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Premier Auction - Session II - July 15, 2023

Sat, Jul 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
  • Collection of Constance and Lyons Gray
Lot 868

Five Signed Fine Leather Bindings

Estimate: $300 - $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

five volumes total, comprising: The History of Mr. Polly by H.G. Wells, London/Edinburgh/Dublin/New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons, n.d., signed Asprey binding; Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, London/Melbourne/Toronto: Heinemann, 1961, signed Bayntun binding; The Best of O. Henry, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1960, signed Bayntun-Riviere binding; The Book of Pirates by Henry Gilbert, London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1919, signed Bayntun binding; The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, London/et al: Oxford University Press, 1921, signed Riviere binding; all bound in full leather in various colors with gilt ruled covers, morocco spine labels, gilt lettering and decorations to spines, gilt inner dentelles, aeg

Condition

light wear to extremities, scattered very minor scuffs to leather

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Collection of Constance and Lyons Gray