Two Hundred Extraordinarily Important Books, Autographs and Manuscripts. [ G. Michelmore & Co., bookseller's catalogue ]

Published by G. Michelmore & Co., London, bookseller's catalogue, n.d. but 1923, 1923

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Printed wrappers, folio, 29 cm, 152 pp, many plates (several folding). 200 items. An interesting and well-illustrated catalogue with many rarities. Several of the catalogue entries relate to collections, including for example: the Daguin collection of Le Sage Editions Originles; a series of 68 unpublished letters from George Canning to the Revd John Sneyd and some Canning manuscripts; a collection of books bound for de Thou by Le Gascon; a collection of manuscripts and playbills relating to the clown Joseph Grimaldi; a collection of material relating to Edmund and Charles Kean; the Colonel Mark Wilks and Sir Tollemache Sinclair collection of material relating to Napoleon; correspondence of William Pitt the Younger with Lord Melville; the Monod Collection of Voltaire Editions Originales; etc etc. Front wrapper detached and backstrip worn with loss, wrappers darkened and slightly soiled and creased, slight soiling to contents, otherwise Good.

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Title
Two Hundred Extraordinarily Important Books, Autographs and Manuscripts. [ G. Michelmore & Co., bookseller's catalogue ]
Author
G. Michelmore and Co.
Publisher
G. Michelmore & Co., London, bookseller's catalogue, n.d. but 1923
Publication year
1923
Binding
Soft cover
Edition
1st Edition
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