Lot 156

Scott, Thackeray, Goldsmith & others

96 volumes, including

£938

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST

Description

Scott, Sir Walter. The Waverley Novels. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1877-79, 48 volumes, 8vo, Illustrated edition, additional engraved titles, frontispieces, illustrations, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, t.e.g.; Thackeray, W.M. The Works. London: Smith, Elder, 1894, 26 volumes, 8vo, green half morocco, spines lightly faded; Boswell, James. The Life of Samuel Johnson. 1823, 4 volumes, contemporary tree calf gilt, one cover detached; 13 volumes of uniformly bound works including Brown, Captain Thomas. The Book of Butterflies, Sphinxes and Moths. 1832-34, 3 volumes, hand-coloured plates, half calf gilt with red morocco labels; and 5 others, miscellaneous (96)