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Fine Art & Decorative Works Day 2

Sat, Jan 17, 2015 09:00AM EST - Sun, Jan 18, 2015 09:00AM EST
Lot 870

Sixty-Four Leather-Bound Books

Estimate: $600 - $900

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
1809, 1811, 1835, 1855, 1856, including The Works of Samuel Johnson, Boston, 1809, 12 volumes, complete, original tree calf, two with morocco spine labels, all edges marbled, 7 x 4-1/4 in., very good condition; The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, New York, 1809, 5 volumes of 6, incomplete, original tree calf, with two morocco spine labels, all edges marbled, 7 x 4-1/4 in. very good condition; The Works of Joseph Addison, New York, 1811, 6 volumes, complete, original tree calf, two with morocco spine labels, all edges marbled, 7 x 4-1/4 in. very good condition; A History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall, London, 1835, 8 volumes, complete, three-quarter leather over marbled boards, five raised bands, morocco spine labels, all edges marbled, 6-1/2 x 4-1/4 in. good condition, lightly rubbed; Waverley Novels, Library Edition, Boston, 1855, 27 volumes, incomplete, three-quarter leather over coarse cloth boards, five raised bands, morocco spine labels, all edges marbled, 7-1/2 x 4-3/4 in. very good condition; Lives of the Queens of England by Dr. Doran, New York, 1855, 2 volumes, complete, three-quarter leather over coarse green cloth, five raised bands, morocco spine labels, all edges marbled, 7-1/4 x 5-1/4 in., very good condition; The Works of Charles Lamb, Philadelphia, 1856, 4 volumes, full leather with five raised bands, morocco spine labels, dentelles, all edges marbled, 7-1/2 x 5 in. very good condition . Provenance: Congressman Thomas Lowndes son of Rawlins begat Charles Tidyman Lowndes, son of Thomas, President of SC National Bank, begat Caroline Hampton Lowndes (Mullally), daughter of Charles Tidyman Lowndes, married to Dr Lane Mullally, owned Nathaniel Russell House, Charles  Lowndes Mullaly (grandfather of consignor) 1898-1982, owned the People’s Building in Charleston and Cadillac dealership, owned tugboat business which government took over in World War II