LOT #92241 |
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Lot of Five Classic Works,... (Total: 5 Items)
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Lot of Five Classic Works, including: Lord Byron. Sardanapalus, A Tragedy; The Two Foscari, A Tragedy; Cain, A Mystery. London: John Murray, 1821. Octavo. Three poetic works in one volume. Full leather, rubbed and worn. Front board detached but present; rear board loose. Inked name. Fair. [and:] Herodotus. The History of Herodotus. Oxford: W. Baxter, 1824. Octavo. Translation by Isaac Littlebury. Half bound in leather over marbled boards. Wear to extremities. Good. [and:] Henry W. Longfellow. Poems. London: David Bogue, 1856. New and Complete Edition. Twelvemo. Illustrations. Portrait frontispiece. Index. Full leather with titles stamped in gilt and decorations stamped in black. Four raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Extremities rubbed. Very good. [and:] Plato. The Republic [and] The Statesman. New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1901. Large octavo. Two volumes in one. Attractive full leather stamped in gilt and in blind. Color frontispiece. Bookplate. Very good. [and:] Adam Smith. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: George Routledge and Sons, [n.d.]. Small octavo. From the "Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books" series. Half bound in maroon leather over marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Leather rubbed and worn, particularly along spine. Bottom third of spine is black, perhaps as the result of a fire. Gilt titles dulled. Hinges broken, but boards still attached. Good.Auction Info
2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
October, 2008
16th-18th
Thursday-Saturday
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