Lot 195
£2,142
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Adventures of a Younger Son. London: H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1831. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, Lord Carlingford's bookplates, half-titles;
Adventures of a Younger Son. London: H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1831. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, worn, lacking half-titles;
Adventures of a Younger Son. Paris: Baudry, 1833. 8vo, contemporary quarter calf, spotted; another copy. London: R. Bentley, 1835, red quarter morocco; another copy. London: R. Bentley, 1835, additional engraved title & frontispiece, contemporary half calf;
Adventures of a Younger Son. London: R. Bentley, 1835, with Standard Novels half-title, original cloth; sold not subject to return
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.