Sale Catalogues of Libraries of Eminent Persons. Volume 6 - Poets and Men of Letters : Robert Browning, John Ruskin, Algernon Swinburne, Theodore Watts-Dunton
by Woolford, J. [ General editor : Munby A.N.L.]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Top edge spotted, otherwise Very Good in used and slightly faded dustwrapper with some edge-tears
- ISBN 10
- 0720103010
- ISBN 13
- 9780720103014
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About This Item
Mansell Information / Publishing Ltd, London, first edition, 1972. Cloth, 8vo,. v, 363 pp, ills, 1 folding plate. Reproduces the auction sale catalogues (annotated with bidders' names and prices realized) for the sales of the following libraries: Robert Browning, 1-8 May 1913; John Ruskin, 24 July 1930 and 18 May 1931; Algernon Swinburne, 19-21 June 1916; and Theodore Watts-Dunton, 22 March 1939. Woolford provides an introduction to each catalogue indicating its significance and points of interest. A useful reference for those interested in the forgeries of Thomas James Wise and Harry Buxton Forman as the first three authors all attracted their attention. Top edge spotted, otherwise Very Good in used and slightly faded dustwrapper with some edge-tears.
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- Title
- Sale Catalogues of Libraries of Eminent Persons. Volume 6 - Poets and Men of Letters : Robert Browning, John Ruskin, Algernon Swinburne, Theodore Watts-Dunton
- Author
- Woolford, J. [ General editor : Munby A.N.L.]
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, 8vo,
- Book Condition
- Top edge spotted, otherwise Very Good in used and slightly faded dustwrapper with some edge-tears
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0720103010
- ISBN 13
- 9780720103014
- Publisher
- Mansell Information / Publishing Ltd, London, first edition, 1972
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1972
- Pages
- v, 363 pp, ills, 1 folding plate
- Keywords
- Browning, Robert, 1812-1889 Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909 Watts-Dunton, Theodore, 1832-1914 Library Catalogues Catalogs Private libraries Sale catalogues Facsimiles Catalogs, Booksellers' - Great Britain Books - Prices
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We specialize chiefly in "books about books", the emphasis being on historical aspects of book collecting, production and distribution. A particular speciality is in bibliographies, of all subjects of interest to collectors, dealers and scholars, with several thousand bibliography titles in stock. Other strengths include extensive holdings of auction catalogues for book sales and a good selction of reference material on and facsimiles of illuminated manuscripts. We also have a special interest in rare material by or about Rudyard Kipling.
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