28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Dacre (Barbarina Brand, Lady). Dramas, Translations and Occasional Poems, 1st edition, London: John Murray, not published, 1821. 2 volumes, 8vo (212 x 130 mm), contemporary straight-grain green morocco gilt, all edges gilt, half-title and errata slip to each volume, inscribed 'To R. Wilbraham Esqr with Lady Dacre's best comp[limen]ts' on volume 1 initial blank, a few spots - [Lewis, Theresa]. Dacre: a Novel. Edited by the Countess of Morley, 1st edition, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834. 3 volumes, large 12mo (187 x 113 mm), contemporary blue half calf, gilt spines (headcaps rubbed), half-titles, a few spots, volume 2 with occasional damp-stain to lower margins (strengthening towards rear) - [Cooper, James Fenimore]. The Bravo. A Venetian Story. By the Author of ''The Pilot,'' ''The Borderers,'' ''The Water Witch,'' etc., 1st edition, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. 3 volumes, large 12mo (190 x 115 mm), contemporary tan half calf, gilt spines, a few spots to contents - and 10 others (not collated), mainly 19th-century English biography and history, contemporary calf or half calf, and including Paris, The Life of Sir Humphry Davy, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1831, Campbell, Life Of Mrs. Siddons, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1834, Moore, The Life and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1831, and similar (qty: 30) Provenance (all titles): George Wilbraham (1779-1852), Whig politician, of Delamere House, Northwich, Cheshire (variously with his personal bookplate or that of the library at Delamere House).
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Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 28th Jul, 2021
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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