46 volumes including: The Tour of Doctor Syntax, London: R. Ackermann, N.D., three volumes (complete) containing numerous color satirical illustrations, volume I with eight edition title page and frontispiece bound in, bound in three quarter gilt ruled red leather over marbled cloth boards, spines with blindstamped and gilt floral decoration and lettering, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, teg; The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, London: William Tegg, 1869, bound in full wave grain dark teal leather covers with gilt ruling, spines with gilt lettering and scrollwork decoration, five raised bands; Works of Charles Dickens (Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield), 12 volumes; Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron, London: John Murray, 1833-1834, three volumes, containing numerous black and white illustrations, bound in full wave grain black leather, covers and spines with blindstamped gilt ruling and scrollwork, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers; Works of Sir Walter Scott (Waverley, Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, etc.), 13 volumes, Theatre des Auteurs du Second Ordre, three volumes (5, 32, & 33), The Poetical Works of John Milton, two volumes; The Life of Nelson, by Robert Southey; Annual Comic Collection of Mirth, Wit, and Gaiety, London: Published H. Riley, N.D., Huxley's Works (Crome Yellow, Antic Hay, and Those Barren Leaves), three volumes; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Samuel L. Clemens, illustrated by Normal Rockwell, New York: The Heritage Reprints, 1940; The Home Book of Quotations, Classical and Modern, by Burton Stevenson, New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1935
Provenance: Property from a Private Chicago Estate
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all with light wear to extremities, scattered scratches, scuffs, and small losses to leather, a few chipped spines, some bumped corners, scattered light staining and areas of light foxing throughout; Doctor Syntax, hinges cracked, volume I with scratches and tears to leather; Dickens bindings very fragile, hinges tender, several with boards detached