Victorian literature
Collection of library sets, finely bound
Estimate: £500 - £800
Auction: 18 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Brontë, Charlotte, Emily & Anne. The Life and Works of Charlotte Brontë and her Sisters. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1899. ‘Haworth Edition’, 7 volumes, 8vo (19.4 x 12.5cm), contemporary red half calf by Mudie, half-titles, frontispieces and plates, contemporary gift inscriptions to initial blanks, rubbing to extremities, Life of Charlotte Brontë headcap worn, spotting to outer leaves;
Gaskell, Elizabeth. Novels and Tales. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1874. 7 volumes, 8vo (18 x 11cm), contemporary green half morocco, gilt spines, wood-engraved plates, ownership inscriptions to front free endpapers, bindings slightly rubbed;
Thackeray, William Makepeace. The Works. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1899. ‘Biographical Edition’, 13 volumes, 8vo (19 x 13cm), contemporary red half calf, comb-marbled sides, endpapers and edges, wood-engraved plates;
Stevenson, Robert Louis. [The Works]. Boston: Jefferson Press, c.1900. 10 volumes, 8vo (20.5 x 13.5cm), contemporary red half roan, marbled sides, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, plates, a little rubbing and wear to bindings, a few spines darkened, textblocks toned;
Meredith, George. [The Works]. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd, 1894. ‘A new uniform edition’, 10 volumes, 8vo (18 x 12cm), contemporary tan half calf, comb-marbled sides, endpapers and edges, spotting to outer leaves;
Kingsley, Charles. [The Novels]. London: Macmillan and Co., 1890-2. 6 volumes, 8vo (18.2 x 11.5cm), contemporary red half calf, rubbed, 2 volumes with front joints repaired (53)
Provenance
From the library at Park House, Inverkeithing.