Lot 39
Crowe (Catherine) Ghosts and Family Legends. A Volume for Christmas, first edition, Thomas Cautley Newby, 1859
Hammer Price: £1,400
Description
Crowe (Catherine) Ghosts and Family Legends. A Volume for Christmas, first edition, armorial bookplate of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe to front pastedown partially obscuring the ink ownership inscription of his father, Richard Monckton Milnes, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine, minor fraying to spine tips and corners, light rubbing, a sharp, near-fine example overall, preserved in custom green morocco drop-back box, spine lettered in gilt with red morocco labels and image of a grey spectre, [Sadleir 664a; Summers pp.32-33] 8vo, Thomas Cautley Newby, 1859.
⁂ Crowe's final collection of supernatural tales, rare in the cloth in such superb condition.
Description
Crowe (Catherine) Ghosts and Family Legends. A Volume for Christmas, first edition, armorial bookplate of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe to front pastedown partially obscuring the ink ownership inscription of his father, Richard Monckton Milnes, original cloth, very slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine, minor fraying to spine tips and corners, light rubbing, a sharp, near-fine example overall, preserved in custom green morocco drop-back box, spine lettered in gilt with red morocco labels and image of a grey spectre, [Sadleir 664a; Summers pp.32-33] 8vo, Thomas Cautley Newby, 1859.
⁂ Crowe's final collection of supernatural tales, rare in the cloth in such superb condition.
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