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Lot 198
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[BINDINGS]. A group of approximately 87 volumes, most in contemporary leather bindings, including works related to British history and literature, comprising:
KIPLING, Rudyard. The Writings in Prose and Verse. NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1899-1928. 32 volumes. Contemporary half red crushed levant gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. -- STEDMAN, Edmund Clarence. A Victorian Anthology 1837-1895. -- An American Anthology 1787-1900. Boston et al: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1895, 1900. 2 volumes. Uniformly bound in contemporary red morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, edges gilt. -- JESSE, John Heneage. [Works]. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1901-1902. 30 volumes. Contemporary polished red half calf gilt, brown morocco lettering-pieces gilt (covers to a few volumes detaching or detached). -- THACKERAY, William Makepeace. The Works. L: Smith, Elder & Co., 1869. 22 volumes. Later half red morocco gilt, green morocco lettering-pieces gilt (a few volumes with spine covers detaching or detached). -- BUTLER, Samuel. The Way of All Flesh. L et al: Collins Clear-Type Press, n.d. 16mo. Original red limp roan, spine gilt-lettered. -- Together, 6 works in approximately 87 volumes, various 8vo and 16mo sizes, most in contemporary half morocco or calf bindings, condition generally very good.
Property from the Estate of William D. Weiss, Jackson, Wyoming
This lot is located in Chicago.