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Fri, Jul 31, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 109

The Works of Washington Irving

Estimate: $100 - $200

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
by Diedrich Knickerbocker (American, 1783-1859), New York: G. P. Putnam and Company, 1845-1855 (15 volumes), all bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards, with marbled end papers and book plates for "Charles C. Bolton", with five raised bands and morocco spine labels with gilt lettering, some with folding maps, 7-1/2 x 5-1/2 in.; together with Redmond C. Stewart: Foxhunter and Gentleman of Maryland by Gordon Grand, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938, bound in green cloth boards with vellum spine and gilt lettering, 9-1/2 x 6-1/2 in., Provenance: Provenance: Property of Twin Oaks Plantation, Thomasville, Georgia

Condition

"The Works" with wear to extremities, losses to leather, one with leather spine separating but holding, rubbing to marbled boards, some corners bumped, light toning, foxing; "Redmond C. Stewart" with light wear