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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 875

21 Volumes, Two English Literature/Poetry Sets

Estimate: $400 - $700

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

21 volumes total, comprising: The Works of Edward Bulwer Lytton, Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1845, The Illustrated Sterling Edition, 15 volumes, containing numerous black and white plate illustrations, bound in three quarter brown leather over cloth backed boards, gilt lettering and floral decoration to spines, five raised bands, teg; The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, London: Edward Moxon, 1841, six volumes (complete), bound in three quarter dark red leather over cloth backed boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, five raised bands, teg

Condition

scattered scuffs to leather, light wear to extremities, some surface dirt; Bulwer with some small chips to spine tops

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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