Lot 146
Bindings
Collection of biographies and histories, 19th-early 20th century
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Rose, J. Holland. William Pitt and the Great War; William Pitt and National Revival; Pitt and Napoleon. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1911-12. 3 works, 8vo, contemporary red half calf by Harrods, gilt spines;
Rosebery, Lord Archibald Primrose. Chatham: His Early Life and Connections. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1910. 8vo, contemporary red half calf gilt uniform with the preceding works (though unsigned);
Madden, R. R. The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington. London: T. C. Newby, 1855. 3 volumes, contemporary pink crushed half morocco for Hatchards, spines gilt with fleur-de-lys pattern,
Pennell, E. R. and J. The Life of James McNeill Whistler. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1911. 4to, contemporary straight-grain green half morocco gilt, spine sunned;
Ashley, Evelyn. The Life of Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston. London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1876. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary red half morocco by Morrell; and 15 others similar (42)
Provenance
Property from the Earls of Airlie.