Charity Vintage: Ladybird books

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4 lots of vintage Ladybird books for sale by Thames Hospice on eBay for Charity
Thames Hospice* is currently selling half a dozen lots of vintage Ladybird books. Each lot contains 10 or 15 books with a starting bid of £5.95 and £6.95 respectively. If you’re a collector and you’re interested you’d better hurry because they all end later on today!

The lots include books I remember having & reading as a child including Black Beauty, The Big Pancake and The Three Billy-goats Gruff. Their illustrations are so memorable! We sometimes buy & sell them ourselves – here’s a photo of a large haul of vintage Ladybird books we acquired a few years ago.

*At Thames Hospice their philosophy is that together they provide skilled and gentle care for adults with cancer and other potentially life shortening illnesses and their families, friends and carers, giving them hope and dignity throughout their illness both up to and following death.



Child’s Play

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Pile of vintage Ladybird books | H is for Home

We bought a huge pile of vintage Ladybird books this week. They’re fabulous little books, designed to educate & entertain children of all ages.

Pile of vintage Ladybird books | H is for Home

We really enjoyed having a browse through them all. Having grown up with them it’s been a very nostalgic trip. They cover an amazing variety of subjects…

Collection of vintage science Ladybird books | H is for Home

…science & nature…

Collection of vintage nature Ladybird books | H is for Home

…careers & occupations…

Collection of vintage occupations Ladybird books | H is for Home

…fairy tales etc, etc, etc.

Collection of vintage Ladybird fairy tale books | H is for Home

The wonderful illustrations have a distinctive ‘Ladybird’ look, despite being produced by a variety of artists.

Group of vintage Ladybird books showing autumn scenes | H is for Home

Names such as John Berry, Roland Green and C F Tunnicliffe to name but three.

View of vintage Ladybird books showing different occupations | H is for Home

It’s not surprising that there’s a keen collectors’ market amongst adults too.

For more things Ladybird check out these websites:

The Wee Web
Vintage Ladybird
Official Ladybird website
Easy on the Eye
Fly Away Home

We’ve added the books to other items of stock that we’re accumulating for a new section on our website.

Set of vintage children's building blocks | H is for Home

It’s going to be called Child’s Play, and as the name suggests, it will consist of lots of children’s vintage items.

Collection of vintage Mr Men books | H is for Home

In addition to books, there’ll be vintage toys & games…

Vintage child's cooking set | H is for Home Vintage children's dominoes | H is for Home

Collection of vintage board games | H is for Home
…money boxes & tins…

…and bits & pieces to decorate nurseries, play rooms & bedrooms.

We should have gathered enough stuff to add the new section in the autumn – so watch this space!