General Auction Including Antiques, Collectables Gold & Silver (14% Buyers Commission)

General Auction Including Antiques, Collectables Gold & Silver (14% Buyers Commission)

Catalogue

Lot 125: A Collection of Books and Graphic Novels including Watterson, Spence, and Milne (DJ)

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Estimated price: £10 - £15

Buyer's Premium:

A mixed collection of softcover and hardcover volumes comprising graphic novels, comic strip compilations, and reference works. The selection features several works by Bill Watterson, including the softcover collections It’s a Magic World and There’s Treasure Everywhere, alongside the exhibition catalogue Sunday Pages 1985-1995. Hardcover titles include The Illustrated Guide to Egyptian Mythology by Lewis Spence, published with its original dust jacket, and The QI Annual (1). Further softcover titles include Tank Girl One by Hewlett & Martin, Deadpool Classic, and The Pooh Story Book by A.A. Milne with colour illustrations by E.H. Shepard. The collection is supplemented by gaming material including the World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Official Strategy Guide by BradyGames and a Guild Wars volume. The items range in format from large quarto exhibition guides to smaller octavo storybooks.


Condition report:

The collection generally exhibits signs of light handling and shelf wear consistent with age and use. Specific observations include minor corner curling and edge rubbing to the softcover volumes, particularly at the spine ends and corners. The dust jacket of the Egyptian Mythology book shows light surface wear and minor creasing at the extremities. The volumes appear to be in good, saleable condition overall.