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Lot 559
Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021
4:00AM CT
Lots 308-687
Nov 10, 2021
4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$188
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Lot Description
[PUBLISHER'S TRADE BINDINGS - AMERICAN]. A group of 6 bindings featuring onlay printed portraits, comprising:
HOLMES SR., Oliver Wendell (1809-1894). The Professor at the Breakfast Table. New York: The Federal Book Company, n.d. 8vo. Original publisher’s decorated blue cloth. -- RHYS, Ernest (1859-1946). English Fairy Tales. New York: E.P. Dutton and Co. and London: J.M. Dent and Sons, lmt., n.d.. 8vo. Colored illustrations by Herbert Cole. Original publisher’s decorated red cloth. -- SCOTT, Walter (1771-1832). Marmion. Chicago: W.B. Conket Company, n.d.. 8vo. Original publisher’s decorated red cloth with onlay portrait. -- BROWNING, Robert (1812-1889). Beautiful Thoughts. New York: James Pott & Co., 1900. Small 8vo. Publisher’s original decorated cloth with only portrait of Browning. -- HARTE, Bret (1836-1902). Salomy Jane. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910. 8vo. Numerous illustrations. Original publisher’s decorated green cloth. -- LEA, Fannie Heaslip ( 1884-1955). Sicily Ann. New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1914. Small 8vo. Original publisher’s decorated blue cloth with onlyay portrait. -- Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, condition generally fine.
From the Private Collection of Richard Cady