(LEATHER BOUND) A group of 13 leather bound books in two sets.
A group of 13 leather-bound books in two sets. Comprising La Comedie humaine. By Honore de Balzac. Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, 1897. 9 (of 10) vols. only. 8vo, full green crushed morocco, gilt-lettered spines. Illustrated. Light wear and soiling to boards; dampstaining affecting endpapers of vol. 7; ends chipped on some vols.; bookplate tipped to front pastedown.[Together with:] History of the English People. By John Richard Green. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1880. 4 vols. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-tooled and lettered spines, t.e.g. Light rubbing to boards; bookplate tipped to front pastedown.
Property from the Collection of Cecille Pulitzer, St. Louis, Missouri
