Robert (1782) Browning

Lot 169: BROWNING (ROBERT)

Name: BROWNING (ROBERT)
Brand: Bonhams
SKU: cf1d36fe23

Est: £150 GBP - £200 GBPSold:

BonhamsLondon, United KingdomMay 23, 2012

Item Overview

Description

Sordello, FIRST EDITION, Alfred Forman's copy, with his signature on flyleaf, publisher's green cloth, printed label slightly chipped, bookplate removed, 1840--CAINE (T.H.) Sonnets of Three Centuries, critical sonnet by H.B. Forman tipped-in at beginning ("A quite too utter quntessential book!... But why the devil does not Oscar Wilde/Defile a book already so defiled?"), signature of Maria Forman, H.B. Forman's mother, publisher's cloth, slightly worn, 1882; and 2 others, including another Browning with Alfred's initials, 8vo and 4to (4)

Artist or Maker

Robert (1782) Browning

Auction Details

The Stuart B. Schimmel Forgery Collection; and other properties

Bonhams

May 23, 2012, 12:00 PM GMT

Montpelier Street Knightsbridge, London, LDN, SW7 1HH, UK

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