Sold for:
$3,750
$3,750
London: Chapman and Hall, 1861. 3 vols. 8vo, publisher's violet wavy-grain cloth, covers stamped in blind with decorative spine panel, gilt-lettered spines, light yellowish endpapers, modern linen solander box. First edition, fifth impression, with "fifth edition" to the title pages, published October 30, 1861 [the previous issues appeared July 6, August 5, August 17 and September 21, respectively]. Some copies of the first five issues did not contain catalogues, like this example. Manuscript ex-libris dated March 1862 to title page, vols. 1-2, and ex-libris, undated, to vol. 3; rubbing to boards with ends bumped.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-11-06
