English Literature and History (Thursday, 20th July 1989)
by Sotheby's:
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Manhattan Beach, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Sotheby's 1989, 1989. paperback. Good. 0x0x0. Sotheby's, London, 1989. Paperback, 245 pages. Catalogue for auction held Thursday 20th July 1989 in London. Includes detailed descriptions many with illustrations and estimates for 479 lots. Includes laid-in prices realized sheet. In good+ condition. Glossy pictorial paper covers have light and creasing to edges and corners and light overall scuffing with a bit of fraying to the corner hips. Binding tight. Light damp-staining to first page. Otherwise pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Highlights include: Shakespeare's Fourth Folio (1685); An elaborate presentation binding by Elkanah Settle Captain Cook's signed sailing order to his second-in-command on his last voyage; A SERIES OF OVER 100 LETTERS BY NELSON'S FRIEND THOMAS MASTERMAN HARDY A COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND PAPERS OF THE REGENCY PUBLISHER WlLLIAM HONE; Robert Southey's "Little Book in green & gold"; The autograph draft of Charles Stewart Parnell's appeal "To the Irish People of America"; A series of over 300 letters, many illustrated, by Sir Edward Burne-Jones; A collection of books relating to the Bloomsbury Group and the Cambridge Apostles; About fifty letters by E.M. Forster to his Indian friend Syed Ross Masood; The limited illustrated edition of T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom; The revised galley proofs of George Moore's Heloise and Abelard; Bronze death mask of James Joyce; A COLLECTION OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS OF IAN FLEMING; Agatha Christie's recorded dictation of her last thriller
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Details
- Bookseller
- Epilonian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20240109003
- Title
- English Literature and History (Thursday, 20th July 1989)
- Author
- Sotheby's:
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Sotheby's 1989
- Date Published
- 1989
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English Literature, Sotherby's, Auction Catalogue, History, Books, -NP
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Epilonian Books
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Manhattan Beach, California
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