly known as French ivory. The front cover features a deeply embossed and interlaced IHS Christogram. This volume is contained within its original, two-part cardboard presentation box.
Condition report:
The pictorial book shows general age-related wear, including rubbing to the corners and spine edges with minor surface scuffing to the cover. The religious book is in good overall condition with some expected age-toning to the page edges. Its presentation box is in poor condition, exhibiting significant structural wear, splitting to the seams, and fraying at the edges.
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