Literature
A collection of works, including Austen, Jane
£813
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
The Novels. London: J.M. Dent, 1892. 10 volumes, 8vo, original cloth gilt; Bernard Shaw, George Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1916. 8vo, original green cloth gilt, soiled and worn, lacking ffep., and seven further volumes by Bernard Shaw, all worn with some leaves detached; Thackeray, William Makepeace Vanity Fair. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1859. 8vo, contemporary green half calf gilt, some chips to leaves, one leaf detached; and another work by Thackeray; Aesop Select Fables of Esop. London: R. and J. Dodsley, 1761. 8vo, frontispiece, 14 plates, contemporary calf, joints split, some corners slightly torn slightly affecting text; Dickens, Charles Our Mutual Friend. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary purple half morocco gilt; Brontë, Charlotte, Emily & Anne Novels of the Sisters Brontë. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1924. 11 (of 12) volumes only, 8vo, original green cloth gilt; 'Eliot, George' [Mary Ann Evans] Works. William Blackwood and Sons, 1889. 8 works in 7 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt; Lamb, Charles Works. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., 1914. 12 volumes, 8vo, contemporary blue half calf gilt; and two others (55)