Premier Auction - Session II - July 15, 2023
Sat, Jul 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 888
23 Volumes, British Literary Journals
Estimate: $300 - $500
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
23 volumes total, comprising: Household Words: A Weekly Journal, conducted by Charles Dickens, London: Office 16, Wellington Street, North, 1850-1852, four volumes, bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards, morocco spine labels, gilt lettering to spines; 13 miscellaneous bound volumes of The North British Review, Edinburgh/London/Dublin: W.P. Kennedy, et al, range of dates from 1858-1864, bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards, morocco spine labels, gilt lettering to spines; two bound volumes of Titan: A Monthly Magazine, Edinburgh/London: James Hogg/R. Groombridge & Sons, 1856 and 1857, bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards, morocco spine labels, gilt lettering to spines; Noctes Ambrosianae by Professor Wilson, Edinburgh/London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1868, four volumes (complete), bound in three quarter red leather over cloth backed boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, marbled endpapers, teg
Condition
light wear to extremities, scattered scuffs and losses to leather, sunning to spines, scattered foxing and staining throughout, surface dirt
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Property from the Thomson House, 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built by Thomas Chalmers Darsie; by descent to Anne Darsie Thomson then to Robert Thomson; Gifted 2014 to Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
