314
(26vol) MISC. FINE BINDINGS
Estimate:
$100 - $300
Sold
$200
Live Auction
Spring Estates | March 21
Category
Description
Including (12vol) WORKS OF ROBERT BROWNING, New York: Fred De Fau & Co., 1910; 8vo, finely bound in full tooled brown gilt Morocco with monogram MAC on covers; (2vol) NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE, The Marble Fawn, Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1890, in full calf with gilt spines; (6vol) BENJAMIN D'ISRAELI, Curiosities of Literature, Ninth edition, in Six Volumes, London: Edward Moxon, 1834, bound in full tan calf with gilt spines by Tout; (5vol) BELL'S POETS OF GREAT BRITAIN, London: John Bell, 1778, 12mo, five volumes including three on Swift, one Addison, and one Congreve, in original gilt marbled leather; and (1vol) FRANCIS BACON, Essays, London: John Sharpe, 1828, 12mo, in full dark calf with gilt tooling
Condition
Robert Browning set in fair-poor condition with water damage affecting all but vols 10-12, vols 1-9 with varying degrees of water stains and damage, some hinges loose; Hawthorne in excellent shape; D'Israeli set
Provenance
Items descended through an important Scarsdale, NY family, including designer mid-century furnishings and Mexican silver