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Auction archive: Lot number 403

Lockhart's Valerius 1st ed 1981

Fine & Rare Books
5 Apr 2018
Estimate
US$10 - US$100
Price realised:
US$390
Auction archive: Lot number 403

Lockhart's Valerius 1st ed 1981

Fine & Rare Books
5 Apr 2018
Estimate
US$10 - US$100
Price realised:
US$390
Beschreibung:

3 vols. [iv], 311 + 4 ad pp.; [4], 347; [4], 312 pp. (8vo) 19x11 cm (7¼x4¼"), original brown paper spines and blue paper boards, printed paper spine labels, pages untrimmed. Half-titles present. First Edition. The first novel by the son-in-law and future biographer of Walter Scott John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854), a story set in second century Rome about the adventures of a young man, Valerius, when he travels to the great capital city. Valerius is an early example of the classical-historical novel that became popular later in the 19th century with the writings of Bulwer-Lytton and others.

Auction archive: Lot number 403
Auction:
Datum:
5 Apr 2018
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

3 vols. [iv], 311 + 4 ad pp.; [4], 347; [4], 312 pp. (8vo) 19x11 cm (7¼x4¼"), original brown paper spines and blue paper boards, printed paper spine labels, pages untrimmed. Half-titles present. First Edition. The first novel by the son-in-law and future biographer of Walter Scott John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854), a story set in second century Rome about the adventures of a young man, Valerius, when he travels to the great capital city. Valerius is an early example of the classical-historical novel that became popular later in the 19th century with the writings of Bulwer-Lytton and others.

Auction archive: Lot number 403
Auction:
Datum:
5 Apr 2018
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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