Single Owner Auction - Estate of Paul W. Doll, Jr.
Fri, Nov 20, 2020 09:00AM EST
Lot 25
73 Leather Bound Books on Mythology and Folklore
Estimate: $500 - $700
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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 |
assorted titles related to the folklore and mythology of various cultures and regions, including: Japanese Fairy Tale Series, No. 2 - Shitakiri Suzume, Tokyo: Kobunsha, colored woodblock print illustrations; Teutonic Mythology by Jacob Grimm, London: George Bell and Sons, 1882, four volumes; Select Remains of the Ancient Popular and Romance Poetry of Scotland by David Laing, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1885; Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by S. Baring-Gould, Oxford and Cambridge: Rivingtons, 1876; and others, all uniformly bound in three quarter blue leather, marbled boards and endpapers, morocco spine labels with gilt lettering, five raised bands, teg, bookplate for Louise Claire Loree - Provenance: Estate of Paul W. Doll, Jr., Lake Toxaway, North Carolina
wear to extremities, scattered toning, foxing, and dampstaining throughout, some offsetting throughout, bumped corners, scattered losses to leather; Essays on Superstitions volume I with some water damage and mold
