Lot 198
[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.