Lot
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Lot 99
"The Papers", "Published Monthly", nos. 1 to 6 in one v...
Hammer
£1,200
"The Papers", "Published Monthly", nos. 1 to 6 in one vol. entirely in manuscript (various hands, generally very legible). A few tipped in sketches & other items. Approx. 380pp plus index. Articles include a serial, "The Ocean Roamer or Spectre of the Deep", "A Ramble among the Lakes", "Some Stuff about Docks" (Whitehaven et al.), "Sketches from a Photographic Album", "The Smoke Nuisance" (tobacco), "Prize Fighting", "Why Wear Glasses", "Macaulay Improved" (History of Whitehaven), "Autobiography and Musings of a Wasdale Born ..." (?) etc. etc. Quarto. Half dark calf. September 1863 to February 1864.
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