Lot 243

75 Leatherbound Volumes on English Literature

Estimate: $600 - $1,000

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75 volumes, including: Stretton by Henry Kingsley, 12 volumes, London: Ward, Lock & Co., Ltd., 1896, 2nd edition, E.P. Dutton & Co., New York bound, 3/4 navy leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapers, teg; The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray, 22 volumes, complete, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869, 3/4 burgundy leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, marbled endpapers and edges; Erik Linklater, Poet's Pub, one volume, London: Jonathan Cape, 1934, bound by S.A. Howe, Guildford, 1952, full red leather with gilt lettering and decoration, duodecimo 

Provenance: Property from the Collection of Dee and Tommy Hilfiger

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Property from the Collection of Dee and Tommy Hilfiger

light wear to extremities, scattered scuffs and small losses to leather and boards, a few bumped corners, some cracked hinges