Lot 115
Rare Tract Volumes, assembled by John Skelton (1831-97), including Ruskin, John
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 September 2013 at 12:00 BST
Description
Notes on some of the principal pictures of Sir John Everett Millais, exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery, 1886. Original wrappers bound in; [Idem] Notes on the pictures of Mr Holman Hunt, exhibited at the rooms of the Fine Art Society, 1886. [1886], original wrappers bound in,; Furniss, Harry Harry Furniss's Royal Academy and artistic joke. 1887. Original wrappers bound in; Clough, A.H. The bothie of Toper-na-fuosich. Oxford, 1848. 8vo, morocco; [Swinburne, A.C.] Note on the character of Mary Queen of Scots. [extract from larger work]; [Froude, J.A.] A few words on Mr Freeman. [extract from larger work], with A.L.S. from Froude to Skelton attached; Martin, Helena Faucit On Ophelia and Portia. [For strictly Private Circulation], with A.L.S. from Lady & Sir Theodore Martin, green morocco; Martin, Sir Theodore Horace and his friends. Printed for Private Circulation, 1881. with A.L.S. from Sir Theodore Martin, green morocco; Browning, Robert On the poet. Browning Society, 1881; Shepherd, Richard Herne Forgotten books worth remembering. London, 1878. Series 1. Presentation copy from the author, original wrappers bound in; Brown, John Supplementary chapter to the life of Rev. John Brown, D.D. Edinburgh, 1860. 8vo, A.L.S. from John Brown pinned to front endpaper; bound with other tracts, similar, most in brown morocco-backed boards, spines mostly rubbed, one cover detached; sold not subject to return (15)