ten assorted titles finely bound, gilt ruled and blindstamped covers with seal or title of various schools/institutions (Freemen's Orphan School, Bowdon College, Manchester Grammar School, etc.), many with label pastedown naming award recipient and prize, marbled endpapers and edges, titles include: The Heroes of Asgard by A. & E. Keary; Poetry of Sir Walter Scott; Poems of Robert Browning; Deeds That Won the Empire by W. H. Fitchett; Character by Samuel Smiles; Old Mortality by Sir Walter Scott; Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore; Latin Literature by J. W. Mackail; Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott; The Huguenots by Samuel Smiles)
Provenance: Estate of Joe and Betsy Byerly, Greensboro, North Carolina
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Estate of Joe and Betsy Byerly, Greensboro, North Carolina
scattered scuffs, scratches, and small losses to leather, a few bumped corners, some fading to spines; Latin Literature with some chipping to upper spine, cracked front hinge
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