Crait+Muller Charenton-Vincennes
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Set of 10 illustrated wooden alphabet blocks (1930–1950).
See original version (French)
128
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Set of 10 illustrated wooden alphabet blocks (1930–1950).
See original version (French)
Estimate €120 - €180
Voluntary lot
Description
Set of 10 illustrated wooden alphabet blocks (1930–1950).
1/ - Illustrated Animal. Toy block. English set illustrated with the alphabet on the front and animals on the back (the wooden lid of the box remains).
2/ - Alphabet cubes. Wooden blocks. Upper-case and lower-case alphabet on the front, upper-case alphabet with a colour illustration on the back; illustrated cardboard box.
3/ - Alphabet tiles showing on the front: A, E, I, O, U – BA, BE, BI, BO, BU – MA, ME, MI, MO, MU – PA, PE, PI, PO, PU - Bé-Bé, Da-Da, Do-Do, Ma-MA, Pa-Pa; the reverse side features a colour illustration with the alphabet (original cardboard box, unmarked)
4/ - A set of 28 colour-illustrated tiles, on the front only, featuring the alphabet accompanied by an image of an animal (reused wooden box).
5/ - Alphabet set. Labelled wooden box containing 25 small cubes, excluding the letter ‘w’ (2 x 2 x 2 cm). An alphabetical puzzle, as the faces of the cubes are all printed with lowercase and uppercase letters (i.e. 160 repeating letters); the aim is to rearrange them in alphabetical order within the same set, whilst there is only one correct solution.
6/ - Alphabet on wooden plaques (26 letters) and 9 numbers (excluding the 5). Colour-illustrated cardboard box.
7/ - “Alphabet Cubes”. An alphabet comprising 25 small bone cubes (8.5 x 8.5 x 8.5 mm) intended for the construction of architectural calligrams (the Great Cross of the Village, J. César’s Arc de Triomphe, the Fontaine des Innocents). Small wooden box (7.7 x 5.2 cm) containing 3 examples of printed calligrams (clearly incomplete).
8/ - Alphabetical dominoes. Parisian dominoes. Montrouge, [c. 1930]. In its original box, complete with 28 wooden pieces featuring the alphabet and domino dots, replaced by stars, made of glued paper. Game instructions under the lid.
9/ - Alphabet set on wooden tiles the size of dominoes. A capital letter on the front and a lower-case letter on the back, with designs on both sides, all printed in black. Complete set of 25 letters (excluding ‘w’) with 4 additional tiles for ‘â’, ‘é’, ‘è’ and ‘û’. Included is an incomplete set of dominoes (23/28), with the alphabet on the reverse (the following are missing: 2/0, 2/2, 4/4, 5/3, 6/5). The box is slightly damaged but reused.
10/ - Alphabets. Labelled cardboard box containing 58 cardboard tiles measuring 4.3 x 4.3 cm (out of 60), illustrated on the front with letters of the alphabet featuring coloured drawings with captions. Some letters are repeated.
Overall condition: 5/10 – Rarity: 2/5
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About the sale
Sale of antique and modern books
Auction location
Auction time
10/01/2026 at 10:00 AM
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