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Maps, Travel & Sporting Books Including The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
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A finely bound set of Ruskin's works, with a letter by the author
Ruskin, John; edited by E. T. COOK and ALEXANDER WEDDERBURN.
The Works of John Ruskin. London: George Allen, 1903-1912. 74 volumes, limited to 2062 copies, with a tipped-in autograph letter signed by Ruskin to Henry Larkin in the first volume, followed by a typed transcription of the letter on the following page. Full dark green morocco, gilt ornamented boards and spines, gilt lettered, dark green morocco gilt doublures, watered silk endpapers. Illustrated with numerous plates, with tissue guards. Some wear, including rubbing along edges and spines, a few scuffs, wear to corners, and chips to headcaps, spines mellowed to chestnut, a few boards faded to brown, contents clean and bright, the set sold as is.
A finely bound set of Ruskin's complete works, with a tipped-in letter from the author to Henry Larkin dated January 1876. Larkin had been Thomas Carlyle's literary and research assistant, and Ruskin thanks him in the letter for his notes on Carlyle, as well as his helpful encouragement. Ruskin ends his letter with a rather dour yet determined statement regarding his own work: "The darkened sky - more than even human stupidity - stops and crushes me just now - but I will drag through unless it suffocates me."
Sold for $2,880
Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Ruskin, John; edited by E. T. COOK and ALEXANDER WEDDERBURN.
The Works of John Ruskin. London: George Allen, 1903-1912. 74 volumes, limited to 2062 copies, with a tipped-in autograph letter signed by Ruskin to Henry Larkin in the first volume, followed by a typed transcription of the letter on the following page. Full dark green morocco, gilt ornamented boards and spines, gilt lettered, dark green morocco gilt doublures, watered silk endpapers. Illustrated with numerous plates, with tissue guards. Some wear, including rubbing along edges and spines, a few scuffs, wear to corners, and chips to headcaps, spines mellowed to chestnut, a few boards faded to brown, contents clean and bright, the set sold as is.
A finely bound set of Ruskin's complete works, with a tipped-in letter from the author to Henry Larkin dated January 1876. Larkin had been Thomas Carlyle's literary and research assistant, and Ruskin thanks him in the letter for his notes on Carlyle, as well as his helpful encouragement. Ruskin ends his letter with a rather dour yet determined statement regarding his own work: "The darkened sky - more than even human stupidity - stops and crushes me just now - but I will drag through unless it suffocates me."
Auction: Maps, Travel & Sporting Books Including The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection, ending Mar 7, 2024
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Timed Auction of Maps, Travel & Sporting Books Including the Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
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Bidding Will Open on February 22 and Close on Thursday, March 7, 2024 beginning at 10am
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Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle will hold a timed online auction of Maps, Travel & Sporting Books closing on Thursday, March 7, 2024 beginning at 10am. Explore the world through a fascinating range of offerings featuring maps, Americana, travel, sporting books, literary sets and the Esmond Bradley Martin Collection of Africana.
Esmond Bradley Martin
Esmond Bradley Martin (1941-2018) was educated as a geographer and philosopher. He and his wife Chryssee had an enduring fascination with Africa, and settled in Nairobi, Kenya, in the mid-1970s. He wrote extensively, oftentimes in conjunction with his wife, publishing works including Zanzibar. Tradition and Revolution, Hamish Hamilton, 1978; Cargoes of the east. The ports, trade, and culture of the Arabian Seas and western Indian Ocean, Elm Tree Press, 1978; and many other works on African history and conservation. In the late 1970s, he began extensive research into the illegal trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, which included substantial stints incognito posing as a buyer of illicit wildlife products. For a while, he served as special envoy for rhino conservation for the United Nations.
For about thirty years, beginning in the mid-1960s, Esmond Bradley Martin assiduously collected books and manuscripts on Africa and its history, acquiring a phenomenal collection of letters by many of the major English explorers of the nineteenth century, as well as numerous rarities from earlier centuries. He was buying at a time when troves of such material surfaced frequently at English auctions. Doyle was privileged to offer the first selection from his collection in the November 7, 2023 auction. We are pleased to present this second offering of property from The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection.
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