Lot 1466 , A group of early 20th century Chinese childrens books, Chess books, pamphlets and journals Provenance - A. T. Arber-Cooke

A group of early 20th century Chinese children's books, Chess books, pamphlets and journals Provenance - A. T. Arber-Cooke
Estimate £50-100

Five covers to children's books torn.
One carved bone slide broken to child's book. Box to chess set broken.
All items, paper is brown with age at edges, some books entire pages brown with age.
Some pamphlets and journals: covers are torn.
Spines to some books broken.
All items have been used or played with.

Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Antiquities and Asian works of art, principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s.
He intially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with local archaeological digs undertaken by the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archeaology and wrote the History of Llandovery, published in 1975.
Further items from the collection to be offered in our 30th March Fine sale.


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Sold for £3,000