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Lot 206
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$960
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Lot Description
[BINDINGS - GIFT BOOKS] A large group of Victorian-era gift books, including:
CLARKSON, Louise. The Gathering of the Lilies. Philadelphia: J.L. Sibole & Co., 1877. -- HUMPHREYS, Henry Noel (1810-1879). Insect Changes: The Child's First Book of Entomology. London: Grant and Griffith, 1847. -- [SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822)]. Gems from Shelley Illustrated. London: Paul Gerrard & Son, [n.d.]. -- STANESBY, Samuel. The Floral Gift. London: Griffith & Parran, [n.d.]. -- Flowers and Their Kindred Thoughts. [London]: Longman & Company, 1848. -- The Miracles of Our Lord. London: Longman & Co., 1848. -- The Months Illustrated by Pen and Pencil. London: The Religious Tract Society, [n.d.].
And 26 others. Together, 33 works in 33 volumes, mostly 8vo and 4to, most in original bindings. Condition generally fine.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
