19th-century literature
Large collection of works including leather bindings
Estimate: £300 - £500
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 19 June 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
Crawford, Alexander Crawford, Earl of. Argo: or, the Quest of the Golden Fleece. London: John Murray, 1876. First edition, 8vo, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, inscribed by the author on the half-title, cloth mottled;
[Cambridge]. Gradus at Cantabrigiam: or, a Dictionary of Terms, Academical and Colloquial, or Cant, which are used at the University of Cambridge. London: for W. J. and J. Richardson, 1803. First edition, small 8vo, contemporary half calf, worn, lacking front free endpaper and plates;
Ruskin, John (editor). Christ's Folk in the Apennine. Reminiscences of her Friends among the Tuscan Peasantry. By Francesca Alexander. Orpington: George Allen 1887. First edition, inscribed ‘To my dear friends Christina & Georgina Forbes, with best love, Francesca’, 4to, contemporary calf (sunned);
[Aberdeenshire]. Tilliefoure. London: privately printed at the Chiswick Press, 1894. 4to, contemporary panelled calf to style, printed in imitation lettre bâtarde, frontispiece, plates, binding rubbed, joints cracked;
Tindal, Acton, Mrs. Rhymes and Legends. London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1879. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, mottled, gift inscription to title-page;
Heeley, Sibyl. Ellie and the China Lady. A Tibetan Fairy Tale. London: Bellairs and Co., 1895. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, cockling and soiling to covers, ties perished;
Stewart, W. Grant. The Popular Superstitions and Festive Amusements of the Highlanders of Scotland. Edinburgh: for Archibald Constable and Company, 1823. 12mo, contemporary half calf, etched frontispiece;
and 35 others similar, including leather-bound copies of Shakespeare, Byron, Tennyson, Pascal, etc., and numerous works in original cloth (42)
Provenance
From the library of the late Robert Bogdan (1950-2023), of Boghead of Torries and Dykehead of Avochie, Aberdeenshire, geography master at Charterhouse and sometime chairman of the Scottish Castles Association.