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Emporium Auction - September 14, 2023

Thu, Sep 14, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 73

45 Leatherbound Volumes, Waverly Novels

Estimate: $400 - $600

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

by Sir Walter Scott, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1865-1868, 45 volumes total, including: 39 volumes (lacking 2, 6, 16, 17, 23, 26, 27, 32, 34, and 46) bound in three quarter tan leather over marbled boards, morocco spine labels, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, marbled edges; six volumes (1-6), bound in dark brown/burgundy three quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, marbled edges

Provenance: Private Collection, New York
 

Condition

wear to extremities, scuffs and scattered losses to edges, some hinges tender, some boards starting, scattered staining and foxing throughout, scattered chipping and losses to spines

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Private Collection, New York