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Lot 422

The Works and Life of Laurence Sterne.

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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[Fine Bindings] Sterne, Lawrence. The Works and Life of Laurence Sterne. New York: J.F. Taylor, [1904]. 12 vols. York Edition, The Coxwold Issue limited to 250 copies and printed at The Westminster Press, this being No. 153. Contemporary three-quarter crushed red Levant over marbled boards, raised bands with gilt filets, compartments with gilt centerpieces and titling, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Illustrated with numerous full-page engravings with tissue guards. 8vos. Vol. I front cover detached but present, mild shelf wear to extremities, former ownership bookplate to ffeps; else near fine.