Live auction - Lot 630

[English literature]

11 works.


Hammer price: € 120

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18mo, 12mo, (agenda) 8vo or 4to, mod. slipcases (apart from n. 6 and 10).

1. Persius - The satires of Persius translated: with notes by William Drummond. London, Bulmer and Co. for J. Wright, 1799. Cardboard binding (sl. shabby). Uncut copy. Title with engr. portrait vign. Prov. Name on flyleaf. - 2. Dryden, J. - The works of Virgil. Translated into English verse. London, Ellerton & Byworth, 1807. Contemp. gilt-stamped calf, a.e.g. (sl. rubbed). 2 full-page ill. as front. - 3. Carlyle, Th. - On the choice of books. NY, Crowell & Company, 1886. Covers in brown suede (some missing chips of suede), silky endpapers. Uncut copy. Rare ed. "delivered to the students of the University of Edinburgh, April 2, 1886". - 4. Hubbard, E. - Little journeys to the homes of English authors. NY, Roycroft, 1900. Brown suede covers, mod. in-lay cardboard box. Lim. ed. to 947 copies (n. 84) sign. by the author, other name illegible. Ill. with 5 portraits of the authors this vol. is dedic. to. Initials and title designed by Samuel Warner. - 5. Hubbard, E. - Little journeys. To the homes of eminent artists Thorwaldsen. NY, Roycroft, 1902. Covers in brown suede, silky endpapers, in a later yellow cloth inlay box with labels on front cover and sides. Uncut copy. Lim. ed. to 940 numb. copies (n. 41) sign. by the author. Title, initials and ornaments designed by Samuel Warner. With Roycroft's mark at the end. Prov. Ms. dedic. from the author James Carleton Young to "Prof E. Ermatinger with the compliments and best wishes of his American friend and advisor", 1905; Emil Ermatinger (1873-1953) was a Swiss professor for Germanic philology. - 6. Stevenson, R.L. - A lodging for the night. NY, Roycroft, (1902). Covers in brown suede, silky endpapers, in a later inlay box with labels on front cover and sides. Uncut copy. - 7. Rossetti, G.D. - The blessed damozel. Edinburgh, Grant & Son; London, Brimley Johnson, 1903. Gilt-st. publ. vellum. - 8. Shakespeare, W. - Sonnets. Leipzig, Rowohlt, 1910. Publ. binding, cardboard box with decor. paper. This book is the 6th "Drugulin-Drück". - 9. Keats, J. - Endymion, London, Glasgow, Collin's Clear-Type press, s.d. Covers in purple blind-stamped suede, purple cloth folder. - 10. Longfellow, H. Wadsworth - Poems. With a prefatory note by Eva Hope. London, Mudie's Select library, s.d. Supply brown leather boards with gilt-decor. pattern, inlay box with decor. paper and leather spine. - 11. Blake, W. - Songs of innocence and experience. Mount Vernon, Peter Pauper Press, s.d. Publ. decor. paper.

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