14th Mar, 2024 10:30

Spring Specialist Sale

 
Lot 261
 

'The Boy's Own Book' [by William Clarke] - Second Edition 1828

'The Boy's Own Book; A Complete Encyclopedia of All the Diversions, Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative, of Boyhood and Youth', [William Clarke], the scarce second edition published in 1828 by Vizetelly, Branston and Co., London. From the libraries of the Crighton/Bramwell family, originally presented to Edwin Crighton, the grandfather of Scottish Neurologist Edwin Bramwell FRSE FRCPE (1873-1952), in 1828, and gifted to Bramwell's son, Edwin Crighton Byron Bramwell (1917-1987), in 1917, by his grandmother, Matha Bramwell, daughter of Edwin Crighton. Bound in quarter morocco.

Estimated at £120 - £180

 

'The Boy's Own Book; A Complete Encyclopedia of All the Diversions, Athletic, Scientific, and Recreative, of Boyhood and Youth', [William Clarke], the scarce second edition published in 1828 by Vizetelly, Branston and Co., London. From the libraries of the Crighton/Bramwell family, originally presented to Edwin Crighton, the grandfather of Scottish Neurologist Edwin Bramwell FRSE FRCPE (1873-1952), in 1828, and gifted to Bramwell's son, Edwin Crighton Byron Bramwell (1917-1987), in 1917, by his grandmother, Matha Bramwell, daughter of Edwin Crighton. Bound in quarter morocco.

Auction: Spring Specialist Sale, 14th Mar, 2024

Our Spring Specialist Sale of Fine Furniture, Modern Design, Paintings, Prints, Silver, Jewellery, Watches, Ceramics, Glassware & other Collectors

In what promises to be an exciting and eclectic sale, lots to be offered include an original watercolour by His Majesty King Charles III, a Victorian platinum and diamond tiara, and less regally but no less impressive, a rare early draft film script for “Raiders of the Lost Ark”.

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