Lot 467
Johnson, Samuel
Rare Books, Maps and Manuscripts
Auction: 29 August 2012 at 12:00 BST
Description
Works. London: W. Baynes & Son, 1824. 12 volumes, 12mo, morocco gilt, some foxing to endpapers and title pages, some rubbing, bumping and soiling to spines and covers; Macaulay, Lord Essays, 4 vols. [Idem] The History of England. 8 volumes; Universal: London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1874. 8vo, blue half calf gilt, marbled endpapers, some fading to spines and spine of 'England' volume1 slightly scraped; [Idem] Works. London: Longmans, Green, And Co., 1860-1876. 12 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, marbled endpapers, some spotting to flyleaves and title pages, spines slightly bumped and faded; [Idem] Biographies. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1860. 8vo, marbled endpapers, very slight foxing to flyleaves, spine slightly faded; [Idem] Lays of Ancient Rome. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1844. 8vo, spine slightly faded; and Three bindings on Scottish history by Cosmo Innes and one volume of the complete works of Shakespeare (42)