Lot 222
  • 222

THOMSON, THE ADMIRABLE CRICHTON [WITH:] SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER (2 VOL.)

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Hugh Thomson
  • Two works illustrated by Thomson;
  • Paper
i) She Stoops to Conquer, or the Mistakes of a Night. By Oliver Goldsmith. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1912]. 4to, no. 149 of 350 copies signed by the artist, colour frontispiece and 24 colour plates, tipped onto pages with decorative borders printed in green, original pictorial vellum, top edge gilt, other uncut, green ribbon ties, plates on p.61 and p.129 with small abrasions, light browning, endpapers with substantial browning, one tie loose inside, boards soiled, slightly bowed, bumped    ii) The Admirable Chrichton. By J. M. Barrie. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1914]. 4to (310 x 247mm.), no. 7 of 500 copies signed by the artist, colour frontispiece and 19 colour plates, captioned tissue-guards, original pictorial vellum gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, gold ribbon ties, light browning, boards slightly soiled, spine with small abrasion, bumped (2)

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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