18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2040
Bibliographies
Wolff (Robert Lee), Nineteenth-Century Fiction, A Bibliographical Catalogue Based on the Collection Formed by ..., arland, 1981, five volumes, quarto, original cloth;
Sadleir (Michael), XIX Century Fiction, A Bibliographical Record, based on his own collection, N.Y.: Cooper Square, 1969, quarto, two volumes, original cloth;
with a large quantity of bibliographies, the majority on 19th and 20th century authors (qty)
Sold for £480
Estimated at £300 - £500
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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Tuesday 17 May 10am-5pm and morning of sale from 8am. Viewing is open to the public, there is no need to make an appointment.
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