English literature ...; children's books ...
Subtitle: Thursday, 22 October 1992 ... Christie's, 8 King Street, St. James's, London, SW1Y 6QT
Publisher: Christie's
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
Subjects: Catalogs; Library
Notes: 583 lots.

Sale code: BOWDEN-4893.

Each lot with price estimate.

Including: The John Bowden collection of 18th century books and bindings in remarkably fine condition; Shakespeare's Henry IV part I 1639; an unrecorded variant of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey 1818, and an important fore-edge painting; from the collection of Eric Quayle, Esq. including: The first English edition of Pinocchio 1892; Lamb's Tales of Shakespeare 1809; Travels of Tom Thumb 1746.

Place of auction: London.

Date of sale: October 22, 1992.