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Sat, Oct 23, 2021 09:00AM EDT
Lot 499

Over 70 Leatherbound Books, World Literature

Estimate: $500 - $700

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British and Continental, The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson, 26 various titles, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907, teg; Works of Charles Reade, eight various titles, Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske, and Co., half calf, marbled endpapers, teg; Waverly Novels, Vol. 1 through 12, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1879, half calf, marbled edges and endpapers; Lever's Works, 13 various titles, with illustrations, London: Chapman and Hall, 1873, marbled edges and endpapers; Balzac's Works, ten various titles, New York: The Kelmscott Society Publishers; other titles

Provenance: Private Bluffton, South Carolina Collection

Condition

general wear throughout, chipping and losses at spine (most notable on Balzac), foxing, light staining, bumped corners

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