"10 LITTLE NIGGER BOYS BOOK OF TRANSFERS."
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Winning Bid:
$506.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
9
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, July 15, 2015 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction:
Auction #215 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 987 in auction 215
Value Code:
G - $100 to $200 Help Icon
Item Description
5.25x5.5" book has "48 Sticky-Back Pictures To Transfer And Illustrate The Story." Book has total of 16 pages (counting covers) and four sheets of transfers/stamps, each sheet w/12 transfers/stamps. Published in Great Britain by C.L. Rayon, Ltd. 1930s. Text chronicling the catastrophes that befall the boys differs from those on plates (see items #815-817) and include graphic illustrations that show boy chopping himself in half w/axe, being chased by giant bees, being eaten by whale, being hugged to death by polar bear and burning in the sun among other illustrations. Each page has spaces for each of the boys, decreasing by one each page as boy after boy meets his demise. Back cover shows last boy getting married w/"One Little Nigger Boy Living All Alone - He Got Married And Then There Were None" text. Scattered lt. aging/handling wear. VF w/Exc. interior pages. Transfers/stamps remain unused.
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