05-16-201205-17-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
May 16, 2012 02:00 PMCalender
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Fine Press, Approximately Twenty Volumes:

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Auction: Discovery - 2597MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: May 17, 2012 10:00AM

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Fine Press, Approximately Twenty Volumes: Nonesuch Press; Golden Cockerell; Limited Editions; Thomas Mosher; etc.
Estimate $150-200

Checklist of the Publications of Thomas Bird Mosher. Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1966, copy #57 of 500, with prospectus, in slipcase.
Thompson, Edward. The Thracian Stranger. London: Benn, 1929. Signed by the author, #16 of 55, in slipcase.
Montaigne, Michel de. Essays. Trans. John Florio. London: Nonesuch Press, 1931, in two volumes, crushed full morocco, bindings intact, in tattered slipcase.
Wilde, Oscar. Poems. Portland: Mosher, 1903.
Dowson, Ernest. Poems. Portland: Mosher, 1902.
Wine, Women and Song. Portland: Mosher, 1918.
An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, Written by Himself. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925, in two volumes, #66 of 450.
Cowley, Abraham. The Mistress with Other Select Poems. London: Nonesuch Press, 1926. #644 of 1050.
Vaughan, Henry. Poems. London: Nonesuch, 1924. #753 of 850
Marvell, Andrew. Miscellaneous Poems. London: Nonesuch, 1923. #261 of 850
Thomson, James. The Seasons. London: Nonesuch, 1927. Hand-colored engravings, #411 of 1500
De La Mare, Walter. Desert Islands and Robinson Crusoe. Illus. Rex Whistler. London: Faber and Faber [Westminster Press], 1930.
Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations. Illus. Gordon Ross. Edinburgh: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Slipcase.
Two nineteenth century editions of Charles Lamb
Two decorative leather bindings, nineteenth century, one with cover detached.

Keywords

Nonesuch Press, Thomas Mosher