BOOK-COLLECTING

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[Pamphlet] Lord Spencer's Library. A Sketch of a Visit to Althorp, Northamptonshire [For Private Circulation.]

Author: 
S.T. [Samuel Timmins]
Publication details: 
No date, [Birmingham. 1870] "Reproduced by permission from The Birmingham Daily Post. 16 April 1870.
£120.00

15pp., 12mo, green paper wraps, sewn as issued, stained, worn and foxed, small closed tear, small chip off corner affecting front wrap and text, contents mainly good. Scarce: only PODs currently listed on via Libri.

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Autograph Letter Signed "W E Frost" to F. S. Ellis, bookseller and author.

Author: 
William Edward Frost, artist
Publication details: 
8 Southampton Street, Fitzroy Square, London, 9 Nov. 1860.
£85.00

One page, 8vo, minor defects, text clear and complete, except were a spike-hole cuts out a letter. He enjoyed looking through Ellis's catalogue but "I regret the names of Stothard and Blake do not occur more frequently - I beg to enclose a list of a few works I am seeking and shall feel greatly obliged if by any means you could procure them for me." Note: He formed a large collection of engravings after the works of Thomas Stothard, R.A., and prepared, in conjunction with Mr.

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