GROUPED, see item 11 | [BINDINGS] -- [HISTORY] -- [LITERATURE]. A group of 4 works, most in full or half leather bindings, including works related to history and literature, comprising:
1) HARDY, Thomas.
Jude the Obscure. L: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., 1896. 20th-century dark green crushed levant gilt, STAMP-SIGNED BY BAYNTYN (RIVIERE). FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, published as Volume VIII of
The Wessex Novels. Purdy, pp. 86-91.
2) DEFOE, Daniel.
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. L & Edinburgh: T. Cadell and W. Davies & W. Blackwood, 1820. 2 volumes. Contemporary calf decorated in blind (rebacked). Later edition.
3) [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. INGOLDSBY, Thomas.
The Ingoldsby Legends. L: J.M. Dent & Co., 1898. Contemporary half dark green crushed levant, STAMP-SIGNED BY BAYNTUN. First Rackham edition.
4) STUBBS, William.
The Constitutional History of England. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1880. 3 volumes. Contemporary blue polished calf gilt, upper cover gilt-stamped with Charterhouse School "Deo Dante Dedi" crest. "Library edition."
Together, 4 works in 7 volumes, all 8vo, most in full or half morocco or calf bindings, condition generally
very good.
This lot is located in Chicago.