[BINDINGS]. Chefs-D'Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain. Philadelphia: for Subscribers by George Barrie & Sons, [1900]. LIMITED EDITION.
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$500 -
$600
Sold for $313
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[BINDINGS]. Chefs-D'Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain. Philadelphia: for Subscribers by George Barrie & Sons, [1900].
16 works in 20 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles and titles printed in red and black; numerous etched plates throughout. Contemporary half red morocco, spines in 5 compartments with 6 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2, one with central green morocco fleur-de-lys onlays, the rest gilt, edges gilt (spines slightly sunned, some minor rubbing to extremities).
LIMITED EDITION, number 817 of 1,000 copies printed on Japanese vellum.
Property from the Estate of Herbert Wittow, Denver, Colorado
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