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LOT 2253
Group of Various Novels - 8 Titles
1899-1980 A.D.
6 x 4 1/8 - 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. (2.37 kg total, 15.2 x 10.5 - 18.5 x 13 cm).
Comprising: Michael Scott - Tom Cringle's Log - hardcover, 576 pp; R.H. Barham - The Ingoldsby Legends - London, hardcover, 518 pp, monochrome illustrations, dedication to the front page; Hugh Walpole - The Cathedral. A novel - London, 1925, hardcover, 529 pp; Frederic W. Farrar - St. Winifred's or The World of School - London, 1899, hardcover, 536 pp, monochrome illustrations; W.H.G. Kingston - The Three Midshipmen - London, hardcover, 336 pp, colour illustrations, a prize for good conduct and regular attendance awarded to Willie Hennessey by St Clement Danes Sunday School in 1921; W. Peacock - Selected English Essays - 1923, hardcover, 543 pp; G Bernard Hughes - The Country Life. Collector's Pocket Book - Richmond upon Thames, 1980, hardcover, 351 pp, monochrome illustrations; Vera I. Arlett - Repertory Plays no. 60. A Corber in Dreams - 1927, 57 pp. [8, No Reserve]
Provenance
Provenance: From the library of an East Anglian gentleman, 1970s-early 2000s.
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