Lot 157
General literature
Collection of works including fine bindings
Auction: 02 October 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Boswell, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1900. 3 volumes, 8vo, 20th-century red crushed morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe;
Pope, Alexander (translator). The Iliad of Homer [and:] The Odyssey of Homer. London: for F. J. Du Rouveray, 1805-6. 2 works, each 6 volumes in 3, 8vo, 20th-century half morocco by Riviere & Son, engraved plates;
Malthus, Thomas. An Essay on the Principle of Population. John Murray, 1826. Sixth edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, spines slightly defective, ink-stamps of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland;
and 18 others, including A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh, 1926 (second edition, original cloth), Evelyn Underhill, Mysticism, 1912 (third edition, later half morocco by Zaehsdorf), Walter Scott, Marmion, 1808, Rokeby, 1813, The Lady of the Lake, 1819 (mixed editions, uniform contemporary marbled calf gilt), and others similar, including fine bindings (33)