Lot 230
Miscellaneous books - Bodkin, Thomas
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Hugh Lane and his pictures. Pegasus Press, 1932. 4to., limited to 400 copies, plates, green half morocco, spine faded; Camoens, Luiz de The Lusiad, or the discovery of India. An epic poem. Oxford, 1776. 4to, translated by W.J. Mickle, list of subscribers (including Boswell and Johnson), recent brown morocco-backed cloth, title and dedication laid down; Thomson, W.G. A history of tapestry. New York, 1906. 4to, plates, original cloth, t.e.g., slight wear, upper hinge weak; Edwards, Lionel My Scottish sketch book. London, 1929. 4to, coloured plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, a few spots; Leech, John Pictures of Life & Character. (Fifth Series). London, 1869. Oblong folio, illustrations, green half morocco gilt, a.e.g.; Hakluyt, Richard The principall navigations, voiages & discoveries of the English nation. Cambridge University Press, 1965. 2 volumes, 4to, original cloth, dustwrappers; Millais, John Everettt Millais' illustrations, a collection of drawings on wood. London, 1866. 4to., original cloth, g.e., rubbed; Conrad, Joseph The Works. London: Gresham Publishing Co., 1925. 20 volumes (lacking the rare volumes 21-22), Medallion edition, frontispieces, original blue cloth gilt; [Garsault, M. de] Art du Tailleur [extracted from Diderot & d'Alembert's "Encyclopédie"]. [Paris], 1769. Large folio, 14 of 16 plates, lacks plate 5 and 10, but with 2 uncalled for hand-coloured lithographs by H. Lecomte of Swiss costumes dated 1817 bound in, contemporary boards, uncut; and a quantity of miscellaneous books
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire