Lot 483
[FINE BINDINGS] – A group of 4 works in finely bound.
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021 4:00AM CT
Lots 308-687
Nov 10, 2021 4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$300 - $400

Sold for $281

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[FINE BINDINGS] – A group of 4 works in finely bound, comprising:
 
Society in London. London: Spottiswoode and Co., for Chatto & Windus, 1885. (183 x 119 mm). EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED. Blue crushed levant gilt, stamp-signed TOUT BINDER.ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL NEATLY BOUND IN from figures in London at the time, including journalist Edmund Yates, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, and Marie Effie Wilton Bancroft. -- TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord. Selection from the Works of Alfred Tennyson. London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co. for Strahan and Co., 1869. 20th-century green morocco gilt, stamp-signed BIRDSALL & SON. With signatured purportedly in Tennyson’s hand (but presumably not). -- BOYLE, Eleanor Vere. Ros Rosarum ex Horto Poetarum Dew of the Ever-Living Rose Gathered from The Poets’ Gardens of many Lands. London: Elliott Stock, 1897. 20th-century red crushed levant gilt. Third edition.  -- MOORE, Thomas. The Loves of the Angels, a Poem. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823. 19th-century green straight-grained morocco gilt. Fourth edition. -- Together, 4 works in 4 volumes, all FIRST EDITION (except where noted), all 8vo, condition generally fine.

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