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John Bartlett. Familiar Quotations, A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient a...
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John Bartlett. Familiar Quotations, A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1937.Eleventh edition, edited by Christopher Morley. Large octavo. xlviii, 1578 pages. Index.
A beautiful deluxe binding by Rivière & Son in full blue polished calf with raised bands and red and green morocco labels to spine. Ornamental gold stamping; all edges gilt. Spectacular patterned endpapers. Rockwell Kent-designed bookplate to front pastedown. Aside from a lightly sunned spine and penciled notations on the verso of the front free endpaper, this is a fine copy. In a rubbed blue cloth slipcase.
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2008 October Grand Format Rare Books Auction #684 (go to Auction Home page)
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October, 2008
16th-18th
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