Lot #1068 - Books On India (3)
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Auction House:Davidson Auctions
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Sale Name:Estate & Collector
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Sale Date:02 Aug 2014 ~ 10am: Part 1 - Various Collections - Lots 1 - 522
02 Aug 2014 ~ 2.30pm: Part 2 - The David Spode Collection - Lots 601 - 1326 -
Lot #:1068
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Lot Description:Books On India (3)
RUSSELL, William Howard. My Diary in India in the year 1858-9. London, Routledge [&c.], 1860. Two volumes complete. First edition.12 tinted litho plates including 2 frontis.,folding map, xv,408,xi,420pp., plates and adjacent pages spotted, marbled endpapers and edges, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 black calf, spine with raised bands and red title labels, marbled boards, boards rubbed. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library at spine base. No other markings internal or external. A surprisingly scarce book since according to Abbey it reached a '7th Thousand' in the year of publication; NAPIER, Lieut.-Gen. Sir William.History of General Sir Charles Napier's Administration of Scinde, and Campaign in the Cutchee Hills.London, Chapman and Hall, 1851. First edition.12 tinted litho plates [fairly pale spotting], 3 maps [2 folding], ix,415pp., some very occasional pale spotting, 8vo., contemporary 1/2 calf, spine with raised bands and black title label, rubbed and now stabilised with conservation lea -
Estimate:A$325 - 425
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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