Jun 21, 2012 - Sale 2282

Sale 2282 - Lot 171

Price Realized: $ 210
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
MOUNTED INDIA PROOF ISSUE HALL, SAMUEL CARTER; editor. The Book of British Ballads. Volume 1 (of 2?). Profusion of wood-engraved illustrations after Richard Dadd, John Tenniel, John Gilbert, and others. [4], vi, 233 pages, printed entirely on india paper and mounted two pages per sheet. 4to, unbound sheets loose in cloth chemise and 1/4 morocco slipcase; few proof mounts foxed. London: Jeremiah How, 1842

Additional Details

first edition. mounted india proof issue, apparently all published in this form, "a rarity of Victorian bookmaking"--Ray, The Illustrator and the Book in England 61A.