Fine Books & Manuscripts

MACAULAY, Thomas Babington (1800–1859). [Works]. Comprising of: The History of England… 1849–61. 5 volumes, 8vo. Vols. I and II are third editions; Vols. III–V are first editions. –– Critical and Historical Essays… 1858. 3 volumes, 8vo. Ninth editions. –– TREVELYN, George Otto. The Life and Letters… 1876. 2 volumes, 8vo. FIRST EDITION. –– Together, 9 works in 9 volumes, all published in London by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, all uniformly bound in full speckled calf with raised bands, morocco spine labels gilt, compartments completely gilt, top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, stamp signed by Zaehnsdorf. –– [With:] The Miscellaneous Writings of… 1860. 2 volumes, 8vo. [and:] Speeches… 1854. –– Together, 3 works in 3 volumes, all published in London by Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, all in original pebbled cloth. –– [Also with:] 2 ANS by Macaulay laid in to Vol. I of The Life and Letters, to the economist Nassau William Senior (1790–1864), with one note accepting and the other declining an invitation to dine. Condition of this collection of works is generally very good. From the private library of a prominent Chicago collector, part II.