Previous results would not have
suggested anything too high, even for such a stunning copy as this, but it ended up with a collector at £15,000.
Sotheby's English Literature & History sale, December 14
Mrs Henry Wood’s East Lynne
UK: THIS elaborately gilt violet cloth binding on an 1861 first edition of Mrs Henry Wood’s East Lynne was identified by Sotheby’s as Carter’s B ‘Presentation Binding’ but their view on the value of this copy – which had all edges gilt but was fragile at the hinges and partially split in Vol. III – was a modest £600-800.
