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Pair of 19th Century Poetry Books From the Masters... (Total: 2 Items)
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Pair of 19th Century Poetry Books From the Masters including [Sir Walter Scott]. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott With Life. Edinburgh and London: Gall & Inglis, circa 1885. Later edition. Twelvemo. 624 pages. Illustrated with steel engravings.Original brown cloth beveled boards decorated in black blind stamped floral motifs and a beautiful color illustration inset on the front board. Titles are stamped in gilt on the front board and spine. All edges gilt. Spine slightly faded and corners moderately bumped. Front endpaper and first three pages loose but present. Hinges cracked but textblock sound. Very good. [and] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The Early Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1887. Later edition. Twelvemo. 318 pages. Portrait of Longfellow uses as the frontispiece. Original brown cloth with decorations in black and gilt on the front board and spine. All edges gilt. Light shelf wear at the spine ends and corners, spine slightly faded, otherwise very good.
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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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