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Auction archive: Lot number 35

(1) [O'BEIRNE, Thomas Lewis] A Gleam of Comfort to this distracted Empire in despite of faction, violence and cunning, London: for J. Debrett, 1785, 8°, FIRST EDITION, half title.

Auction 03.05.1996
3 May 1996
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$303 - US$454
Price realised:
£207
ca. US$313
Auction archive: Lot number 35

(1) [O'BEIRNE, Thomas Lewis] A Gleam of Comfort to this distracted Empire in despite of faction, violence and cunning, London: for J. Debrett, 1785, 8°, FIRST EDITION, half title.

Auction 03.05.1996
3 May 1996
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$303 - US$454
Price realised:
£207
ca. US$313
Beschreibung:

(1) [O'BEIRNE, Thomas Lewis] A Gleam of Comfort to this distracted Empire in despite of faction, violence and cunning, London: for J. Debrett, 1785, 8°, FIRST EDITION, half title. (2) CLARKE, Thomas Brooke. A Survey of the strength and opulence of Great Britain ... with observations by Dean Tucker, and David Hume Esq. in a correspondence with Lord Kames; now first published, London: T. Cadell, 1801, 8°, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, title inscribed "with the author's compliments." [Kress B4352] (3) BOWLES, John. A View of the moral state of society at the close of the eighteenth century, much enlarged ... addressed particularly to the higher orders, London: F. & C. Rivington, 1804, 8°, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, half title inscribed by the author, modern boards. With 15 other pamphlets of similar interest, most disbound. (18)

Auction archive: Lot number 35
Auction:
Datum:
3 May 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

(1) [O'BEIRNE, Thomas Lewis] A Gleam of Comfort to this distracted Empire in despite of faction, violence and cunning, London: for J. Debrett, 1785, 8°, FIRST EDITION, half title. (2) CLARKE, Thomas Brooke. A Survey of the strength and opulence of Great Britain ... with observations by Dean Tucker, and David Hume Esq. in a correspondence with Lord Kames; now first published, London: T. Cadell, 1801, 8°, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, title inscribed "with the author's compliments." [Kress B4352] (3) BOWLES, John. A View of the moral state of society at the close of the eighteenth century, much enlarged ... addressed particularly to the higher orders, London: F. & C. Rivington, 1804, 8°, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, half title inscribed by the author, modern boards. With 15 other pamphlets of similar interest, most disbound. (18)

Auction archive: Lot number 35
Auction:
Datum:
3 May 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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