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British & Continental | March 11, 2025

Tue, Mar 11, 2025 10:00AM EDT
Lot 208

Two Fine Signed Bindings, The Vicar of Wakefield and The Plays of J. M. Barrie

Estimate: $400 - $600

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The Vicar of Wakefield, by Oliver Goldsmith, London/Bombay/Sydney: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1929, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, containing numerous colored illustrations and black and white engravings throughout, signed Sangorsky & Sutcliffe binding, full polished calf covers with blindstamped and gilt ruling, borders, and lettering, red morocco spine labels, five raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, aeg; The Plays of J.M. Barrie, signed Riviere & Son binding, full tan leather covers with blindstamped and gilt ruling, borders, and lettering, red morocco spine labels, five raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, aeg 

Provenance: Property from a Private Chicago Estate

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Property from a Private Chicago Estate

both with light wear to extremities, scattered scratches, scuffs, and small losses to leather, hinges cracked, chipping to spines, some bumped corners, scattered light staining and areas of light foxing throughout