Auction No 353, Tag: Antiquarian

3 Lots (displaying 1 - 3)

Charles Dickens "Master Humphrey's Clock", Chapman & Hall, 1840-41, three volumes, First Edition in book form

Lot: 122

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £90
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Charles Dickens Master Humphrey's Clock, Chapman & Hall, 1840-41, three volumes, First Edition in book form, original gilt brown cloth, with hands on clock pointing to volume numbers; backstrips frayed and near detached, neat ownership inscriptions top of title pages, later bookplates of Euphemia Davidson dated 1892; some minor scattered fox marks and upper right corner of title page of Vol.II torn away, otherwise VG internally. 

"The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray" Smith Elder, 1891-1892, set of 13 volumes

Lot: 123

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, Smith Elder, 1891-1892, set of 13 volumes, octavo, half leather over marbled boards, green title labels, gilt; some wear to top of spines of a few volumes otherwise a VG set. (13)

Isaac Watts "The Knowledge of the Heavens and the Earth made Easy" 1745

Lot: 131

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Isaac Watts The Knowledge of the Heavens and the earth made Easy: or, The First Principles of Astronomy and Geography Explain'd by the Uses of Globes and Maps, London, 1745, Fourth Edition, full leather covered boards, badly chipped and worn, VG internally; bookplate and signature of James Le Roy fils Jean dated 1747; some occasional light damp staining; text and folding plates complete. Together with other titles mostly relating to English grammar. (6)