2863
Three Titles by R. Brooke, C.S. Lewis & C. Lamb
Sold
$20
Timed Auction
Railroad Crossing Discovery Auction: Closing March 12th, 2024
Category
Description
Comprising Rupert Brooke, POEMS (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1929) 35th impression, small 8vo, full red calf by Riviere, with gilt spine and marbled endpapers, slipcase; C. S. Lewis, THE ABOLITION OF MAN, Univ. of Durham, Riddell Memorial Lecture (London: Centenary Press, 1947) first published in 1943, 8vo, wraps; and Thomas Noon Talfourd, FINAL MEMORIALS OF CHARLES LAMB, Consisting of his Letters Not Before Published, With Sketches of Some of His Companions (London: Moxon, 1848) The 1st edition, with Moxon's catalogue, dated July 1, 1848, laid in, 2 vols, small 8vo, cloth, with a later linen clamshell box.
Condition
Brooke: spine shows some weathering, with losses to title label. Lamb: Bindings are worn, with some splitting at the joints. Case splitting at joints.
Provenance
From the private library of Anton Vishio, Sr., scholar and mentor, who for 45 years taught Latin and Classical Greek at The Gilman School in Baltimore.
