CATALOGUE OF THE HAMILTON LIBRARY which will be sold by auction by messrs. Sotheby Wilkinson And Hodge
Published by Dryden Press, London, 1884
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used




Seller: Tom W. Ayling, Wallingford, United KingdomTom W. Ayling
AbeBooks seller since May 12, 2025
Condition: Used
US$ 522.45
Quantity: 1 available
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First edition. Bound in half purple morocco over marbled purple cloth. Gilt arms of the Maxwell family of Monrieth House to the upper cover. Five raised bands to spine, lettered and decorated in gilt. Marbled endpapers. A very good copy. Some wear to the spine and fading, foxing particularly in the first and last few leaves. Date written on the title page in ink. This was a monumental sale of which 2,136 lots sold over eight days.
Seller Inventory # 2539
Bibliographic details
- Title
- CATALOGUE OF THE HAMILTON LIBRARY which will be sold by auction by messrs. Sotheby Wilkinson And Hodge
- Author
- SOTHEBY, WILKINSON & HODGE
- Publisher
- Dryden Press, London
- Publication year
- 1884
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- PROVENANCE: Sir Herbert Maxwell of Monreith, 7th Bart. (1845–1937) bookplate pasted to pastedown.
Tom W. Ayling
Wallingford, United Kingdom
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