28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Johnson (Samuel). A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1775. 8vo (206 x 122 mm), contemporary marbled calf, rebacked, pp. [2] 384 [2], errata leaf (12 lines), title-page spotted, soiled and with wax-seal residue and related tears, a little spotting and a few pencil-marks elsewhere - Erasmus (Desiderius). Twenty Two Select Colloquies ... [Edited by] Sir Roger L'Estrange, London: for Daniel Brown [and others], 1725. 8vo (197 x 115 mm), contemporary panelled calf, engraved portrait frontispiece, a little loss to head of spine - Nicolson (Joseph, & Richard Burn). The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, 1st edition, London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1777. 2 volumes, 4to (270 x 217 mm), contemporary marbled calf, rebacked and relined with original spines laid down, 2 engraved folding maps by Thomas Kitchin, engraved bookplates of Thomas Dawson, 1st Viscount Cremorne (1726-1813), bindings scuffed, wear to corners, map of Westmorland with linen tape repair verso - Dickens (Charles). The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1844. 8vo (216 x 130 mm), contemporary green half calf gilt, etched frontispiece, additional vignette title-page (with '£100') and 38 plates, all by Phiz, errata leaf (14 lines), Courtauld family ownership inscription to initial blank, half-title discarded, plates browned, plate facing p. 160 with one corner reattached - and 10 others, 19th-century literature, leather bindings, including a set of the Fireside Dickens (qty: 36) ESTC T84319 (Johnson), T138079 (Erasmus), T56128 (Nicolson).
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Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 28th Jul, 2021
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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