Lots 151 - 160
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Lot #151: BOOKS ON EGYPT, JAPAN AND MISCELLANEOUS
(1) "Tomb of Ramesses VI." New York, Pantheon, 1954. Two volumes; 1 text and 1 plates. (2) "Amherst Tablete." London, 1925. (3) Kincaid "Kabuki." London, 1925. (4) Kabuki. (5) "45 Siecles de Musique dous Egypt Ancienne." Paris, 1956. (6) Eight others. 14 total volumes.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold at $350 |
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Lot #152: AINSWORTH, WILLIAM H. "HISTORICAL ROMANCES"
Philadelphia, George Barrie, 1900. 8VO, 20 volumes. Full brown gilt morocco. Astral Edition, one of 250 sets on Japanese vellum with the plates in two states. All edges gilt.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 Sold at $600 |
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Lot #153: DICKENS, CHARLES. "WORKS"
New York, Harper, 1872-77. Small 4TO, 7 volumes. Illustrated by American artists Thomas Nast and A.B. Frost. Half morocco over pebbled cloth boards. Gilt portrait of Dickens on front board; gilt decorated spines. Fine set. Apparently put together with Harper Brothers issues of Dickens in wraps.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $250 |
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Lot #154: MONTESQUIEU. "OEUVRES"
London, 1767. 4TO, 3 volumes. Portrait and 2 folding engraved maps. Contemporary speckled calf; rebacked with original spines laid down. An attractive copy.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 |
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Lot #155: FORSTER, EDWARD (TRANSLATOR). "THE ARABIAN NIGHTS"
London, Miller, 1802. 8VO, 5 volumes. Illustrated by Robert Smirke. Full red straight grain morocco; gilt decorated boards and spines. Volume One - front hinge is tender; other minor rubs.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $150 |
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Lot #156: "ARABIAN NIGHTS"
London, 1819. 12MO, 4 volumes. Engraved illustration by R. Westall. Full red straight grain morocco by Baynton. Gilt spine and boards. Some rubs on the spine edges, otherwise fine.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $175 |
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Lot #157: KNIGHT, CHARLES. "POPULAR HISTORY OF ENGLAND"
London, Bradbury & Evans, 1856-1862. First edition, 8VO, 8 volumes. Numerous plates, most are portraits. Three-quarter red calf; heavily gilt spine. Minor rubs, otherwise fine.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $700 |
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Lot #158: (BISHOP'S BINDING) HORACE. "Q. HORATIUS FLACCUS, EX FIDO, ATQUE..." (BOUND WITH) "Q. HORATII FLACCI SERMONUS, ..."
Lutetia, Macaeum, 1580 and 1578. Small folio, two volumes in one. Full contemporary calf with the crest of a Bishop on each board. Boards and spine gilt decorated. Some gouges and rubbing at the gilt. A nice example from a Bishop's library.
Estimate: $ 400.00 - $ 600.00 |
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Lot #159: GIBBON, EDWARD. "THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE"
London, John Murray, 1838-39. 8VO, 12 volumes. Folding maps; later half calf; gilt decorated spines. Fine set.
Estimate: $ 500.00 - $ 750.00 Sold at $850 |
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Lot #160: (MARIUS MICHEL) "CONTES DE LA FONTAINE"
Paris, 1885. 12MO, 2 volumes. Full green morocco by Marius Michel; gilt boards and spines. 24 inlaid red roses. Chip at top of one spine.
Estimate: $ 300.00 - $ 400.00 Sold at $150 |
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