Jun 19, 2014 - Sale 2355

Sale 2355 - Lot 104

Price Realized: $ 219
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
(SAVAGE CLUB.) Halliday, Andrew, The Savage-Club Papers. 2 volumes. Numerous illustrations by George Cruikshank, Doré, Gilbert, and others. 8vo, rebound in 3/4 red morocco gilt by Morrell, light rubbing to corners and joints, all edges gilt, spine tooled in gilt in compartments; original gilt-pictorial covers by Charles Bennett bound in rear. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1867-1868

Additional Details

The 1867 volume comprised stories and illustrations donated by club members as a charity publication for the widow of Savage-Club member Thomas Morten who had committed suicide the previous year. Wolff 2936; 2936a.