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English Literature, History, Children's Books & Illustrations
15 July 2014 • London
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277 lots
  • Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies. The Second Impression. Thomas Cotes for John Smethwick, William Aspley, Richard Hawkins, Richard Meighen, and Robert Allot, 1632
    Estimate: 90,000 – 120,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Memoirs… comprising his diary from 1659 to 1669… and a selection from his private correspondence. Henry Colburn, 1825
    Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works. London: Printed by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1791
    Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • Evelina, Or, a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World. London: T. Lowndes, 1778
    Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 GBP
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  • The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe [The Farther Adventures of…; Serious Reflections during the Life…] W. Taylor, 1719–1720
    Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: A. Millar, 1749
    Estimate: 4,000 – 8,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • An Elegy wrote in a Country Church Yard. For R. Dodsley, 1751
    Estimate: 15,000 – 20,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • The Original and Genuine Works of William Hogarth. Boydell and Company, [1809]
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED
  • A Dictionary of the English Language. London: J. and P. Knapton, T. and T. Longman, C. Hitch and L. Hawes; A. Millar: and R. and J. Dodsley, 1755
    Estimate: 10,000 – 20,000 GBP
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  • Swift, Jonathan. A Tale of a Tub. London: John Nutt, 1704, first edition, title within double ruled border, advertisement leaf, blank space on p.320, [Rothschild 1992; Teerinck 217], old ownership inscriptions on title, I3 with repaired tear, some occasional spotting
    Estimate: 2,000 – 3,000 GBP
    BIDDING IS CLOSED