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Lot 123
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
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Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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500
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$448
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Lot Description
[NATURAL HISTORY - MARINE LIFE]. A group of 22 works, including:
ELLIS, Henry (1777-1869). A Catalogue of Books on Angling 1811. Twickenham: The Honey Dun Press, 1977. LIMITED EDITION, number 15 of 25 out of series copies, SIGNED BY JACK HEDDON. -- GOSSE, Philip Henry (1810-1888). A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals. London: Van Voorst, 1860. FIRST EDITION. -- HUXLEY, Thomas Henry (1825-1895). The Crayfish. London: C. Kegan Paul & Co., 1880. LIMITED EDITION, number 215 of 250 copies. -- JOHNSTON, George (1797-1855). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, 1842. FIRST EDITION. -- KELMAN, Janet Harvey (1873-1957). The Sea-Shore. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, [n.d.]. -- REEVE, Lovell Augustus (1814-1865). The Land and Freshwater Mollusks. London: Reeve & Co., 1863.
And 16 others. Together, 22 works in 22 volumes, all 8vo and 4to sizes, many in original bindings. Condition generally fine.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
This lot is located in Chicago.