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Sat, Jan 27, 2018 11:00AM EST - Sun, Jan 28, 2018 11:00AM EST
Lot 311

Phoenixiana; or Sketches and Burlesques.

Estimate: $150 - $250

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[Caxton Club] Derby, George Horatio (ed. John Vance Cheney). Phoenixiana; or Sketches and Burlesques. Chicago: Caxton Club, 1897. Full crushed olive-brown leather, raised spine with floral and gilt-lettered compartments, covers and turn-ins with gilt borders, top edge gilded. From an edition of 165 copies. Half-titles, etched frontispieces, 8 plates and facsimile inscription page by Derby bound to rear of second vol. 8vo. Light scratch to lower cover of second vol., minor rubbing to spine tips, otherwise fine. Bookplates tipped to front flyleaves.

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