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Lot 112

[CHILDREN’S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [CEMETERIES]. [SMILLIE,...

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[CHILDREN?S AND ILLUSTRATED BOOKS]. [CEMETERIES]. [SMILLIE, James, illustrator]. The Rural Cemeteries of America ? Mount Auburn [and] Green Wood. New York: Martin and Johnson, [1847]. 2 volumes bound in one. Two engraved title-pages, Mount Auburn section has letterpress title-page. Illustrated throughout. 118; [111] pp. Bound in contemporary half brown calf over cloth boards, spine stamped in gilt in compartments, four raised bands, brown coated endleaves (front board detached (yet present), binding worn, soiled, scuffed, text toned, foxed, soiled). Fair. FIRST EDITIONS OF THESE BEAUTIFULLY-ILLUSTRATED RECORDS OF TWO RURAL CEMETERIES. Sold as-is, not subject to return. Measurements: 10 x 9 x 2?.