12th Sep, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 6
 

6

Dickens, Charles The Cricket on the Hearth. Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 8vo, org. red...

Dickens, Charles The Cricket on the Hearth. Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 8vo, org. red horizontally-ribbed cloth gilt, boards with blind floral border, upper board lettered directly in gilt and blocked centrally in gilt with hearth design, spine lettered in gilt, a.e.g, yellow endpapers; eng. frontis., eng. title, illus to text; provenance: Edward Geoffrey Sergeant (armorial bookplate to upper pastedown -- Alice M Lamb (owner's ink inscription recto of frontis.). 2nd state ads with ''New Edition of Oliver Twist'' heading and 11 lines of copy. idem. The Battle of Life. Bradbury & Evans, 1846. 8vo, org. red vertically-ribbed cloth, boards with blind floral borders, upper board lettered directly in gilt and blocked centrally with fairy design, spine lettered directly in gilt, a.e.g., yellow endpapers; eng. frontis., eng. title, illus to text. 4th state eng. title with ''A Love Story'' on scroll held by Cupid and no publisher's details.

Sold for £100
Estimated at £150 - £250


 

Spines a touch dulled, some cracking with loss at joints, text block still tight, some rubbing and marking to boards, eng. titles slightly dusty, a little marginal toning, but very good copies, generally clean internally.

 


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Auction: Books, Maps & Ephemera, 12th Sep, 2018

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