[BINDINGS] -- [BIOGRAPHY] -- [LITERATURE]. A group of 3 works related to biography and literature, comprising:

1) FREEMAN, Douglas Southall. R.E. Lee a Biography. NY & L: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949, 1949, 1949, 1947. 4 volumes. Contemporary blue crushed levant gilt-tooled, STAMP-SIGNED BY BAYNTYN (RIVIERE). Later edition.

2) FRANKLIN, Benjamin. The Complete Works. John Bigelow, editor. NY: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1887-1888. 10 volumes. 20th-century half blue calf gilt. LIMITED EDITION, number 140 of 600 copies of the "Letter-Press edition."

3) CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de. The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha. Edinburgh: John Grant, 1910. 4 volumes. Contemporary green morocco gilt. LIMITED EDITION, number 21 of 200 copies.

Together, 3 works in 18 volumes, all 8vo, most in contemporary full or half morocco or calf bindings, condition generally good.

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