10th Jan, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST
Sold for £750
Estimated at £400 - £600
Journal - offsetting from frontis to the title page. Other plates offset to plate guards. Pages generally clean. Staining to the very outer edges of preliminaries and final blanks. Taped endpaper hinges. Taped repairs to the joints. Appendix - offsetting from first plate to final page otherwise contents clean. rear endpaper hinge tapes. front hinge split and shaky. Taped repair to rear joint. Front joint cracked with glue residue. Wear to head of spine.
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Auction: The Roger Casson Collection, 10th Jan, 2019
The Roger Casson Collection
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