Bloomsbury Auctions

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BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Lot 441
441. Smith (Albert) th e nat u r a l hi S t o ry o f ‘St u C K-up’ pe o p l e,
wood-engraved frontispiece, title vignette and ilustrations, 14pp.
advertisements at end, original pictorial wrappers, small label
removed from upper cover with loss of 3 letters, 1847; The Flirt,
advertisement slip at start, wood-engraved frontispiece and
illustrations, 16pp. advertisements at end, original pictorial
wrappers, loss to lower corner of upper wrapper, 1848; The Natural
History of the Gent., fourth edition, wood-engraved frontispiece
and illustrations, 16pp. advertisements at end, original pictorial
wrappers, 1847; The Natural History of the Ballet-Girl, woodengraved
frontispiece and illustrations, 16pp. advertisements at
end, original pictorial wrappers, ink signature to head of upper
wrapper, 1847 b o u n d w i t h Reach (Angus B.) The Natural History
of Humbugs, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, 12pp.
advertisements at end, original pictorial wrappers, 1847 a n d
Carleton (J.W.) The Natural History of the “Hawk” Tribe, half-title,
wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, 18pp. advertisements
at end, original pictorial wrappers, 1848, together 6 works in 1 vol.,
occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked, preserving
original backstrip, this with some small loss and creased, 12mo
£200 - £300
*** A good selection of works by Albert Smith.
Lot 442
442. Evans (Marian), “George Eliot”. th e mil l o n t h e fl o S S, 3
vol., firSt e d i t i o n, half-titles, 16pp. publisher’s catalogue at rear of
vol.3, lacking advertisement f. at rear of vol.1, lemon endpapers,
19th and early 20th century ink ownership inscriptions to front free
endpaper in each vol., some foxing or spotting and finger-soiling,
original cloth, spines gilt, spine ends chipped, corners worn, housed
in a modern cloth drop-back box, [Sadleir 816; Woolff 2060], 8vo,
1860. £250 - £350
443. [Baring-Gould (Sabine)] th r o u g h fl o o d a n d fl a m e , 3 vol.,
firSt e d i t i o n, half-titles some slight browning and foxing, vol. I ALs
from John Sharp to Charles George Milnes Gaskell “I send you
herewith a confidential account, as you desired, of the Dramatis
Personae of Flood & Flame...”, tipped-in on fly-leaf, bookplates of
Gaskell on front pastedowns, later half brown morocco, gilt, spines
slightly rubbed, t.e.g., 1868. £100 - £150
Lot 444
444. Victoria (Queen of Great Britain & Ireland).- Feodora
(Anna Auguste Charlotte Wilhelmine, Princess of Leiningen)
le t t e r S...f r o m 1828 to 1872, S i g n e d p r e S e n tat i o n C o p y f r o m
qu e e n vi C to r i a to th e Co u n t e S S Co w l e y, occasional spotting,
contemporary black morocco, gilt, rubbed, g.e., 8vo, 1874.
£200 - £300
*** A very good association copy; Feodora being Victoria’s
half-sister. The inscription reads ‘For The Countess Cowley, In
recollection of one who she knew so well & for so many years,
from the dear Princess’ Sister, Victoria, Feb. 1875’.
Lot 445
445. Jonson (Ben) th e wo r K S..., 9 vol., engraved portrait,
handsome contemporary polished tree-calf, gilt, spines richly gilt
in compartments with red and black morocco labels, g.e., vol. 8 & 9
upper joints weak, spines a little rubbed, 8vo, 1875. £400 - £600
446. Waugh (Edwin) [th e wo r K S], 10 vol., frontispieces and
vignette titles, tissue-guards, illustrations, occasional foxing,
original cloth, gilt, spines darkened, spine ends bumped, 8vo,
Manchester, 1881-83. £100 - £150