William Combe & Thomas Rowlandson, W. S. Gilbert, Mark Twain, JJ. Rousseau, Washington Irving etc
William Combe & Thomas Rowlandson, W. S. Gilbert, Mark Twain, JJ. Rousseau, Washington Irving and others, 24 volumes
Lot includes: 1-3. Thomas Rowlandson; Williiam Combe; The Tour(s) of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque, In Search of Consolation, and In Search of a Wife. London: Nattali and Bond, 1855. 3 volumes. ninth edition. Illustrated with 80 hand colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson, including title page vignette in volumes 1 and 3.; tall 8vos, bound in full blown gilt waved morocco by Charles. E. Lauriat Co. of Boston; spines heavily tooled in gilt, inner floral dentelles, all edges gilt; all plates fine, bright, and untrimmed. 4. W.S. Gilbert. The Bab Ballads. London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. bound by Riviere of London, in deep blue gilt calf with lyre and floral motifs in red morocco gilt inner tri-fold and slipcase. 5-6. The Confessions of Jean-Jaques Rousseau. NY: Brentanos, 1928. 2 volumes; bound in 3/4 caramel gilt morocco over coffe boards. 7-9. Mark Twain: A Biography. Albert Bigelow Paine. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1912. 3 vols. bound in 3/4 red morocco with gilt titles. 10-13. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad. Mrs. Jameson, (Anna B.) London: Saunders and Otley, 1834. 4 vols. bound in mocha calf gilt with morocco labels to spines. 14-20. The Later Works of Charles Lamb. in seven volumes; includes The Prose Works 3 vols) London: Edward Moxon, 1836. The Letters of Charles Lamb. (2 vols) London: Edward Moxon, 1837. The Memorials of Charles Lamb. (2 vols) London: Edward Moxon, 1848. all uniformly bound in tan calf with gilt, and gilt titled labels to spines. 20-24. Washington Irving. Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1828. 4 volumes. first edition, published in France; the book was published in England in the same year; includes two large folding maps tipped in. 8vos. uniformly bound in 3/4 calf over marbled boards.
Provenance:
Property from the Estate of Peter S. Bing, Beverly Hills, California.
Condition
All sets show very well overall with light interior toning as well as minor exterior bumping and wear; hand colored plates remain clean and vibrant; bindings bright and very serviceable.
William Combe & Thomas Rowlandson, W. S. Gilbert, Mark Twain, JJ. Rousseau, Washington Irving and others, 24 volumes
Lot includes: 1-3. Thomas Rowlandson; Williiam Combe; The Tour(s) of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque, In Search of Consolation, and In Search of a Wife. London: Nattali and Bond, 1855. 3 volumes. ninth edition. Illustrated with 80 hand colored plates by Thomas Rowlandson, including title page vignette in volumes 1 and 3.; tall 8vos, bound in full blown gilt waved morocco by Charles. E. Lauriat Co. of Boston; spines heavily tooled in gilt, inner floral dentelles, all edges gilt; all plates fine, bright, and untrimmed. 4. W.S. Gilbert. The Bab Ballads. London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. bound by Riviere of London, in deep blue gilt calf with lyre and floral motifs in red morocco gilt inner tri-fold and slipcase. 5-6. The Confessions of Jean-Jaques Rousseau. NY: Brentanos, 1928. 2 volumes; bound in 3/4 caramel gilt morocco over coffe boards. 7-9. Mark Twain: A Biography. Albert Bigelow Paine. New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1912. 3 vols. bound in 3/4 red morocco with gilt titles. 10-13. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad. Mrs. Jameson, (Anna B.) London: Saunders and Otley, 1834. 4 vols. bound in mocha calf gilt with morocco labels to spines. 14-20. The Later Works of Charles Lamb. in seven volumes; includes The Prose Works 3 vols) London: Edward Moxon, 1836. The Letters of Charles Lamb. (2 vols) London: Edward Moxon, 1837. The Memorials of Charles Lamb. (2 vols) London: Edward Moxon, 1848. all uniformly bound in tan calf with gilt, and gilt titled labels to spines. 20-24. Washington Irving. Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. Paris: A. and W. Galignani, 1828. 4 volumes. first edition, published in France; the book was published in England in the same year; includes two large folding maps tipped in. 8vos. uniformly bound in 3/4 calf over marbled boards.
Provenance:
Property from the Estate of Peter S. Bing, Beverly Hills, California.
Condition
All sets show very well overall with light interior toning as well as minor exterior bumping and wear; hand colored plates remain clean and vibrant; bindings bright and very serviceable.
