Lot 31
Bindings
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Bernard Shaw, George Selected plays. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1948. 8vo., 4 volumes, contemporary quarter red morocco gilt, marbled boards. t.e.g.; Fielding, Henry The history of Tom Jones... London: James Cochrane and Co., 1831. 8vo., 2 volumes, engraved portrait and frontispiece, 7 engraved plates, later red morocco gilt, gilt doublures, t.e.g., very slight rubbing to covers; Hone, William The every day book or a guide to the year... London: William Tegg, 1826-1827. 4to., 4 volumes (2 volumes of the "Every Day Book", 1 "Year Book" and 1 "Table Book"), engraved portrait, 3 engraved frontispieces, later green half morocco, t.e.g., spines faded and slightly rubbed, covers a little soiled, occasional spotting; Ruskin, John Modern painters. London: George Allen, 1903. 8vo., 6 volumes, 78 (of 88?) plates, brown half morocco, spines gilt, spines rubbed, occasional spotting (16)
Footnote
Provenance: Viscount Strathallan, Stobhall, Perthshire