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Lot 225

Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$300 - 500
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[BINDINGS]. A group of 9 finely-bound works on European history in 37 volumes, comprising: 


1) APPERLEY, Charles James ("Nimrod"). Memoirs of the Late John Mytton. London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1837. Later full calf by Tout, all edges gilt.

2) BECU, Jeanne, Comtesse du Barry. Memoirs of Madame du Barri. London: Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot, 1830-1831. 4 volumes. Later full calf by Morrell.

3) CHANCELLOR, Edwin Beresford (1868-1937). The Lives of the Rakes. London: Philip Allan & Co., 1924. 6 volumes. Contemporary half calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.

4) MACAULAY, Thomas Babington. Miscellaneous Writings. London: Longman, Green, Longman, & Roberts, 1860. 2 volumes. Later half calf by Bayntun.

5) PITT, William 1st Earl of Chatham. Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. London: John Murray, 1838-1840. 4 volumes. Later half calf gilt.

6) ROSE, John Holland. William Pitt and the Great War. London: G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1911. 2 volumes. Later half morocco by G.P. Putnam's Sons. [With]: Another copy, similarly bound.

7) SCOTT, Walter, Sir. Tales of a Grandfather. -- Scotland (First, Second, and Third Series). -- France. Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1828-1831. 12 volumes. Later half calf.

8) TREVELYAN, George Otto. The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. London: Longmans, Green, & Co., 1876. 2 volumes. Later half calf by Bayntun.

9) VILLARI, Pasquale. The Life and Times of Girolamo Sabonarola. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1888. 2 volumes. Later half calf by G.P. Putnam's Sons.

Together, 9 works in 37 volumes, all 8vo, condition generally very good.

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