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Emporium Auction | November 10, 2022

Thu, Nov 10, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 256

54 Leatherbound History Books

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

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$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

54 volumes total, including: History of England by Thomas Smollett and David Hume, London: R. Scholey, 1810, 16 volumes, bound in full leather, covers with gilt borders, spines with blindstamped and gilt decoration and lettering, marbled endpapers and edges; and others, including works by Burns, Heron, Goldsmith, etc.

Provenance: Collection of a Southern Gentlemen

Condition

all with light wear to extremities, scattered scuffs and small losses to leather, chipping to spines, scattered light staining and foxing throughout, some boards starting, a few boards detached but present

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