Books and Manuscripts: 19th and 20th Century

Anthony Trollope | The Life of Cicero, 1880 (2 vol.)

Lot Closed

July 20, 03:26 PM GMT

Estimate

200 - 300 GBP

Lot Details

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Anthony Trollope

The Life of Cicero. London: Chapman and Hall, 1880

8vo (203 x 132mm.), FIRST EDITION, half-titles, original maroon sand-grained cloth blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt, FIRST ISSUE binding (with plain caps), collector's cloth folding box, hinges of volume 1 starting (possibly previously repaired).

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