Catalogue of fine books, illuminated manuscripts and autograph letters ... : which will be sold by auction ... on Monday, the 3rd of February, 1919, and following day
1919
Catalogue of fine books, illuminated manuscripts and autograph letters ... : which will be sold by auction ... on Monday, the 3rd of February, 1919, and following day
1919
73 p. ; 25 cm 468 lots Place of sale: London Date of sale: Feb. 3-4, 1919 " ... comprising the property of Lieut. G.W. Martindell, of Chelston, Ashford, Middlesex, including a fine collection of books with coloured plates, published by Ackermann and others. Autograph letters and historical manuscripts, the property of Major John Delmar-Morgan, R.A.F., of 15, Tite Street, Chelsea, S.W.; the property of Roland Stuart, Esq.; the property of the Rev. I.M. Mallalieu, Baltonsboro, near Glastonbury; and other properties, including an extensive collection of the correspondence of the late John Thaddeus Delane, editor of "The Times," 1841-77; correspondence of Mrs. Thrale; fine letters of Scott, Shelley, C. Brontë, Rossetti, Geo. Meredith, O. Wilde, Wordsworth, Thackeray and others; a magnificent example of extra- illustration: The letters of Horace Walpole, edited by P. Cunningham, 6 vols. 1840, extended to 18 vols. folio, the property of Sir Herbert Raphael, bart., M.P., of Hockley Sole, Folkestone; illuminated manuscripts of the XVth century; early printed books; XVIIIth century French illustrated books in fine bindings; voyages and travels; natural history; valuable items in English and foreign literature, etc."
