Lot 272
[LITERATURE -- ENGLISH]. A group of 9 works in 16 volumes, 8vos, condition generally fine.
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[LITERATURE -- ENGLISH]. A group of 9 works, including:
BACON, Francis, Sir (1561-1626). The Essays. Mount Vernon: The Peter Pauper Press, [n.d.] Publisher's full calf. LIMITED EDITION. -- Essays of Francis Bacon, Paraphrased. Montreal: Privately printed, 1945. Publisher's marbled cloth. LIMITED EDITION. -- Together, 2 works in 2 volumes, 4tos, condition generally fine. [With:] BULWER-LYTTON, Edward (1803-1873). A group of 8 works, including: England and the English. London: Richard Bentley, 1833. Two volumes. Contemporary half calf. -- The Last Days of Pompeii. London: Richard Bentley, 1834. Three volumes. Contemporary half calf. FIRST EDITION. -- Pilgrims of the Rhine. London: Saunders and Otley, 1834. Contemporary half calf. FIRST EDITION. -- Siege of Granada. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838. Contemporary full morocco gilt. FIRST EDITION. -- And 5 others, together, 9 works in 16 volumes, 8vos, condition generally fine.
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The Library of John Leonard Gillis Sold to Support the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto
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