[Rarebooks] Announcement: New Catalogue: 19th Century British Literature, 141 items

Charles Agvent agvent at erols.com
Wed Oct 8 12:04:29 EDT 2008


Our new internet catalogue is now posted on our website: 
http://www.erols.com/agvent

The new catalogue consists of 141 items of 19th Century British 
Literature.  Included are letters, manuscripts, association copies, and 
signed books by Browning, Byron, Carlyle, Coleridge, De Quincey, 
Rossetti, Ruskin, Shelley, Wordsworth, and others, as well as first 
editions by the above and many others.  Most of the items are brand new 
to our inventory, not offered previously, and range in price from $35 to 
$30,000.

Just a few examples:

* LORD BYRON: Bound Collection of Six Titles with AUTOGRAPH  LETTER
SIGNED fragment and AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT of one of Byron's best-known 
poems in Lady Byron's hand

* First Edition of COLERIDGE's recently proven translation of GOETHE's 
FAUSTUS, 1821

* GEORGE CRUIKSHANK:  Archive of 15 drawings, manuscripts, letters, etc.

* THOMAS HARDY: Two different Signed Limited Editions of his Collected Works

* JOHN RUSKIN: 14-page Autograph Manuscript on Thomas Carlyle

* PERCY SHELLEY: AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED

* WILLIAM WORDSWORTH's POEMS, 1842, Inscribed to Robert Southey's son-in-law

AND MUCH MORE!


Thank you,

Charles Agvent
-- 

All books subject to prior sale.  Cash with order; institutions may be 
billed.  Postage additional:  $9.00 for the first book, $5.00 each 
thereafter.  Overseas postage billed at approximate cost.  Pennsylvania 
residents must add 6% sales tax.  Mastercard, Visa, American Express and 
Discover accepted.  Books may be returned within 10 days of receipt for 
any reason provided they are in the same condition as sent and prior 
notice is given.  Please insure returns for their full value.  We carry 
a diverse stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century 
Literary First Editions, Autographed Books, and Limited Editions Club 
books.  We are celebrating our 21st year of business and are proud to be 
members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and 
the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).  Please feel 
free to contact us with any wants or offerings.  Thank you.

CHARLES AGVENT
291 Linden Road
Mertztown, PA  19539-8750
610-682-4750
agvent at erols.com
Visit our home page:  http://www.erols.com/agvent
-------------- next part --------------

No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com 
Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.6/1714 - Release Date: 10/8/2008 7:01 AM


More information about the Rarebooks mailing list