13th Dec, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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Dickens (Charles)
The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home.
Bradbury and Evans, 1846, first edition, second state advert, several of Smith's issue points present, engraved frontis and title page, [8], 174, [2] pages, all edges gilt, lacking front free endpaper, name to half title, original cloth, wear and some re-colouring to spine;
idem, The Battle of Life. A Love Story.
Bradbury & Evans, 1846, first edition, later state, engraved frontis and title, (Smith 4, Todd E1, Eckel 4), [8], 175, [3] pages, ink stain to p. 174, name to front free endpaper, all edges gilt, original cloth, wear and some re-colouring to spine;
idem, The Haunted Man and The Ghost's Bargain. A Fancy for Christmas-Time.
Bradbury & Evans, 1848, engraved frontis and title, [8], 188 pages, loss to lower corner of F2 including edge of text, date to front free endpaper, all edges gilt, original cloth, wear and some re-colouring to spine, loss to lower back-strip. (3)
Sold for £130
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 13th Dec, 2023
The Books, Maps and Manuscripts sales encompass a broad range of collecting areas from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, which are sold alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents. Held four times a year, the specialist Book sales incorporate both private collections and libraries, and single lots from vendors across the United Kingdom.
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