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128 (FINE SETS) BATES, ALFRED (editor) The Drama: Its History, Literature and Influence on Civilization. London: The Athenian Society, 1903.

20 vols. 8vo, full calf stamped in gilt with floral onlays to front and rear cover and polychrome onlaid design of a rose to front cover of each volume, morocco doublures with onlay harp design, silk moire endpapers, a.e.g. Sophocles edition, limited to 21 sets. Illustrated throughout with many plates reproducing dramatic scenes, many in color, including color frontispieces. Hinges starting on some vols.; rubbing to boards with only minor loss at edges and extremities; otherwise a fine set. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $1,500-2,500 129 (FINE SETS, BIRDSALL) THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE The Works. London: Smith, Elder, 1878.

52 vols. 8vo, finely bound by Birdsall in red morocco stamped in gilt, each with unique onlay polychrome morocco full-body portrait replicating, in leather, an illustration of one of Thackeray’s characters to the bottom right corner of the front boards, each with feltlined slipcase, a.e.g., gilt dentelles, silk moire endpapers. Number 287 of 1,000 limited numbered sets. Illustrated throughout with black and white engraved plates. Minor wear to spines with front board detached on one vol. and starting on some others; wear to some slipcases; otherwise a fine set. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $3,000-5,000

130 (FINE BINDINGS) BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI Amorous Fiametta. London: Printed for the Navarre Society, 1926.

8vo, full leather elaborately gilt-stamped decorative boards with gilt and polychrome morocco onlay leather design of lovers, a.e.g., stamped with heart design, gilt decorated dentelles, moire silk endpapers. Intermittent foxing; some rubbing to an onlaid design on the rear board; otherwise fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $400-600

131 (FINE SETS) BULWER, LYTTON EDWARD [Works]. Boston: Dana Estes, n.d.

32 vols. 8vo, full red morocco, stamped in gilt with onlay floral designs, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. One of 1,000 copies of the Warwick edition. With numerous tipped-in photographic reproductions on fine paper with captioned tissue guards. Minor fading to spines; institutional stamp of Notre Dame Belmont to endpapers; some light scratches to boards; otherwise fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $800-1,200 132 (FINE BINDINGS) BUNYAN, JOHN The Pilgrims Progress. London: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860.

8vo, full royal blue morocco with elaborate gilt devices to front and rear cover and spine, bound by Riviere and stamped, a.e.g. Illustrated with numerous portrait plates by Charles Bennett. Book plate tipped in front pastedown; minor toning to endpapers; otherwise fine in very fine binding. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $400-600

133 (FINE BINDINGS) BURNS, ROBERT Songs by Burns. (Edinburgh: George Robb, 1901)

Thin 8vo, full crushed green morocco gilt-stamped, bound in the Cosway Style with painted portrait of Burns laid into the front cover, gilt-stamped dentelles, silk moire endpapers, a.e.g., in custom felt-lined cloth-backed slipcase. One of 500 limited editions printed on Whatman paper for Otto Shulze and Company, unnumbered. Fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $800-1,200

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134 (FINE SETS) BURROUGHS, JOHN The Writings of John Burroughs. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904-1916.

19 vols. 8vo, gilt-stamped morocco with floral gilt and morocco onlay designs, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers. Autograph Edition, limited to 750 copies, signed by Burroughs on the half-title of vol. 1, Wake-Robin. Minor chipping to spines of some vols.; institutional stamp Notre Dame Belmont to front endpapers; otherwise fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $3,000-5,000 135 (FINE SETS) BURTON, RICHARD The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night. N.p.: Printed by the Burton Club for Private Subscribers Only, n.d. (circa 1900)

17 vols., including supplement. 8vo, 3/4 light turquoise morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped spines with floral gilt and morocco onlay designs, marbled endpapers. Number 13 of 100 limited copies of the Connoisseur Edition. Illustrated with color frontispieces and numerous black and white plates, each with tissue guards. Minor fading to spines; chipping to heads of spines on some vols.; some very minor foxing; otherwise fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $1,000-2,000

136 (FINE SETS) BYRON, LORD The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, by Thomas Moore. London: John Murray, 1832-1833.

17 vols. 12mo, 2/3 calf over marbled boards. Engraved titled and frontispiece. Rubbing to boards with hinges beginning to separate on some vols.; otherwise fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $200-400

137 (FORE EDGE PAINTING) KEATS, JOHN The Poetical Works of John Keats. London: Oxford University Press, 1908.

8vo, full calf, gilt tooling to spine, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., bound by Bayntun. With fore edge painting of an American nineteenth-century fort surrounded by tee pees. Minor wear to spine edges; otherwise fine. $150-250 138 (FORE EDGE PAINTING) PALGRAVE, FRANCIS TURNER The Golden Treasury. London: Macmillan, 1892.

12mo, full morocco, gilt-stamped with coat of arms, gilt lettering to spine, marbled endpapers. With a fore edge painting depicting a town scene. Book plate tipped in front pastedown; otherwise fine. $150-250

139 (FORE EDGE PAINTING) SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON Studies of the Greek Poets. London: Smith, Elder, & Company, 1877.

2 vols. 8vo, full green morocco, a.e.g., gilt lettering to spines. With fore edge paintings of ships. Minor shelf wear; book plate tipped in front pastedown; otherwise fine. $300-500 140 (FRANKLIN LIBRARY) A group of eight leather bound books, including five first editions. $200-400

141 (FRANKLIN LIBRARY) DICKINS, CHARLES [The Oxford Library of Charles Dickens.] Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982.

8 vols. (of 21) only. 8vo, red and blue morocco elaborately stamped in gilt, a.e.g., silk moire endpapers. One of 7,500 unnumbered copies. Fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $100-200

142 GOURMENT, REMY DE Les Saintes du Paradis. Illustrated by Aug. Henri Thomas. Paris: Rene Kieffer, 1922.

4to, original olive calf, with RenE Kieffer printed label to verso of f.f.e.p., spine titled in gilt with ornaments in blind and three raised bands, covers with elaborate floriated design of roses and boughs in blind, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Limited edition, one of 500 on Velin du Cuve. Illustrated throughout with numerous hand-colored lithographs by Thomas. Minor offsetting from plates; some rubbing to fore edge of boards; otherwise fine. $100-200

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143 (FINE BINDING, SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE) GREENAWAY, KATE Kate Greenaway’s Almanack for 1891. London: Routledge, (1890).

16mo, original printed boards, yellow cloth spine, blue endpapers, edges stained yellow, housed in a custom green morocco and gilt slipcase stamped Sangorski and Sutcliffe. First edition. Some fading to spine of case; minor dampstain to endpapers; some soiling to boards; otherwise fine. $100-200

144 (FINE SETS, COLLECTED WORKS) HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL [Works.] Boston: Riverside Press, 1882 - 1884.

15 vols. Complete. 8vo, 2/3 red morocco over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., engraved plates. Ex-libris tipped in front pastedown; hinges starting on some vols.; wear to boards with rubbing to spine and some chipping to head and foot of spines; otherwise a good set. $150-250 145 (FINE SETS, COLLECTED WORKS) HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes and The Letters. Boston and New York: Hough, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press, (1892).

15 vols. Complete. 8vo, 2/3 morocco, 5 raised bands, t.e.g. “Artist’s Edition,” one of 750 numbered copies. Ex-libris tipped in front pastedown of each volumes; otherwise fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $800-1,200

146 (FINE SETS, COLLECTED WORKS) HUBBARD, ELBERT The Complete Works. East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop, 1908-1950.

20 vols. 4to, 3/4 blue morocco stamped in blind in an Art Deco pattern, spine stamped in gilt. One of 1,000 sets of the Author’s Edition signed by Hubbard. Rubbing to boards on some volumes with minor shelf wear; otherwise a fine set. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $800-1,200 147 (FINE SETS, COLLECTED WORKS) HUBBARD, ELBERT The Complete Writings of Elbert Hubbard. East Aurora, NY: The Roycroft Shop, 1908-1950.

20 vols. 4to, 3/4 red morocco with geometric arts and crafts style decoration, spines gilt in compartments with two gilt wreaths, five raised bands, t.e.g., deckled edges. Author’s Edition. Number 533 of 1,000 numbered printings each signed by the author to the limitation page. Rubbing to boards; wear to heads of spines on some volumes with slight separation to volume 10; significant water damage to volumes 5-6, 11-14, 17-19, affecting first few leaves and dampstaining to interior of some volumes; previous owner’s signature to front pastedown in white; otherwise a fine set with tight hinges. $400-600

148 (FINE SETS) HUBBARD, ELBERT Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1895.

4 vols. 12mo, full red morocco, five raised bands, gilt lettering to spines. First edition, extra illustrated. Fine. $100-200

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149 (FINE SETS, COLLECTED WORKS) MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON The Complete Writings of Lord MacCaulay. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin, 1900.

10 vols. 8vo, red morocco ruled in gilt and black, gilt-stamped floral designs, gilt dentelles, portrait frontispieces. Number 81 of 500 copies of the Large Paper Edition. Book plates tipped in front pastedowns; minor shelf wear to foot of some spines; otherwise a fine set. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $150-200 150 (FINE SETS, COLLECTED WORKS) MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE The Works of Michel de Montaigne: With Notes, Life and Letters. Complete in Ten Volumes. New York: Edwin C. Hill, 1910.

10 vols. 8vo, bound by Blackwell in red morocco, stamped in gilt with green morocco onlay designs, gilt dentelles, silk moire endpapers, t.e.g. The Emerson Edition, limited to 1,050 copies of which this is number four. Frontispiece plates in two states and numerous other engraved plates. Minor wear to edges of spines; some preliminaries beginning to separate; otherwise fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $1,000-2,000 151 (FINE BINDINGS) PALEY, F.A. The Breviary Treasures. Translated by F.A. Paley. Boston: Nathan Haskell Dole, 1905.

2 vols. 8vo, bound by the Adams Bindery in levant crushed morocco stamped in gilt with polychrome onlay floral designs to front and rear boards and spines, morocco doublures ruled in gilt with red morocco floral onlay designs, a.e.g., silk moire endpapers. The Olympic Edition, limited to 12 copies printed on Japanese vellum of which this, the proof copy, contains numerous hand-colored illustrations in gouache. A fine set. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $600-800

152 (FINE BINDINGS, RIVIERE) A group of nine volumes bound in leather by Riviere and Sons.

The Garden of Kama. Arranged by Laurence Hope. London, 1919. A Shropshire Lad. By A.E. Housman. New Rochell, n.d. The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Edited by Thomas Hutchinson. London, 1935. The Complete Poems of Rupert Brooke. By Rupert Brooke. London, 1935. Poems of Wordsworth. Chosen and edited by Matthew Arnold. London, 1929. Reminiscences of Captain Gronow. By R.H. Gronow. London, 1862. The Essays of Elia. By Charles Lamb. London, 1923. A History of England Under the AngloSaxon Kings. By Dr. J.M. Lappenberg. London, 1845. 2 vols. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $200-400

153 (FINE BINDINGS, RIVIERE) READE, CHARLES Peg Woffington. London: George Allen, 1899.

4to, bound by Riviere in full blue morocco ruled in giltstamped geometric design to boards and spine, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. One of 200 copies of the Large Paper Edition printed on hand-made paper. Minor toning to endpapers; inner hinges starting; minor rubbing to spine ends and edges; otherwise fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $200-400

154 (FINE SETS, RIVIERE) SMOLLETT, TOBIAS Complete Works. Westminster: Archibald Constable; New York: Chas. Scribner’s Sons, 1899.

12 vols. 8vo, bound by Riviere in 3/4 smooth calf over gilt marbled boards, spines stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., portrait frontispieces. Minor rubbing to boards; very minor foxing to title pages on some vols.; otherwise a fine set. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $600-800

155 (FINE SETS) ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Philadelphia: Gebbie, 1902.

12 vols. 4to, in full crushed morocco with floral gilt and morocco onlay designs to boards and spine, morocco doublures with floral gilt and morocco only design, silk moire endpapers. The Astral Edition, limited to 56 copies of which this is number 15. Fine in very fine binding. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $1,000-2,000

156 (FINE BINDINGS, SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE) BICKLEY, FRANCIS The Adventures of Harlequin. London: Selwyn & Blount, 1923.

8vo, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe for Marshall Field in gilt-stamped smooth turquoise calf with gilt and morocco polychrome onlay leather design of Harlequin to front cover, pictorial endpapers, felt-lined slipcase. Illustrated by John Austen in colors with frontispiece and numerous in-text vignettes. Some rubbing to slipcase with minor loss at edges of spine and extremities; minor offsetting from gilt dentelles to endpapers; some fading to spine with wear to edges; otherwise fine in fine binding. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $200-400

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157 (FINE BINDINGS, SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE) FORESTER, C.S. Josephine, Napoleon’s Empress. London: Metheun, 1925.

4to, bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe for Asprey in blue gilt-stamped morocco, front cover with onlaid sky-blue crossed J’s, surrounded by gilt wreath and crown as well as onlaid pink flowers, gilt floral sprays, spine gilt and onlay in the same pattern, morocco doublures with onlaid blue flowers in corners, front doublure with fine inset, hand-painted ivory portrait miniature of Josephine, silk endpapers, a.e.g., housed in velvet-lined quarter morocco folding box with title in gilt to spine. Fine in very fine binding. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $2,000-4,000

158 (FINE BINDINGS, SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE) RACKHAM, ARTHUR The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book. London: George C. Harrap, (1933).

8vo, bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in 3/4 smooth green calf over marbled boards, gilt decorations to spine, gilt-stamped design to upper cover, marbled endpapers, in matching marble and gilt felt-lined slipcase. Manuscript presentation inscription to f.f.e.p. dated December 27, 1939; sunning to spine; minor rubbing to bottom edge of boards and extremities of slipcase; some crayon color to one illustration on p. 285; otherwise fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $150-250

159 (FINE SETS, COLLECTED WORKS) SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The New Grant White Shakespeare. Boston: Little, Brown, 1912.

18 vols. 8vo, 3/4 blue morocco over marbled boards, spines gilt-stamped with floral gilt and morocco onlay designs, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. The Book Lover’s Edition, limited to 1,000 sets of which this is 323. Illustrated throughout with black and white plates, including frontispieces with captioned tissue guards. Fading to spines with some rubbing to edges; minor dampstaining to half inch of top of some endpapers; toning to edges of endpapers on some vols.; otherwise fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $200-400

160 (FINE SETS, COLLECTED WORKS) TENNYSON, ALFRED LORD The Complete Works. New York: MacMillan, 1899.

12 vols. 8vo, 3/4 green morocco, titles in gilt to spines, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., frontispieces. Edition de Luxe, limited 1,050 unnumbered sets. Fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $300-500 161 (FINE SETS, VELLUM) A group of three books bound in an Art Nouveau style. 8vo, 3/4 vellum stamped in gilt, red and blue with floriated designs, brown and red morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers.

Poetical Works. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Edinburgh: W.P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, n.d. The Vision. By Dante Alighieri. London: Oxford University Press, 1910. Catriona. By Robert Louis Stevenson. London: Cassell, 1908. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $100-200

162 (FINE BINDINGS, KIEFFER) VERLAINE, PAUL Chair. Paris: Albert Messein, 1925.

4to, red crocodile skin by RenE Kieffer, with printed label to verso of f.f.e.p., gilt onlay oval decoration of two women to both covers, spine titled in gilt, original wrappers bound in, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. One of 550 numbered copies, this copy out-of-series. Below the example number on the justification is written: “Reserve aux aquarelles de L. Mordant.” On the title of this unique copy, the original name of the illustrator, Maurice Guy-Loe, has been crossed out and below L. Mordant’s name is handwritten. The brightly colored watercolors bear the initials “LM” and the number “46,” suggesting that this copy was illustrated some 21 years following the book’s publication. Minor rubbing to boards; otherwise fine. $800-1,200

163 (FINE SETS, COLLECTED WORKS) WARNER, CHARLES DUDLEY The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner. Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1904.

15 vols. 8vo, full green leather, gilt tooling and titles to spines. “Autograph Edition,” one of 612 sets with autograph leaf tipped into vol. 1 and signed on the limitation page by the publisher and editor. Shelf wear to boards; otherwise fine. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $100-200

164 (FINE BINDINGS, ZAEHNSDORF) A group of 24 volumes bound by Zaehnsdorf.

The Romance of the Peerage. By George Lillie Craik. London, 1848. 4 vols. The Life and Writings of Henry Thomas Buckle. By Alfred Henry Huth. London, 1880. 2 vols. Secret History of the Court and Government of Russia . . . By J.H. Schnitzler. London, 1854. 2 vols. Secret History of the Court and Government of Russia . . . By J.H. Schnitzler. London, 1847. 2 vols. History of Civilization in England. By Henry Thomas Buckle. London, 1857. 2 vols. Romance of the Aristocracy. By Sir Bernard Burke. London, 1855. 3 vols. The Life of Charlotte Bronte. By E.C. Gaskell. London, 1857. 2 vols. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth. By Lucy Aiken. London, 1818. 2 vols. Memoirs of the Court of King James the First. By Lucy Aiken. London, 1822. 2 vols. Court Life Below Stairs, or London Under the First Georges, 1714-1760. By J. Fitzgerald Molloy. London, 1885. Court Life Below Stairs, or London Under the Last Georges, 1760-1830. By J. Fitzgerald Molloy. London, 1885. Days With Sir Roger de Coverley. By Roger de Coverley. London, 1886. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $400-600

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165 (FINE SETS, ZAEHNSDORF) SCOTT, SIR WALTER [Works]. (Edinburgh: Printed for Robert Cadell), 1829-1835.

100 vols. Complete Works. 8vo, each volume bound differently by Zaehnsdorf of London, all signed.

This unique set was sent by Zaehnsdorf personally to the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904 as representative of the binder’s artistry and is accompanied by the original typed letter signed by Zaehnsdorf explaining that this set was exhibited at the St. Louis Exhibition as samples of his best bindings.

Each bound differently in the following shades totalling 100 vols.: 28 titles in 66 vols. bound in various shades of tan, brown and cordovan, all with gilt decorations, some with small red onlay; four titles in 17 vols. in red with gilt decorations; five titles in 15 vols. in green with gilt decorations; one title in 2 vols. in blue with gilt decorations. The brown spines are in various shades because they were originally blues and greens that have lost the colored dye; otherwise all vols. are in fine condition. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $6,000-8,000

166 (FINE SETS) Chefs-D’Oeuvre du Roman Contemporain. Philadelphia: Printed for Subscribers by George Barrie and Sons, 1899.

19 vols. only (of 20). 8vo, original full morocco, spines gilt. One of 1,000 sets printed on Japanese vellum. Wear to boards with spines detached on some volumes. $600-800

167 (FINE BINDINGS, ZAEHNSDORF) POLLARD, A. F. Henry VII. London, Paris, New York and Edinburgh: Goupil; Manzi, Joyant, 1902.

Folio, bound by Zaehnsdorf in full crushed blue morocco stamped in gilt with red floral onlays at corners and gilt-stamped armorial design to center of both boards, floral onlays to spine as well, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Together with History of Manon Lescaut and of the Chevalier des Grieux. By Abbe Prevost. With a preface by Guy de Maupassant. Illustrated by Maurice Leloir. London; New York: George Routledge, 1886. 4to, 3/4 blue morocco over blue marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $200-400 168 (BINDINGS) A group of 15 leather bound books. $200-400

169 (BINDINGS) A group of 21 leather bound books. $200-400

170 (BINDINGS) A group of 11 volumes bound in leather.

La Fontaine’s Tales. London, 1814. 2 vols. The Letters of the Celebrated Junius. By Junius. London, 1783. 2 vols. The Works of Virgil. Translated into English by Mr. Dryden. London, 1806. 3 vols. Marius the Epicurean. By Walter Pater. London, 1903. 2 vols. The Anatomy of Melancholy. By Democritus Junior. London, 1837. 2 vols. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $100-200

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171 (BINDINGS) A group of 13 volumes of collected memoirs bound in leather.

Memoirs of the Court of Charles the Second. By Count Grammont. London, 1853. Memoirs of C.M. Talleyrand de Perigord. By Stewarton. London, 1895. 2 vols. Memoirs of Harriot, Duchess of St. Albans. By Mrs. Cornwell Baron-Wilson. London, 1840. 2 vols. Memoirs of the Courts of Sweden and Denmark. London, n.d. 2 vols. Memoirs of the Princess Daschkaw. By Princess Daschkaw. London, 1840. 2 vols. Memoirs of Prince Metternich, 1773-1815. By Prince Richard Metternich. New York, 1880. 4 vols. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $100-200

172 (BINDINGS) A group of 18 volumes bound in calf.

The Works of Edward Young. Revised and Corrected by Edward Young. London, 1813. 3 vols. The Vicar of Wakefield. By Oliver Goldsmith. Chiswick, UK, 1926. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini. By Benvenuto Cellini. New York, 1906. 2 vols. Days with Sir Roger de Coverley. By Roger de Coverley. London, 1886. The Social Philosophy and Religion of Comte. By Edward Caird. New York, 1893. The Complete Works of C.S. Calverley. By C.S. Calverley. London, 1910. The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope. By Alexander Pope, edited by the Red. H.F. Cary. London, 1863. Critical and Historical Essays. By Thomas Babington Macaulay. London, 1849. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan. By Mrs. E.G. White. Battle Creek, Mich., 1888. The Life of the Second Earl Granville. By Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice. London, 1905. 2 vols. The Poetical Works of James Beattie and William Collins. By James Beattie and William Collins. London, 1846. Tales of Irish Life and Character. By Mrs. S.C. Hall. Chicago, 1910. Cecilia: A Story of Modern Rome. By Marion Crawford. New York, 1902. The Poetical Works of William Cowper. By William Cowper. Edinburgh, 1865. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $150-250

173 (BINDINGS) A group of 18 volumes bound in leather.

Venetian Life. By W.D. Howells. Boston, 1885. 2 vols. Exposition of Psalm CXIX. By Rev. Charles Bridges. London, 1832. A Little Book of Profitable Tales. By Eugene Field. New York, 1891. A Little Book of Western Verse. By Eugene Field. New York, 1892. Of the Imitation of Christ. By Thomas Kempis. London, 1902. The Triumphs of Steam. By Henry Frith. London, n.d. The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table. By Oliver Wendell Holmes. London, 1911. The Poet at the Breakfast Table. By Oliver Wendell Holmes. London, 1913. The Poetical Works of Robert Southey. By Robert Southey. London, n.d. The Poems of Matthew Arnold, 1840-1867. By Matthew Arnold. London, 1926. Social Life at Rome in the Age of Cicero. By W. Warde Fowler. London, 1929. A Wanderer in Holland. By E.V. Lucas. London, 1925. The Greek Myths. By Robert Graves. New York, 1957. Buddenbrooks. By Thomas Mann. New York, 1940. The Works of Sir Thomas Browne. Edited by Simon Wilkin. London, 1894. 3 vols. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $150-250

174 (BINDINGS) A group of 18 volumes bound in leather.

The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres. By M. Rollin. London, 1810. 3 vols. History of the United Netherlands. By John Lothrop-Motley. New York, 1868. 4 vols. The History of Greece. By Dr. Ernst Curtius, translated by Adolphus William Ward. London, 1873. 5 vols. History of the English People. By Richard Green. London, 1886. 4 vols. The Daughters of England. By Mrs. Ellis. London, 1842. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $150-250 175 (BINDINGS) A group of 24 leather bound books, including The Works of William H. Prescott, 6 vols., London: Routledge, n.d. Also included: Library of the World’s Best Literature: Ancient and Modern. New York: The International Society, 1896. 9 vols. Congreve’s Works. London: J. Tonson, 1730. 3 vols. With 6 others. $200-400

176 (BINDINGS) A group of 18 volumes, all small 8vo and bound in leather.

The Romance History of Spain. By Don T. De Trueba. n.d. A History of Elizabethan Literature. By George Saintsbury. London, 1901. Lorenzo De’Medici. By E. Armstrong, M.A. London, 1901. In Nature’s Workshop. By Grant Allen. London, 1901. The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow. By Jean Ingelow. Philadelphia, 1881. Shelley’s Early Life. By Denis Florence Mac-Carthy. London, n.d. Lays of Ancient Rome. By Lord Macaulay. London, 1887. Biographies. By Lord Macaulay. London, 1893. Cranford. By Mrs. Gaskell. London, 1898. The Ethics of the Dust. London, 1907. Stanhope. By Joseph Middleton. London, 1845. Kidnapped. By Robert Louis Stevenson. London, 1912. Strange Dwellings. By Rev. J.G. Wood, M.A. London, 1903. Deeds That Won the Empire. By W.H. Fitchett. London, 1900. Familiar Lectures on Scientific Subjects. By Sir John F.W. Herschel. London, 1867. A TextBook on the History of Painting. By John C. Van Dyke. London, 1910. The Kindred of the Wild. By Charles G.D. Roberts. London, 1903. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. By Sir Edward Creasy. London, 1887. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $200-400

177 (BINDINGS) A group of 21 volumes bound in varying shades of blue and green leather.

Lyra Germanica: Hymns for the Sundays. Translated by Catherine Winkworth. London, 1864. French Pottery and Porcelain. By Henri Frantz. London, n.d. Memories: A Story of German Love. By George P. Upton. Chicago, 1902. The Better Way. By Charles Wagner. New York, 1903. By The Fireside. By Charles Wagner. New York, 1904. Sheridan, A Biography. By W. Fraser Rae. London, 1896. 2 vols. The Works of William Shakespeare. By Cowden Clarke. London, 1876. France Under Louis XV. By James Breck Perkins. London, 1897. 2 vols. The Poetical Works of John Milton. By A. Chalmers. London, 1886. Pleasant Valley. By Louis Bromfield. New York, 1943. Gainsborough. By Sir Walter Armstrong. London, 1906. Rural Rides. By William Cobbett. London, 1912. The Golden Treasury. Selected and Arranged by Francis Turner Palgrave. London, 1929. The Bourbon Restoration. By Major John R. Hall. London, 1909. The Cuban and Porto Rican Campaigns. By Richard Harding Davis. New York, 1898. Woman in France During the Eighteenth Century. By Julie Kavanagh. New York, 1893. 4 vols. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $200-400

178 (BINDINGS) A group of 20 volumes bound in varying shades of red and dark brown leather.

The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes. By Oliver Wendell Holmes. Boston, n.d. A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895. Edited by Edmund Clarence Stedman. Boston, 1895. Foursome in St. James’s. By Denys Forrest. Brighton, 1982. The Mountain. By Michelet. London, 1872. Samuel Pepys’ Diary. Edited by Willis L. Parker. New York, 1932. Queen Margot. By H. Noel Williams. London, 1911. Betty Grier. By Joseph Laing Waugh. London, 1915. The Poetical Works of William Cowper. Edited by H.S. Milford. London, 1905. Our Village. By Mary Russell Mitford. London, 1879. The Travels of Sir John Mandeville. By John Mandeville. London, 1900. Spain in the Nineteenth Century. By Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer. Chicago, 1907. Tom Burke: Of “Ours.” By Charles Lever. Dublin, n.d. 2 vols. Life and Times of Girolamo Savonarola. By Pasquale Villari. New York, 1888. 2 vols. Her Majesty’s Tower. By William Hepworth Dixon. New York, 1885. 2 vols. The History of Henry Fielding. By Wildbur L. Cross. New Haven, 1918. 3 vols. Property from a Prominent Collector, Evanston, Illinois $200-400