1992
Lot 1: A'BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT. The Comic History of England. 20 handcolored etched plates, and numerous text illustrations by John Leech.
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Description: 20 parts in 19. 8vo, original blue-green pictorial printed wrappers, expertly rebacked (?), front cover of Part 1 loose; full morocco folding case London: Punch Office, July 1846-February 1848 FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PARTS. With preliminary leaves found in Parts 11 and 19/20. Grolier/Leech 152.
View additional info »Lot 1: A'BECKETT, GILBERT ABBOTT. The Comic History of England. 20 handcolored etched plates, and numerous text illustrations by John Leech.
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Description: 20 parts in 19. 8vo, original blue-green pictorial printed wrappers, expertly rebacked (?), front cover of Part 1 loose; full morocco folding case London: Punch Office, July 1846-February 1848 FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL PARTS. With preliminary leaves found in Parts 11 and 19/20. Grolier/Leech 152.
View additional info »Lot 2: ABBEY J. R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770-1860 Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography,
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Description: 1770-1860. Together, 2 volumes. 4to, original cloth; dust jackets, slight wear. FINE COPIES. London: The Curwen Press, 1951; 1953 FIRST EDITIONS. ONE OF 500 AND 400 NUMBERED COPIES, respectively.
View additional info »Lot 2: ABBEY J. R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770-1860 Life in England in Aquatint and Lithography,
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Description: 1770-1860. Together, 2 volumes. 4to, original cloth; dust jackets, slight wear. FINE COPIES. London: The Curwen Press, 1951; 1953 FIRST EDITIONS. ONE OF 500 AND 400 NUMBERED COPIES, respectively.
View additional info »Lot 3: ABBOTT, JACOB. ROLLO'S TRAVELS 4 full-page woodcuts. 12mo, original light brown cloth, decoratively stamped in blind, gilt-lettered on
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Description: front cover, worn at spine ends and fore-corners, rubbed; brown spotting throughout, lower margins on 6 pages chipped (heavily on 3) but not affecting text, 3-inch tear on page 75 crossing text; cloth slipcase. Boston: William Crosby, 1840 FIRST EDITION. Blanck, Peter Parley to Penrod, pages 2-3 (selected as a substitute for the virtually unobtainable "The Little Scholar Learning to Talk").
View additional info »Lot 3: ABBOTT, JACOB. ROLLO'S TRAVELS 4 full-page woodcuts. 12mo, original light brown cloth, decoratively stamped in blind, gilt-lettered on
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Description: front cover, worn at spine ends and fore-corners, rubbed; brown spotting throughout, lower margins on 6 pages chipped (heavily on 3) but not affecting text, 3-inch tear on page 75 crossing text; cloth slipcase. Boston: William Crosby, 1840 FIRST EDITION. Blanck, Peter Parley to Penrod, pages 2-3 (selected as a substitute for the virtually unobtainable "The Little Scholar Learning to Talk").
View additional info »Lot 4: ADAMS, HENRY. THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS Small folio, original blue cloth, leather spine label, recased with spine ends and corners
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Description: repaired; cloth sleeve and slipcase. Washington: [Privately printed], 1907 FIRST EDITION, printed for private distribution; the exact number of copies printed is not known, but BAL 32 suggests that 40 copies were initially printed with a small number added shortly after; Merle Johnson, page 3, notes "100 copies only." From the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. with a small oval stamp on the title and an ink accession number and release stamp on verso of title. ERRATA LOT4: Withdrawn.
View additional info »Lot 4: ADAMS, HENRY. THE EDUCATION OF HENRY ADAMS Small folio, original blue cloth, leather spine label, recased with spine ends and corners
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Description: repaired; cloth sleeve and slipcase. Washington: [Privately printed], 1907 FIRST EDITION, printed for private distribution; the exact number of copies printed is not known, but BAL 32 suggests that 40 copies were initially printed with a small number added shortly after; Merle Johnson, page 3, notes "100 copies only." From the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. with a small oval stamp on the title and an ink accession number and release stamp on verso of title. ERRATA LOT4: Withdrawn.
View additional info »Lot 5: ADAMS, HENRY. MONT ST. MICHEL AND CHARTRES Small folio, original blue cloth, leather spine label, recased with spine ends and lower joint
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Description: repaired; 1/2 morocco folding case. Washington: [Privately printed], 1904 FIRST EDITION, printed for private distribution. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY ADAMS on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Walter Gay from Henry Adams -- August. 1905." It is likely that the number of copies printed was comparable to the first edition of The Education of Henry Adams. BAL 31.
View additional info »Lot 5: ADAMS, HENRY. MONT ST. MICHEL AND CHARTRES Small folio, original blue cloth, leather spine label, recased with spine ends and lower joint
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Description: repaired; 1/2 morocco folding case. Washington: [Privately printed], 1904 FIRST EDITION, printed for private distribution. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY ADAMS on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Walter Gay from Henry Adams -- August. 1905." It is likely that the number of copies printed was comparable to the first edition of The Education of Henry Adams. BAL 31.
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