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(9vol) MISC. FINE BINDINGS [RIVIERE & SON, ET AL]:
Estimate:
$300 - $500
Sold
$275
Live Auction
Summer Estates | July 21, 2024
Category
Description
Including: (2vol) [EGAN, PIERCE, imitation of], Real Life in London; or, the Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq..., London: printed for Jones & Co., 3, Warwick Square, 1821-22, hand-colored aquatint and etched frontispieces, additional titles and numerous plates after Thomas Rowlandson, Henry Alken, W. Heath & others, bound in full red leather by Riviere & Son with gilt spines [vol. 1 with detached cover]; (2vol) AUSTEN, JANE, The Novels of Jane Austen, including Mansfield Park, Vol. 1 [front cover detached] and Persuasion, 1906, 8vo, bound in full green leather with gilt tooled floral designs and flowerhead onlays; TENNYSON, LORD ALFRED, Lyrical Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Golden Treasure Series, 1924 [front cover detached]; Land and Sea Tales Vol. 1, London, 1836; (2vol) [CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE (ILLUSTRATOR)], Land and Sea Tales, London, 1836, in red quartered leather; STERNE, A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy to which are added The Letters and a life of the author, Leipzig, 1861; and KHAYYAM, OMAR, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám the Astronomer-poet of Persia, London, 1926

h. 8-1/2 w. 6 in. (largest book)

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Condition
With some covers detached, as noted in descriptions, and please see pictures
Provenance
From a prominent Pennsylvania family