Fine bindings
17 volumes
£1,008
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
Description
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. The Letters and Works, edited by Lord Wharncliffe. London: R. Bentley, 1837. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, green half morocco gilt by Tout & Sons, bookplates of James Tabor, spines gilt, t.e.g.;
Dobson, Austin. Old-World Idylls and other Verses. London: Kegan Paul, 1883. 8vo, number 45 of 50 large paper copies signed by the author, panelled brown morocco gilt by Riviere, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut;
Thorpe, Benjamin. Northern Mythology, comprising the principal popular traditions and superstitions of Scandinavia, North Germany and the Netherlands. London: E. Lumley, 1851. 3 volumes, 8vo, maroon half morocco by Ramage, t.e.g.;
Pope, Alexander. The Works, edited by Rev. G. Croly. London, 1835. 4 volumes, 12mo, engraved titles and frontispieces, contemporary blue straight-grained morocco with gilt urns on covers, spines gilt;
Tennyson, Lord Alfred. In Memoriam. London: E. Moxon, 1851. Fourth edition, 12mo, dark green straight-grained morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, g.e.;
Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Portland, Maine: T. Mosher, 1900. 8vo, green morocco, covers gilt panelled, t.e.g., others uncut, spine faded;
Lamb, Charles. The Essays of Elia [& Last Essays of Elia] London: J.M. Dent, 1904-02. 2 volumes, 8vo, illustrations by C.E. Brock, green half morocco gilt for H. Sotheran, t.e.g., others uncut, spines lightly faded;
Moore, Thomas. Epistles, Odes and other Poems. London: J. Carpenter, 1807. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved title and frontispiece in volume 1, half calf gilt by Henry Young of Liverpool, spines gilt, t.e.g., others uncut