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Lot 53
Johnson (Lionel) Sir Walter Raleigh in the Tower, first edition [1 of 7 copies], [Chester, Phillipson & Golder, 1885].
Estimate: £3,000 - 5,000
Description
Johnson (Lionel) Sir Walter Raleigh in the Tower, first edition [1 of 7 copies], 2 editorial corrects to p.5, neatly repaired tears to fore-margin, some light marking or soiling to margins, original printed wrappers, pencil inscription to head of upper wrapper "G.H.P. for Mr. Gosse to see", neat repairs to spine, minor fray to edges, light surface soiling, preserved in folding chemise and morocco pull-top box, 4to, [Chester, privately printed by Phillipson & Golder, 1885].
⁂ Johnson's exceptionally rare first book, this copy possibly intended for Edmund Gosse. We can trace only two examples of this work at auction. For this poem, Johnson was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal in English Verse from Winchester College.
Description
Johnson (Lionel) Sir Walter Raleigh in the Tower, first edition [1 of 7 copies], 2 editorial corrects to p.5, neatly repaired tears to fore-margin, some light marking or soiling to margins, original printed wrappers, pencil inscription to head of upper wrapper "G.H.P. for Mr. Gosse to see", neat repairs to spine, minor fray to edges, light surface soiling, preserved in folding chemise and morocco pull-top box, 4to, [Chester, privately printed by Phillipson & Golder, 1885].
⁂ Johnson's exceptionally rare first book, this copy possibly intended for Edmund Gosse. We can trace only two examples of this work at auction. For this poem, Johnson was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal in English Verse from Winchester College.
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