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Lot of Five Miniature Books... (Total: 5 Items)
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Lot of Five Miniature Books including Oliphant Smeaton. Edinburgh of Today or Walks Around Scotland's Capital. Edinburgh: Valentine & Sons, Ltd., [no date]. Thirtytwomo. 240 pages. Very good. [and] J. Hill Hamon. The Saga of Shitty Smith. Frankfort [KY]: Whippoorwill Press, 1971. Limited to 100 copies. Inscribed by the author. Thirtytwomo. 15 pages. Very good. [and] two copies of [No author]. The Royal Alphabet, or, Child's Best Instructor to Which is Added the History of a Little Boy Found Under a Haycock. Facsimile of the 1792 edition published in 1942 by J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia. Thirtytwomo. 30 pages. Stiff Wraps. Very good. [and] a stunningly beautiful copy of the Book of Common Prayer published by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1849. The thirtytwomo book is bound in full brown leather with delicate brass corner ornaments and closure mechanism. All edges are gilt and this fine little volume in sold with its original satin lined leather box.Auction Info
2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2008
16th-18th
Thursday-Saturday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 6
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