Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Dr. John Aitkin [sic] Carlyle . ... to which is added a collection of books from other libraries. Which will be sold by auction, by messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge ... on Tuesday, the 27th of April, 1880, and following Day ...
Sotheby's
Category
Books
Date
1880
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Carlyle's House, London
NT 3066959
Summary
Bibliographic description
45 p.. Affixed to verso of t.p. remains of ?two newspaper cuttings containing announcements of the death of J.A.Carlyle, one of them annotated in T.Carlyle's hand: "[Li]terary World: Sept. 19. 1879"; pencil crosses in margin of p.5 against three items by T.C.; spelling of Aitken on t.p. corrected in ink margin, in ?TC's hand; bound with other extracts from periodicals. Provenance: Bookplate: C. Oscar Gridley. Binding: Half blue cloth over blue marbled boards; spine lettered gilt: "Papers on Thomas Carlyle"; top edge gilt.
Makers and roles
Sotheby's John Aitken Carlyle (1801 - 1879)