Lot 4512
COLLECTION OF BOOKS IN CLOTH BINDINGS, MAINLY CHILDREN'S
comprising
Auction: Day Two: 24 February 2022 | From 10:00
Description
Fitzpatrick, Sir Percy Jock of the Bushveld. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt; Kipling, Rudyard The Second Jungle Book. London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. Second edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, owner's name trimmed from title-page; Catlin, George Letters and Notes of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. London, 1841. 2 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth gilt; Coolidge, Susan What Katy Did. London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, [n.d.] 8vo, original red cloth; Hope, Anthony The Prisoner of Zenda. Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, [n.d.] 8vo, original red cloth gilt; "Twain, Mark" [Samuel L. Clemens] A Tramp Abroad. London: Chatto & Windus, 1880. 8vo, original red cloth gilt; "Carrol, Lewis" [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] Through the Looking-Glass... London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1912. 12mo, later edition, original red cloth gilt; [Idem] The Hunting of the Snark. London: Macmillan and Co., 1913. 12mo, later edition, original red cloth gilt; Alcott, Louisa May Little Women and Good Wives. London: Bliss, Sands, & Co., [n.d.] 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, ownership signature of H.A. Longman; Ewing, Juliana Horatia The Brownies and Other Tales. London: George Bell and Sons, 1875. Third edition, 8vo, original brown cloth gilt, Longman bookplate; and 15 others, sold not subject to return
Provenance
Provenance: The Estate of the Late Mary Elizabeth Stuart Harley (1925-2019)