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Fri, Sep 13, 2019 09:00AM EDT
Lot 293

35 Assorted Books, Some Leather Bound

Estimate: $100 - $300

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comprising: six volumes, Smithsonian Scientific Series,ÿNew York: Smithsonian Institution Series, Inc., 1934, Patron's Edition, cobalt blue leatheretteÿwith ornate gilt decoration; five volumes Modern Eloquence, New York: Modern Eloquence Corporation, 1923; two volumes, Robbins History, Boston: Hastings, Etheridge and Bliss, 1809, leather; three volumes, The S.S. Van Dine Detective Series, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929; and others Provenance: Davis Collection, Charlotte, North Carolina

Condition

poor to fair condition, rubbing of spines and board, bumped edges and corners, losses to some bindings, minimal interior foxing throughout, scattered mildew

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