Bob has identified ten items as of special interest to him. He has also gone to great pains to state that he really has no particular favorites. He loves all his books, has read most and will miss each of them. He will of course be starting a new collection. Bibliophiles do not stop. They merely pause.
Here are links to the items he reluctantly identified
Lot 6. Ainsworth, William Harrison. Autograph Manuscript for “The Tower of London”
Lot 28. Cruikshank, George. Autograph Manuscript Signed 6 times and initialed
Lot 41. Heath, Williams. Dickens, Charles. Autograph Manuscript leaf from The Pickwick Papers
Lot 60. Dickens, Charles. The Personal History of David Copperfield
Lot 88. Eliot, George. Middlemarch
Lot 154. Shakespeare, William. Shakespeare’s Plays
Lot 172. Thackeray, William Makepeace. Vanity Fair, A Novel Without a Hero
Lot 192. Trollope, Anthony. Ralph the Heir
Lot 221. Finden, Edward Francis and William. The Port, Harbours, Water-Places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain
Lot 228. Percier, Charles, and Pierre Francois Leonard Fontaine. Choix des Plus Celebres Maison de Plaisance de Rome et de ses Environs
For information and to discuss lots and bidding contact Christina Geiger in New York at 212.644.9094, [christina.geiger@bonhams.com], or Catherine Williamson in Los Angeles at 323.436.5442 [catherine.williamson@bonhams.com].
Here is a link to the full sale on the Bonhams website.
