Lot 138
Bindings - a selection of eighteenth and nineteenth century literature, including 20 BOOKS IN THIS LOT, NOT 21, SPECTATOR IS 7 VOLS
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 15 January 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Boswell, James The life of Samuel Johnson... John Murray, 1831. 5 volumes, 8vo, portraits, modern calf, advert leaves bound into volume 1, some foxing, spines faded; The Spectator J. Tonson, 1733. 7 volumes, eleventh edition, contemporary speckled calf, bookplate in volume 3, title-pages clipped, joints and spines cracked and rubbed, labels lacking; Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest north. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. 2 volumes, 8vo, first English edition, folding maps, modern half-calf, bookplates, some spotting, spines faded; Macpherson, James The poems of Ossian. Edinburgh: G. Mundie..., 1792. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf gilt, bookplates to paste-down endpapers, spines faded, rubbed and a little soiled; Johnson, Samuel The poetical works. London: W. Osbourne, 1785. 8vo, contemporary tree calf rebacked, bookplate and previous owner's signature to paste-down endpaper; and 3 others, sold not subject to return (20)