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(17vol) [FINE BINDINGS] LOWELL, JAMES RUSSEL
Estimate:
$1,000 - $2,000
Sold
$700
Live Auction
Summer Estates | July 21, 2024
Category
Description
The Complete Writings of James Russell Lowell, Edition de Luxe, with Portraits Illustrations and Facsimilies, in Sixteen Volumes. Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press, 1904, no. 21 of 1000 copies, volume I with AUTOGRAPH LETTER tipped in, dated 20th Sept. 1890 and addressed to a Mr. Garrison; with a matching 17th volume being a Bibliography compiled by George Willis Cooke, Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin & Co., 1906, numbered edition 16/530. All 8vo, in full dark blue leather with gilt tooled vine borders on the covers and scrollwork to spines in six compartments within raised bands, paper doublures with wrap-around gilt tooled leather borders
h. 9 w. 6 in. (each book)
[In Situ Item] This item will not be on display in our saleroom during our preview period. If you wish to view it in-person please make a request with the gallery.
h. 9 w. 6 in. (each book)
[In Situ Item] This item will not be on display in our saleroom during our preview period. If you wish to view it in-person please make a request with the gallery.
Condition
Overall excellent, with minor wear to hinges
Provenance
From a prominent Pennsylvania family