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Sat, Apr 18, 2020 12:00PM EDT
Lot 505

Shelf of Over 30 Volumes on History and Travel.

Estimate: $200 - $300

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$0 $5
$30 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Shelf of Over 30 Volumes on History and Travel. Including an 8-vol. set of The History of France by M. Guizot (1884); 8-vol. set of The History of Our Country by Edward S. Ellis (1910; deluxe edition); 2 vol. set of Vathek by Guy Chapman (1929); The Chronicles of England, France, and Spain by Sir John Froissart (illustrated by Herbert Cole); The New England Country by Clifton Johnson (1893); Personal Letters of King Edward VII by J.P.C. Sewell (1931; limited to 250 copies); Lincoln?s Herdon by David Donald (1948); The Challenge to Liberty by Herbert Hoover (First edition; Scribner?s ?A?) and several others. Mostly cloth; several with jackets, few calf. Several illustrated. 8vo to 4to. Generally very good.