Carroll, Lewis, Samuel Pepys and Robert William Billings
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There
£1,034
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
London: Macmillan and Co., 1872 [but 1871]. First edition with ‘wade’ for ‘wabe’ but lacking the “to all child readers” printed sheet, 8vo, original red cloth gilt;
Idem. The Hunting of the Snark. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. 8vo, original brown pictorial cloth;
Idem. A Tangled Tale. London: Macmillan and Co., 1885. 8vo, original red cloth gilt;
Idem. Sylvie and Bruno, 1889; [and] Sylvie and Bruno Concluded, 1893; both London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. 8vo, original red cloth gilt;
Pepys, Samuel. The Diary of Samuel Pepys. London: George Bell & Sons, 1893-99. 10 volumes, including “Pepysiana” and an index volume, original blue cloth gilt;
Billings, Robert William. The Baronial and Ecclesiastical Antiquities of Scotland. London: William Blackwood and Sons, [n.d.] 4 volumes, 4to, fine green half morocco gilt (19)
Provenance
The Library of a Scottish Gentleman.