21 vols.
Leather Bindings - English & American Poetry & Literature: Crabbe, George. The Poetical Works. London: J. Murray, 1834. 8 vols. Sm. 8vo, contemp. 3/4 brown calf & marbled bds., morocco spine labels, edges stained yellow; scuffed, joints & spine ends rubbed. Additional vignette titles, frontispieces. Light foxing to front matter. * Burney, Frances. Cecilia; Evelina. London: G. Bell, 1890-1892. Bohn's Novelist Library. Bound as vols. 1-3 of Burney set. 3 vols. 8vo, contemp. 3/4 tan calf & marbled bds., spines gilt, t.e.g., dark brown & red morocco spine labels; spine ends, corners & edges slightly rubbed. * Whittier, John Greenleaf. The Complete Poetical Works. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1895. 4 vols. 24mo, contemp. 3/4 tan morocco & marbled bds., spines gilt, t.e.g., purple morocco spine labels; slightly scuffed, edges very occasionally slightly rubbed. Frontispieces, title vignettes. * Milton, John. The Poetical Works. London: G. Bell, 1878. Aldine British Poets. 3 vols. Sm. 8vo, contemp. 3/4 green calf & marbled bds., spines gilt, purple & red morocco labels, edges stained yellow; scuffed, extremities often rubbed. * Burns, Robert. Poetical Works. New York: White & Allen, n.d. [ca. 1920]. 3 vols. Sm. 8vo, contemp. 3/4 crushed blue morocco & marbled bds., spines gilt, t.e.g.; rather scuffed, occasionally stained, by Riviere & Son. Frontispieces. Lot sold as bindings only.
From the collection of Marie Evans, Alexandria, Virginia