Auction No 395, Category: Literature

3 Lots (displaying 1 - 3)

Boccaccio "The Decameron", Gebbie & Barrie, [1872]; original cloth, printed title label, with all plates, VG;

Lot: 15

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Boccaccio The Decameron, Gebbie & Barrie, [1872]; original cloth, printed title label, with all plates, VG; Dante Alighieri The New Life, Harrap, full leather, colour plates, front inner hinge cracked; plus The Surprising Travels and Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 1816, James Joyce Ulysses, Random House, 1934, and G. Gregory The Economy of Nature, 1798, Vols 2 & 3 (of 3), all in poor condition. (6)

Late-19th Century illustrated editions of "Robinson Crusoe", "Gulliver’s Travels" and "The Adventures of Don Quixote"

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £15
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Late-19th Century illustrated editions of Robinson Crusoe, Gulliver’s Travels and The Adventures of Don Quixote, all in pictorial cloth bindings, two with prize bookplates. VG (3)

"Fables of Pilpay", J. Rivington and others, 1766, 4th Edition; and "Aesop’s Fables", J.Johnson and others, [1800?];

Lot: 33

  • Auction Date: Wed 23rd Sep 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £30
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Fables of Pilpay, J. Rivington and others, 1766, 4th Edition; and Aesop’s Fables, J. Johnson and others, [1800?]; contemporary leather bindings damaged and in need of restoration; engravings intact, latter by Thomas Bewick. (2)