18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Dickens (Charles)
The Biographical Edition of the Works, London: Chapman and Hall Ld, c.1900. 19 volumes, 8vo (218 x 135 mm), contemporary red half morocco gilt by J. E. Cornish of Manchester, top edges gilt, plates (qty: 19)
A handsome set. The editor was Arthur Waugh, father of Evelyn.
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £200 - £300
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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