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Lot 566
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 9 decorative bindings, all duodecimos, comprising:
KHAYYAM, Omar (1048-1131). Rubaiyat. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. New York and Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., nd. Original publisher’s decorated pictorial cloth. -- MOORE, Thomas. Lalla Rookh. New York: Chatterton-Peck Company, nd. Original publisher’s decorated green cloth. -- TENNYSON, Alfred (1809-1892). The Princess, Maud. Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co., nd. Original publisher’s decorated blue cloth. -- TENNYSON. Through the Year with Tennyson. Boston: DeWolfe, Fiske & Co., nd. Original publisher’s decorated blue cloth. -- LUBBOCK, Sir John (1834-1913). The Pleasures of Life. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1842. Original publisher’s decorated blue boards. -- HODGE, Charles (1797-1878). The Way of Life, with an Analytical Index. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1869. Original publisher’s decorated dark blue cloth. -- STOWE, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896). Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1894. Original publisher’s decorated green cloth. -- PITTENGER, William (1840-1904). Toasts, And Forms of Public Address…. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishing Company, 1908. Original publisher’s decorated green cloth. -- BUSCH, Wilhelm (1832-1908). Edward’s Dream. Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company and London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1909. Original publisher’s decorated burgundy cloth. -- Together, 9 works in 9 volumes, condition generally fine.
From the Private Collection of Richard Cady
This lot is located in Chicago.