![]() ![]() ![]() This Second Octavo Edition set, with coloured plates by J T Bowen, and bearing the label of C.S Francis & Co Booksellers, 554 Broadway, New York, achieved an online bid of £15,000, three times mid estimate.Īn album containing sixty numbered engravings after John Webber by W Sharp, B.T. ![]() All three volumes had pencil notes on the end papers and advertisements at the back.Īnother set of books, this time a 7-volume set by John James Audubon entitled ‘ The Birds of America from Drawings made in the United States and Their Territories’, also sparked interest. The set comprised ‘ The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York Mariner’ (1719), ‘ The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe being the Second and last part of his life and of the Strange Surprising Accounts of his Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe’ (1719) and ‘ Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe with his vision of the Angelick World‘ (1720). Mallams’ recent Oxford Library Sale featured over 500 lots, and made just under £160,000. ![]() A three-volume set of Robinson Crusoe first editions by Daniel Defoe saw some fierce competition in an Oxfordshire saleroom, eventually selling to a phone bidder for a staggering £46,000, soaring well above its £4000-£6000 estimate. ![]()
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