Lot 237
Brougham, Henry Lord
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: 16 January 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Historical sketches of statesmen who flourished in the time of George III. London, 1839, 8vo, 3 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed at edges; Cockburn, Lord Life of Lord Jeffrey. Edinburgh, 1852, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary half calf gilt, rebacked, offsetting; Braybrooke, Richard Lord Memoirs of Samuel Pepys. London, 1828, second edition, 8vo, 5 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, rebacked, bookplate; Walpole, Horace Letters of Horace Walpole... to Sir Horace Mann. London, 1834, third edition, contemporary calf gilt, 8vo, 3 volumes, interiors clean; Gleig, Rev G. History of the life of Arthur, Duke of Wellington. London, 1858, 8vo, 4 volumes, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding maps, contemporary calf gilt, red and green labels, some foxing; Ibid. Essays... London, 1858, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red and black labels, rubbed at edges, interiors clean; Aiken, John Memoirs of the court of King James the First. London, 1822, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary half calf gilt, foxing; Bethune, Maximilian de Memoirs of... London, 1763, fourth edition, 8vo, 6 volumes, portrait frontispiece to vol. I & II, folding map, modern quarter calf gilt; and approx 96 other 19th century historical works (qty)