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Lot 309
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
Lots Open
Jul 31, 2025
Lots Close
Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$200 -
300
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$130
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Lot Description
PEMBERTON, Max (1863-1950). Jewel Mysteries I Have Known From a Dealer's Notebook. London: Ward, Lock, & Bowden, Limited, 1894.
8vo. Illustrated by R. Caton Woodville and Fred Barnard. Original pictorial blue cloth over beveled boards, stamped in gilt and silver, all edges gilt (spine slightly darkened). Provenance: John Talbot Gernon (morocco bookplate).
FIRST EDITION. An interesting collection of short stories about the origins of various jewels. Barzun & Taylor 2706 ("worth its total weight in carats").
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
This lot is located in Chicago.