19th-century literature
Collection of works by various authors
£1,750
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
including:
Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. London: Ward Lock & Bowden Limited, [1895]. Second edition, 8vo, original vellum-backed boards, 8 pp. advertisements, front joint split through, tips worn [Mason 330];
Dickens, Charles. The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life. London: Chapman and Hall [-Bradbury and Evans], 1845-46-46. 3 works, first editions, 8vo, original red pictorial cloth gilt, engraved frontispiece and vignette title to each work (Chimes vignette title in first state, Battle vignette title in fourth state), Cricket and Battle each with advertisement leaf (the former in second state), bindings rubbed and marked, wear to spines and extremities, spines rolled, Cricket rear joint split, Battle front inner hinge broken, Chimes frontispiece and vignette title spotted [Smith II:5, 6, 8];
Idem. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. London: Chapman and Hall, 1837. First edition, 8vo (21.1 x 12.8cm), contemporary green half morocco by Carss of Glasgow, half-title, directions to the binder leaf, 43 engraved plates including frontispiece and vignette title-page, plates in early state with page numbers and no imprints (but the Buss plates replaced), plates spotted and browned;
Trollope, Anthony. Travelling Sketches. London: Chapman and Hall, 1866. First edition, 8vo, original red cloth, a superb copy, entirely unopened;
Ibsen, Henrik. Bygmester Solness. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1892. First edition of The Master Builder, 8vo, original decorative green cloth gilt;
and 12 others (these not collated), including: Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, 1844 (first edition, contemporary diced calf, worn); Walter Scott, Lady of the Lake, 1869 (Mauchlinware binding); John Ruskin, Praeterita, 1900 (second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tan half calf); idem, Elements of Drawing, 1857 (first edition, original cloth); William Morris, The Wood Beyond the World, 1895 (one of 50 copies on Whatman paper, original cloth, slipcase); Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, London: George Routledge and Co., 1852 (contemporary half calf); William Booth, In Darkest England and the Way Out, [1890] (first edition, original cloth, frontispiece); Charles Kingsley, The Saint's Tragedy, 1848 (first edition, original cloth); Hans Christian Andersen, Tales from Denmark. Translated by Charles Boner, 1849 (second edition, original boards, backstrip lacking); Cardinal Newman, Apologia pro vita sua, 1864 (first edition, bookplate of Cecil Deedes, 1843-1920, clergyman); Mary Martha Sherwood, The History of John Marten, 1844 (first edition, original cloth); Frances Trollope, The Life and Adventures of Michael Armstrong, the Factory Boy, 1840 (first one-volume edition, original cloth) (21)