Live Auction 5682Lehman Brothers: Artwork and Ephemera
BIOGRAPHY, English - EVELYN, John. Memoirs. Edited by William Bray. London: Henry Colburn, 1827. 5 vols., 8°. Later burgundy half leather. [With:] TRAIL, H.D. Twelve English Statesmen. London: Macmillan and Co., 1888-1906. 12 vols, 8°. Contemporary green half morocco, all but the last by Hatchard (spine of the last vol. lightly faded). Provenance: Laurence Currie (bookplate). [And:] MONYPENNY, William Flavelle. The Life of Benjamin Disraeli. London: John Murray, 1910-1916. 4 vols, 8°. Plates. (Light spotting on the edges.) Contemporary blue half morocco, by Hatchard. And 14 related works in 29 volumes, including lives of Walter Scott, Napoleon I, Chesterfield, Bismark and others. (50)
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BIOGRAPHY, English - EVELYN, John. Memoirs. Edited by William Bray. London: Henry Colburn, 1827. 5 vols., 8°. Later burgundy half leather. [With:] TRAIL, H.D. Twelve English Statesmen. London: Macmillan and Co., 1888-1906. 12 vols, 8°. Contemporary green half morocco, all but the last by Hatchard (spine of the last vol. lightly faded). Provenance: Laurence Currie (bookplate). [And:] MONYPENNY, William Flavelle. The Life of Benjamin Disraeli. London: John Murray, 1910-1916. 4 vols, 8°. Plates. (Light spotting on the edges.) Contemporary blue half morocco, by Hatchard. And 14 related works in 29 volumes, including lives of Walter Scott, Napoleon I, Chesterfield, Bismark and others. (50)

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BIOGRAPHY, English - EVELYN, John. Memoirs. Edited by William Bray. London: Henry Colburn, 1827. 5 vols., 8°. Later burgundy half leather. [With:] TRAIL, H.D. Twelve English Statesmen. London: Macmillan and Co., 1888-1906. 12 vols, 8°. Contemporary green half morocco, all but the last by Hatchard (spine of the last vol. lightly faded). Provenance: Laurence Currie (bookplate). [And:] MONYPENNY, William Flavelle. The Life of Benjamin Disraeli. London: John Murray, 1910-1916. 4 vols, 8°. Plates. (Light spotting on the edges.) Contemporary blue half morocco, by Hatchard. And 14 related works in 29 volumes, including lives of Walter Scott, Napoleon I, Chesterfield, Bismark and others. (50)