6827 of 739 lots
6827
A Selection of Classic English Poetry
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$40
Timed Auction
Railroad Crossing Discovery Auction: Closing February 3rd, 2025
Description
Comprising five titles in eight volumes, including Samuel Johnson, THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS (Charlestown, Ma.: Etheridge, 1810) 2 vols, 8vo., Federal period full run calf, marbled boards, with partial rebacking; THE WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, WITH HIS LIFE (London: Ascham, 1834) 2 vols. 16mo., period half calf, marbled boards; Francis Palgrave, THE GOLDEN TREASURY, revised and enlarged ed. (London: Macmillan, 1900) 2 vols., 16mo., full calf by Zaehnsdorf, marbled endpapers; Samuel Rogers, POEMS (London: Caddell & Davies, 1814) with remarkable wood engravings after Wm. Turner & T. Stothard, 12mo., full boarded morocco binding of the period, gilt, with toned endpapers; and James Montgomery, THE WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND (Utica: Seward & Williams, 1810) 16mo., quarter sheep, boards.