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Premier Auction - Session II - July 15, 2023

Sat, Jul 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
  • Collections of the Darsie-Thomson Families, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lot 883

17 Volumes, Three Titles on British History

Estimate: $700 - $1,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

17 volumes total, including: The Works of Lord Macaulay, London: Longman, Greene, & Co., 1871, ten volumes; The History of the Norman Conquest of England by Edward A. Freeman, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1870, five volumes; The Reign of William Rufus by Edward A. Freeman, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1882, two volumes; all bound in full tree calf leather with gilt floral ruled covers, morocco spine labels, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, five raised bands, marbled endpapers and edges

Condition

some sunning to spines, some surface dirt, light wear to extremities, minor scuffs to leather

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Property from the Thomson House, 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built by Thomas Chalmers Darsie; by descent to Anne Darsie Thomson then to Robert Thomson; Gifted 2014 to Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania