£275
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 630
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
London: Chapman & Hall, 1839. First edition in book form, first issue [with 'visiter' for 'sister' on p. 123, 'latter' for 'letter', 'flys' for 'flies' on p. 245 and 'visiters' for 'visitors' on p. 272], 8vo, engraved portrait, 39 engraved plates by 'Phiz' and extra-illustrated with 24 engraved portraits of characters, after Miss L. Creedy, contemporary green half calf, neatly rebacked retaining original spine, endpapers renewed; Montgomery, James The Poetical Works. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850. 8vo, portrait, additional engraved title-page, inscribed by Montgomery to Mary Hansell, with a quote from one of his hymns, dated May 29. 1850, original russet cloth, neatly rebacked retaining original spine, with a loosely inserted manuscript poem from Montgomery, entitled 'To Mary' (2)