14th Jan, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title
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Thomson (Hugh, illustrator). Coridon’s Song and Other Verses. From Various Sources. With … an Introduction by Austin Dobson, London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. Large 8vo, bound in 1895 by Riviere & Son in mid-brown crushed morocco, spine richly gilt in compartments, French fillet border gilt to covers, gilt inner dentelles incorporating a Vitruvian scroll, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, half-title, frontispiece, full-page illustrations throughout (counted in the pagination), occasional offsetting, sections of the original cloth covers and dust jackets for the large-paper and ordinary-paper editions bound in at rear (qty: 1)
First edition, large-paper issue, one of 152 copies, this copy signed by the artist on the title-page.
Sold for £300
Estimated at £100 - £200
Binding only. Good condition. No cracks to the hinges or joints. No notable fading. Wear noted at the corners of the boards.
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Auction: Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title, 14th Jan, 2022
Townhouse: Property From the London Residence of a Lady of Title
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