21st Feb, 2024 10:00

Country House Sale

 
Lot 220
 

220

Collection of books on Elizabeth Fry and her extended family

to include 'The Northrepps Grandchildren' by Verily Anderson, Mallard Reprints, Lavenham, Suffolk, 1979, first published 1968 Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., signed 'Alexander F. Powell, great, great, grandson of Elizabeth Fry, June '79

to include 'Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry, with Extracts from her Journal and Letters', edited by Two of her Daughters, in Two Volumes, Vol. 1 and 2, London: Charles Gilpin, John Hatchard & Son, 1847, both inscribed 'Helen Ramsay March 24th 1848' to the inside, Elizabeth Fry, 'Quaker Heroine', by Jane Whitney, George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd, London, 'Elizabeth Fry's Journeys on the Continent 1840-1841, from a diary kept by her niece Elizabeth Gurney', edited with an introduction, by R. Brimley Johnson and a foreword by the Right Hon. Sir Maurice de Bunsen, Bart., G.C.M.G. illustrated from the diarist's original sketches and from portraits, London, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, first published in 1931, 'A Family Sketchbook A Hundred Years Ago', by Ellen Buxton, arranged by her grandaughter Ellen R. C. Creighton, published by Geoffrey Bles, London, 1964, 'Theodore, Bishop of Winchester, Pastor, Prophet, Pilgrim, A Memoir of Frank Theodore Woods, D.D. 1874-1932' by Edward S. Woods, M.A. Bishop of Croydon and Frederick B. Macnutt, M.A. provost and Archdean of Leicester, Chaplain to H.M. The King, London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 'The Gurneys of Earlham', by Augustus J. C. Hare, Vol. II, Second Edition, London, George Allen, 1897, 'Katharine Fry's Book' edited by Jane Vansittard, Hodder and Stoughton, 1966 and 'Ellen Buxton's Journal 1860-1864', arranged by her grand-daughter Ellen R. C. Creighton, published by Geoffrey Bles. London, 1967 (13)

Provenance: Previously owned by the great-great-great-great grandchild of Elizabeth Fry

Note: A portrait by Mary Martha Pearson (1798-1871) signed by Fry herself featured on 'The Elizabeth Fry £5 note'. The Elizabeth Fry £5 note was in circulation from 2002 to 2016.

Sold for £55
Estimated at £50 - £80


 

Collection of books on Elizabeth Fry and her extended family

to include 'The Northrepps Grandchildren' by Verily Anderson, Mallard Reprints, Lavenham, Suffolk, 1979, first published 1968 Hodder and Stoughton Ltd., signed 'Alexander F. Powell, great, great, grandson of Elizabeth Fry, June '79

to include 'Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry, with Extracts from her Journal and Letters', edited by Two of her Daughters, in Two Volumes, Vol. 1 and 2, London: Charles Gilpin, John Hatchard & Son, 1847, both inscribed 'Helen Ramsay March 24th 1848' to the inside, Elizabeth Fry, 'Quaker Heroine', by Jane Whitney, George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd, London, 'Elizabeth Fry's Journeys on the Continent 1840-1841, from a diary kept by her niece Elizabeth Gurney', edited with an introduction, by R. Brimley Johnson and a foreword by the Right Hon. Sir Maurice de Bunsen, Bart., G.C.M.G. illustrated from the diarist's original sketches and from portraits, London, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, first published in 1931, 'A Family Sketchbook A Hundred Years Ago', by Ellen Buxton, arranged by her grandaughter Ellen R. C. Creighton, published by Geoffrey Bles, London, 1964, 'Theodore, Bishop of Winchester, Pastor, Prophet, Pilgrim, A Memoir of Frank Theodore Woods, D.D. 1874-1932' by Edward S. Woods, M.A. Bishop of Croydon and Frederick B. Macnutt, M.A. provost and Archdean of Leicester, Chaplain to H.M. The King, London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 'The Gurneys of Earlham', by Augustus J. C. Hare, Vol. II, Second Edition, London, George Allen, 1897, 'Katharine Fry's Book' edited by Jane Vansittard, Hodder and Stoughton, 1966 and 'Ellen Buxton's Journal 1860-1864', arranged by her grand-daughter Ellen R. C. Creighton, published by Geoffrey Bles. London, 1967 (13)

Provenance: Previously owned by the great-great-great-great grandchild of Elizabeth Fry

Note: A portrait by Mary Martha Pearson (1798-1871) signed by Fry herself featured on 'The Elizabeth Fry £5 note'. The Elizabeth Fry £5 note was in circulation from 2002 to 2016.

At present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in no way indicates a good condition, please contact the saleroom for a condition report.

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Auction: Country House Sale, 21st Feb, 2024

 
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