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Lot 565
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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[PUBLISHER'S TRADE BINDINGS - AMERICAN]. A group of 8 decorative bindings, all duodecimos, comprising:
GASKILL, Mrs. Cranford. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., nd. Preface by Anne Thackery Ritchie. Original publisher’s decorated white cloth. -- HOLLAND, Josiah Gilbert (1819-1881). Bitter Sweet. Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Co., nd. Original publisher’s decorated ¾ cloth. Provenance: Maud Harwood (earlier ownership inscription “Maud Harwood. February 14, 1908). -- KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). Black and White. New York: Hurst & Company, nd. Original publisher’s decorated cloth. -- MACLAREN, Ian (1850-1907). Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush. Chicago: Donohue, henneberry & Co., nd. Original publisher’s decorated ¾ floral cloth. -- MILTON, John (1608-1674). Paradise Lost, With a Memoir. New York: New York: Hurst & Company, nd. Original publisher’s decorated cloth. -- RUSKIN, John (1819). The Crown of Wild Olive…. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1891. Photogravure frontispiece. Original publisher’s decorated green cloth. -- PRENTISS, Mrs. Elizabeth (1818-1878). Stepping Heavenward. New York: Hurst & Co., 1899. Original publisher’s decorated cloth. -- HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (1804-1864). Tanglewood Tales for Young and Old. Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, 1900. Original publisher’s decorated floral cloth. -- Together, 8 works in 8 volumes, condition generally fine.
From the Private Collection of Richard Cady
This lot is located in Chicago.