Lot 626
Literature - Goethe, J.W. von
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
Description
Works… Boston: Francis Niccolls, 1902, Connoisseur Edition, 8vo, 12 [of 14] volumes, one of 150 copies, illustrated, [with] Lewes, George Henry Life of Goethe, 2 volumes [with] Schiller, Friedrich Poetical works, all in original half morocco gilt, rubbed at edges, some fading to backstrips, some worming to hinges, The Tragedy of Faust Part 1 lacking title [with] Lewes, ex-library bookplates removed, stamped on verso of titles; Ruskin, John Fors clavigera... Orpington, 1871-87, 8vo, 8 [of 9] volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red labels, some light rubbing; Collingwood, W. The life and work of John Ruskin. London, 1893, 4to, 2 volumes, number 57 of 320 copies, signed by the publisher, tipped in colour frontispiece, plates, later half blue morocco gilt, some fading to backstrip; Dacre, Lady Barbarina Poems... London, 1821-36, 8vo, 3 volumes, decorative vellum gilt, red and black labels, interiors clean; Grimm, M.M. German popular stories... London, 1826, 8vo, 2 volumes, illustrated by George Cruikshank, contemporary half calf, worn, boards loose, tape repairs to inner hinges, prelims loose in volume I, heavily stained throughout; and a quantity of works of 19th Century literature (quantity)