£688
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs ft. the Library of the Late William St Clair | 683
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
The Tour of Doctor Syntax through London... London: J. Johnston, 1820. Third edition, 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece, engraved title and plates, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, some foxing; [Idem] The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque. London, [n.d.] Fourth edition, 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece, engraved title and plates, contemporary green half morocco, some foxing; [Idem] The Tour of Doctor Prosody. London: Matthew Iley, 1821. 8vo, hand-coloured plates, contemporary calf rebacked, some offsetting and light dust-soiling; and another copy in contemporary half calf; [Combe, William, after] Dr. Comicus or the Frolics of Fortune. London: B. Blake, [n.d.] 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece, engraved title and plates, title-page torn and repaired, 19th century green half morocco gilt, some browning; Egan, Pierce Life in London... London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1821. 8vo, hand-coloured plates, contemporary half calf gilt, rebacked, upper cover detached; Blackmantle, Bernard The English Spy... London: Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, hand-coloured plates, Library of Congress bookplates, a half-leaf lacking, covers detached; Young, Edward The Centaur not Fabulous. London: A. Millar, 1755. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, with laid-in receipt from the printer to the publisher for the cost of printing the book; The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder. London: William Hone, 1820. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary cloth; sold not subject to return (10)
Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair