Lot 14: [BRADLEY, EDWARD. 1827-1889.] The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green: An Oxford Freshman. By Cuthbert Bede. London: H. Ingram, 1855.

Name: [BRADLEY, EDWARD. 1827-1889.] The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green: An Oxford Freshman. By Cuthbert Bede. London: H. Ingram, 1855.
Brand: Bonhams
SKU: aba8bbe775

Est: $600 USD - $900 USD

BonhamsNew York, NY, USOctober 18, 2011

Item Overview

Description

The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green: An Oxford Freshman. By Cuthbert Bede. London: H. Ingram, 1855.
With: The Further Adventures of Mr Verdant Green and Mr Verdant Green, Married and Done For. London: James Blackwood, 1857.
Together, 3 volumes. iv, 118, [6] ad; viii, 108, [12] ad; [8] ad, iv, 112, 9-24 ad, [8] ad pp. 8vo (199 x 128 mm). With 90 wood-engraved text illustrations by the author. Original cream pictorial wrappers printed in red and green. Soiling to wrappers, light chipping to backstrips.

THE VERDANT GREEN TRILOGY. 6th edition of part 1 and first editions of parts 2 and 3. Bradley derived the pseudonym "Cuthbert Bede" from the names of two saints associated with his college at Oxford.

Artist or Maker

Cuthbert Bede

Auction Details

The Robert H. and Donna L. Jackson Collection Part I: 19th Century Literature

Bonhams

October 18, 2011, 12:00 PM EST

580 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10022, US

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