18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Spenser (Edmund)
The Poetical Works of ....., Pickering, 1825, five volumes, all edges gilt, full calf by Herring;
Wordsworth (William), The Poetical Works of ....., Moxon, 1836, six volumes, top edge gilt, half morocco;
Dryden (John), The Miscellaneous Works of ... J. & R. Tomson, 1767, four volumes, contemporary calf gilt:
with thirteen others, leather bound (28)
Sold for £250
Estimated at £200 - £400
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022
Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
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