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Lot 2356

Group of antique books

Estimate: $140 - $240

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$151.20

Sold Price includes BP

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Group of antique books, to include The Waverley Novels, twelve volumes, published by DeWolfe, Fiske, and Co; Contes De La Fontaine - Contes Et Nouvelles En Vers, in two volumes, published in London; Les Caracteres De Theophraste Et Du La Bruyere, in two volumes, published by London, 1789-1790; A Cycle Of Adams Letters, in two volumes, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1920; Oeuvres De Moliere, in eight volumes, Nouvelle Edition, published in Paris, 1760; Poems of E. B Browning, in five volumes, published by James Miller, 1866; Hesperides, in two volumes, published by John Russel Smith, 1869; Olver Twist, published by Chapman and Hall, 1910; La Commedia Di Dante Alighieri, published by Monnier, 1857; Poetical Works of John Milton, volume one, published by Bell and Daldy; The Poetical Works of John Keats, published by George Bell, 1909; La Henriade, En Dix Chants, Nouvelle Edition, 1771; and The Adventures of Roderick Random, volumes two, published in Londo

Condition

Waverley with some cracking and loss to spines, La Fontaine with wear and loss to spines and boards, Les Caracteres with some loss to spines and boards, Adams with detached covers, one missing, Oeuvres with some wear and loss to spines and boards, three of the books are stuck together, Browning with some wear and loss to spines and boards, Hesperides books stuck together, Milton missing front cover, the others with expected wear.

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