An 1850, first bookform edition of David Copperfield, bound in similar style in blue crushed morocco gilt and inset with a portrait of the young Dickens, went to Bromlea & Jonkers at £1900, while a 30-vol. Chapman & Hall set (1874-76) of the latter’s works, bound in half red morocco by Mudie, went to Cumming at £2100.
1925 Golden Cockerel edition of Songs... by Robert Burns
UK: INSET with a portrait miniature, this 1925 Golden Cockerel edition of Songs... by Robert Burns, illustrated with wood engravings by Mabel Annesley and bound in Cosway style in red morocco gilt by Bayntun Rivière, was sold at Bonhams (Buyer’s premium:15/10 per cent) at £1400 (Pirouages).
