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Fri, Jul 11, 2014 06:30PM EDT - Sun, Jul 13, 2014 06:30PM EDT
Lot 422

Twenty-Six Leather-Bound Books

Estimate: $300 - $500

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Including [History of England] and [Irving's Works] [History of England,] Hume, Smollett and Hughes, London: Cadell, 1841 and London: Bell, 1855, 17 volumes total (complete), three-quarter leather over marbled boards, [some wear at the extremities and some loss on top edges;] [The Works of Washington Irving,] New York: Putnam's, 1867, six volumes, [missing Volume II,] and Irving's [Life of George Washington,] three volumes, [missing the last two volumes,] three-quarters leather over marbled boards, all edges marbled, [some wear at extremities,] 7-1/2 x 5-1/4 in. to 8-3/4 x 6 in. . Provenance: Private Collection, Charleston, South Carolina