Fine Books & Manuscripts
Tue, Jun 26, 2018 08:30PM EDT
Lot 176
Group of Antiquarian Bindings, Including Boswell?s Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.
Estimate: $250 - $500
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| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
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[Bindings] Group of Antiquarian Bindings, Including Boswell?s Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. London: George Bell, 1892. Six vols., half leather binding by Morrell, raised spines lettered and decorated in gilt, t.e.g. Five engraved frontispieces under tissue, one folding map. Some unopened gatherings. 8vo. Attractive set, bookplates to pastedowns. With: The Decameron (1902), four vols., half-leather binding by Zaehnsdorf for A.C. McClurg; Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1850), full red leather, elaborate gilt, patterned gilt page edges, plates by Darley; Conquest of Mexico (1882; two edns. in five uniform vols.); History of Russia (1836), three vols.; The Orientalist (1831); and Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870), illus. Fildes [front board weakly holding]. 8vo or 12mo.
