Catalogue of valuable printed books, autograph letters and historical documents, etc.
Subtitle: comprising early printed books and works in English literature including the property of Lt.-Gen. Sir Denis Bernard ... and the property of Arthur Randle, Esq.; Lachrymae musarum, 1649, containing the first published work of Dryden, one of only four copies, the property of the late Lady William Russell; an attractive French illuminated manuscript with 42 miniatures, the property of William Churchill Owen, Esq.; a further portion of the Harmsworth Trust Library formed by the late Sir R. Leicester Harmsworth ... comprising books principally in English literature; books on arms and armour, heraldry, topography, etc., the property of Sir Richard Paget, Bt.; a small collection on ship-building and navigation; designs for bindings by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, Esq.  The autograph letters and historical documents, etc. include Gordon's last letter from Khartoum; documents relating to Durham and Northumberland; and a miniature port. of King William III framed with a lock of Queen Mary's hair.  Which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. ... on Monday, the 19th of December, 1949, and following day ...
Contributors: Harmsworth, Robert Leicester, Sir, 1870-1937
Published: 1949
Place of publication: [London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
Subjects: Catalogs, Booksellers' -- Great Britain; English literature -- Bibliography -- Catalogs
Notes: "The Harmsworth Trust Library.  Supplemental portion.  Books principally in English literature omitted from previous sales ...": p. 15-28.