The Keepsake, The Bijou, Forget me Not, The Literary Souvenir
Friendship's Offering, The Gem, The Coronal
£1,638
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
and a large collection of similar volumes, mostly 1820s and 1830s, various bindings, mixed condition; and a quantity of 12mo volumes, including
Trimmer, Mrs Sarah. A Description of a Set of Prints of Ancient History, contained in a Set of Easy Lessons. London: John Marshall, 1787-88, 2 volumes [text] in one, and: A Series of Prints of Ancient History designed as Ornaments for those Apartments in which Children receive the first Rudiments of their Education, Two Parts in one. London: J. Marshall, [n.d., 1st plate dated 1786], 64 engraved plates, together 2 volumes, 12mo, contemporary quarter calf, rubbed, cover detached; and a few chapbooks, including:
The History of Valentine and Orson. [N.P.], printed for the Company of Walking Stationers, [1790s], 12mo, woodcut on title, folded as issued;
Duncombe, J. publisher. Dramatic Tales and Romances. London, [c.1840], 2 volumes, 12mo, 15 of 16 hand-coloured folding plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed; sold not subject to return
Footnote
Note: Many of the annual publications contain early contributions by writers of the 1820s. Friendship's Offering for 1829 for instance contains first printings of poems by Clare, Southey & Hogg. Heath's Book of Beauty for 1835 contains a story by Mary Shelley.
Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.