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97 (COSWAY STYLE, RIVIERE) TENNYSON, ALFRED LORD A Selection from the Works. London: Edward Moxon, 1865.

12mo, bound in blue crushed morocco by Riviere with gilt-stamped sunburst design repeated on spine, inset ivory miniature of Tennyson by Currie, silk doublures and endpapers, gilt turn-ins. Number 846 of the Cosway Bindings invented by J. H. Stonehouse, with miniatures on ivory by Miss Currie. Signed by J. H. Stonehouse and Miss Currie to the limitation page. Fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $1,000-2,000 98 (COSWAY STYLE, BAYNTUN) MASSON, F. Napoleon and the Fair Sex. London: William Heinemann, 1894.

8vo, bound by Bayntun in red levant morocco with two inset painted miniatures of Napoleon and Josephine signed “Dupre” and “Renoir,” spine gilt in compartments, silk endleaves and doublures, housed in custom felt-lined slipcase. Extra-illustrated edition, with 40 engraved plates, 10 of which are in color. Inner hinge cracked lightly; some light foxing to halftitle; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection

Provenance: Marjorie Montgomery Ward (bookplate) $3,000-5,000

99 (FORE EDGE PAINTING) ROEDERER, R. L. L’Espirit de la revolution de 1789. Paris: Lachevardiere, 1831 and 1834.

8vo, elaborately gilt-tooled morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with matching felt-lined drop case, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Fore edge painting of a Venetian cityscape and the canals with gondoliers. Autographed letter signed by Parisian bookseller and publisher L. Theophile Barrois, 2 pp., rue de Richelieu, (Paris), July 1832, address panel to verso of additional leaf. Intermittent foxing; front inner-hinge cracked, but strong; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $600-800 99A* (DOUBLE FORE EDGE PAINTING) The Moon’s History. With an Illustration by John Absolon. London: John Cundall, 1848.

12mo, full red gilt-stamped morocco. Double fore edge painting of two ship scenes. Minor soiling to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

100 GAUTIER, THEOPHILE Une nuit de Cleopatre. Paris: Ferroud, 1894.

8vo, bound by Rene Kieffer (stamp on rear board) in full brown morocco with onlaid portraits of Anthony and Cleopatra to the upper boards set against a depiction of the Nile and a gilt-stamped sunburst, lower boards with onlaid figure of an Egyptian priest playing the harp, theme repeated to morocco doublures with onlaid depiction of the flooded Nile river in greens and blues. Number 160 out of 200 initialled by Ferroud. Property from a Private North Shore Collection

Provenance: V. A. Blacque, Henry William Poor, and Roderick Terry (bookplates) $1,000-2,000

104 107 101* GRIMM, JACOB AND WILHELM Popular Stories. London: J. M. Dent; New York: E. P. Dutton, 1905.

1 vol. extended to 4. 4to, bound in full red crushed morocco by Kelly & Sons, with onlaid polychromatic character renditions after illustrations by George Cruikshank to upper covers, spines gilt in six compartments, silk doublures, silk endpapers. Slight rubbing to hinges of spine; bookplate tipped in verso f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

102* (ILLUMINATED MSS, PERSIAN) [The Twelve Months]. S.l., n.d. 4to, bound in floral silk brocade. Richly illuminated eighteenth-century Persian manuscript comprised of 13 tipped-in hand-painted plates in gilt and colors, inter-leaved. Rubbing to backstrip with some loss to silk; offsetting to inter-leaves from plates; bookplate and bookseller’s sticker to front pastedown; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

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103 (KELLIEGRAM) CONRAD, JOSEPH The Shadow-Line. London & Toronto: J. M. Dent, 1917.

8vo, bound in blue crushed morocco by Kelliegram, nautical onlaid scene to boards and spine, nautical onlaid morocco to front doublure and onlaid portrait to rear, silk endpapers, a.e.g., original covers at rear. Fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $400-600

104* (KELLIEGRAM) CARROLL, LEWIS Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Illustrated by John Tenniel. London: Philip Lee Warner, 1914.

8vo, green crushed morocco with onlaid “Tea Party” scene to upper cover and Alice with the Gryphon and Mock Turtle to rear, each framed by four character portraits and elaborate floral and card-themed gilt, inner boards illustrating the court of the King and Queen and Alice and the Deck of Cards, each surrounded by elaborate floral border, silk endpapers, two metal clasps. Number 9 of 10 copies for sale printed on Vellum paper, from a total edition of 1,024 printed by the Riccardi Press. Fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000 105 LAWRENCE, T. E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. London: Jonathan Cape, 1935.

Thick 4to, bound in full smooth calf, stamped A. J. 1968, with cosmic spiralling maroon, orange, fawn and black morocco onlaid design and scattered inlaid white and gilt stars to boards with repeating gilt and white spiral star pattern and gilt-lettering to spine. First trade edition with plates and maps. Fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $2,000-4,000

106 MARDRUS, J. C. Le livre des rois, l’avenement de Salomon. Lausanne: Gonin, 1930.

4to, full crushed brown levant morocco, with seven vertical panels on both covers of onlaid pink, tan and green with vertical and horizontal rules of gilt extending onto spine, spine with gilt-lettered title set against squares of repeating color onlays, stamped J. Lambert, silk endpapers, marbled preliminary leaves, original printed wraps bound in, a.e.g. With 17 illustrations from woodcuts by F. L. Schmied in black and white on vellum and in pochoir on rag paper. One of 20 copies, from a total edition of 175, with an extra suite of plates in different states. Signed by the artist. Small tear to first color plate; some rubbing to top of upper board; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $2,000-4,000 107 (MUCHA, ALPHONSE) FLERS, ROBERT DE Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli. Paris: L’Edition d’Art, 1897.

Folio, bound in full brown morocco by Raparlier, ruled in gilt and blind with elaborate floral onlays of mauve, ivory, green, gilt, red and yellow to upper board, floral stem to spine with mauve bloom extending to rear board, with decorative hand-made paper doublures and onlaid green and brown gilt turn-ins, silk endpapers, original gilt-lettered wraps bound in, a.e.g. Number 111 of 180 examples on velin a la forme, signed by the editor to the limitation page, from a total edition of 252. Richly illuminated by Alphonse Mucha with elaborate border scenes. “[The] most complete statement in the Art Nouveau style . . . [and] one of the best examples of total book design.” (Mucha, p. 12) Some rubbing to edges of spine; otherwise very fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $3,000-5,000

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108 (OMAR KHAYYAM) TURNER, ROSS Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. (Cambridge, M. A.): University Press, n.d. (c. 1902)

4to, full crushed morocco by Boston Book Binding gilt-ruled, spine gilt in compartments, morocco doublures with gilt and yellow onlaid design, a.e.g. 41 pp. on vellum richly illuminated by Turner in gilt and colors. One of 25 copies, this one out of series and marked “A” by Turner to limitation page. Sale records suggest there were only eight copies on vellum. Some rubbing to bottom edge; fading to boards; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $2,000-4,000

109* (RIVIERE) CARROLL, LEWIS Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. London: Macmillan, 1927 and 1928.

2 vols. 12mo, uniformly bound in smooth blue calf by Riviere with gilt-stamped White Rabbit and Red Queen to covers, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Illustrated by Tenniel. Fading to spines; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 110* (RIVIERE) BROWN, JOHN John Bunyan. 1628-1688. His Life Times and Work. Illustrated by Whymper. London: Isbister, n.d. (c. 1885)

8vo, bound in full morocco by Riviere with inlaid portrait of Bunyan to upper cover in blue, green, white and tan framed in gilt, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Extra-illustrated edition with 50 engraved portraits and views, 20 of which are hand-colored. Inner hinge cracked slightly; some minor wear to boards; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

111 (RIVIERE) THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE A group of seven first edition, first issue, uniformly bound books by Riviere. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1848-1859.

Vanity Fair, (1848). The Newcomes, 2 vols., (1854). The Virginians, 2 vols., (1859). The History of Pendennis, 2 vols., (1850). 8vo, full leather, giltstamped spines and titles to leather spine labels, a.e.g. Minor wear to boards; light intermittent foxing to some vols.; otherwise fine. $600-800

112 (SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE) MOORE, THOMAS Lalla Rookh: An Oriental Romance. London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1861.

4to, bound in an exquisite jewelled binding set with 118 jewels, including 16 amethysts, 58 garnets, 30 seed pearls, 12 turquoises, one pink stone, one blue-green stone, and motherof-pearl, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, brown morocco, upper board with large sunken floral and pointille panel centering a blue-green morocco onlaid arabesque design embellished with garnets and seed pearls in a heart-shaped pattern, an intertwined green onlaid strapwork border with arabesque cornerpieces embellished with amethysts, surrounded in full gilt pointille and onlaid border; the lower board with sunken foliate panel embellished with garnets and turquoise with interwoven green and red strapwork extending into gilt and color acanthus leaves against an elaborately gilt pointille background with floral cornerpieces; morocco doublures with inset green panels, bordered in gilt pointille and 26 mother-of-pearl hearts, front doublure in onlaid ivory morocco fountain with gilt sprays; green morocco endpapers with interwoven gilt strapwork border surrounding a repeating geometric and foliate pattern; edges gilt and gauffered with red and green floral accents; housed in full morocco velvet and silk-lined folding case with gilt-lettered spine (front board folding case detached but present). Property from a Private North Shore Collection $15,000-20,000

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113* STEPHENS, JAMES Crock of Gold. London: Macmillan, 1926.

Folio, 3/4 smooth green calf by Cuneo over gold boards, giltlettered spine with cream onlaid design, silk endpapers. One of 525 copies signed by the author. Sunning to spine and part of boards; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

114 WILLIAMS, MONIER, trans. Sakoontala; or, The Lost Ring. An Indian Drama. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1885.

4to, bound in dark brown levant morocco by Canape-Belz with elaborate gilt-tooling, upper cover with blue, green and white morocco onlaid foliate design surrounding inset cartouche, lower cover similarly gilt-stamped and panelled, green morocco doublures and silked preliminary leaves, a.e.g., original wrappers bound-in, housed in custom morocco slipcase and chemise. One of 110 copies on Japan paper signed by Theo. L. DeVinne. An exquisite illuminated manuscript in fine binding. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $1,000-2,000

115 (ZAEHNSDORF) MOORE, THOMAS Utopia. T. F. Dibdin, ed. Raphe Robinson, trans. London: William Bulmer, at The Shakespeare Press, 1808.

2 vols. 8vo, bound by Zaehnsdorf in full calf with onlaid rectangular panelling and floral cornerpieces, gilt-tooling to spine, gilt-lettered dark brown labels, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece portrait and engraved head and tail-pieces to vol. 1. and in-text illustrations to both vols. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; some pages trimmed slightly; spines faded; some dark markings to boards; hinges slightly tender; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $200-400 116 (ZAEHNSDORF) POWYS, (LLEWELYN) The Book of Days. London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1937.

4to, original russet morocco by Zaehnsdorf, t.e.g. One of 55 specially-bound copies signed by the author with an extra suite of engraved plates by Elizabeth Corsellis. Boards rubbed slightly; some darkening to spine; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $300-500

117* (ZAEHNSDORF AND RIVIERE) A group of six volumes bound by Zaehnsdorf and Riviere, various dates.

The Life of Charles Dickens. By John Forster. London: Chapman and Hall, 1872. 3 vols. 8vo, bound by Zaehnsdorf. John Brown’s Body. By Stephen Vincent Benet. London: William Heinemann, (1929). 8vo, bound by Riviere. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. London: Robt. Riviere & Son, 1928. Thin 8vo, bound by Riviere in contemporary full blue calf, gilt chalice and serpent design. Special edition with 12 illustrations, printed in Caslon Old Face type on Studio handmade paper from FitzGerald’s translation originally published in 1859. The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. With twelve photogravures after drawings by Gilbert James. London: George Routledge and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton, n.d. Thin 8vo, bound in full red textured calf by Riviere. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

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118 BACKGAMMON GAMEBOARD A backgammon gameboard disguised as a two volume, folio binding of The History of England.

Folio, green leather with tan leather checkered decoration to front board, spines richly decorated in gilt. Folds open to reveal gameboard. With two pair of dice, red and white chips, and blue leather tube to store the chips. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $200-400

119 BALZAC, HONORE DE The Works. New York: Bigelow, Brown, n.d.

18 vols. 8vo, 3/4 crushed blue morocco over blue silk boards, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Rubbing to edges of boards and spine; spines faded. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $100-200 120 BULWER LYTTON, EDWARD The Complete Works. New York: Lovelle, Coryell, n.d.

13 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments with red and fawn gilt-lettered labels, marbled endpapers. Fading to spines, some with white discoloration; some very light shelfwear; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $100-200

121 CONRAD, JOSEPH The Complete Works. New York: Doubleday, Page, 1920.

19 vols. only (of 24). 8vo, full crushed red morocco, gilt and onlaid foliate design to boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt and green morocco doublures, silk endpapers, a.e.g. One of 735 numbered copies of the Sundial Edition signed by the author. Rubbing at the outer hinges of some vols.; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $600-800 122 FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE The Complete Works. New York and London: M. Walter Dunne, (1904).

10 vols. 8vo, quarter leather over blue cloth-backed boards. The Saint-Beuve Edition, one of 100 numbered sets. Full-page plates, many colored, most in two states with tissue guards. Minor wear to boards with some chipping to the heads of spine; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000

123 HARTE, BRET The Writings. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1896; Cambridge: Riverside Press, (1903).

20 vols. 8vo, blue gilt-stamped morocco boards by Stikeman, spines gilt in compartments with floral designs, red morocco doublures with repeating gilt foliate patterns, silk endpapers, t.e.g., some pages uncut. One of 350 copies of the autographed edition, signed and dated by the author, each volume with at least one plate signed by the illustrator. Light fading to spines; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $800-1,200

124 HEARN, LAFCADIO The Writings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922.

16 vols. 8vo, original brown levant morocco over tan cloth boards, spines lettered in gilt. Large paper edition. Number 67 of 750 copies signed by Setsu Koizumi (Mrs. Lafcadio Hearn), with 1 p. original manuscript to vol. 1. Minor wear to bindings with spines faded and edgewear; otherwise a fine set. $1,500-2,500

125* HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes and The Letters. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin; The Riverside Press, (1892).

Complete in 15 vols. 8vo, full leather. Artist’s Edition, one of 750 numbered copies. Fine. Property from the Estate of Henry K. and Barbara C. Gardner, Lake Forest, Illinois. $800-1,200

126 KIPLING, RUDYARD The Writings In Prose and Verse. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1902.

34 vols. 8vo, full red crushed morocco, elaborately tooled in gilt, green morocco doublures gilt-stamped with repeating foliate pattern, silk endpapers. One of 204 copies printed on Japan paper, of which this is number 54. Spines lightly faded with some rubbing to hinges; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $100-200 127 KIPLING, RUDYARD The Collected Works. New York: Doubleday, Doran, 1941.

28 vols. 8vo, red cloth, gilt-stamped, original dust jackets, t.e.g. The Burwash Edition, limited to 1,010 sets signed by Kipling to vol. 1. Chipping to dust jackets with some loss to spines; otherwise fine. $800-1,200

128* KIPLING, RUDYARD The Junglebook and The Second Junglebook. London: Macmillan, 1895 and 1898.

2 vols. 8vo, full smooth red calf by Riviere, a.e.g., spines gilt in six compartments with red and green morocco labels, marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins, original gilt-stamped illustrated blue cloth bound at rear of both vols. Some light scratches to boards; slight wear to hinges; previous owner’s presentation inscription to endpapers; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $400-600

129 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 turn-ins, portrait frontispieces. Number 81 of 500 copies of the Large Paper Edition. Bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; minor shelfwear to foot of some spines; otherwise a fine set. $200-400

130 MONTAIGNE, MICHEL DE The Works. New York: Edwin C. Hill, 1910.

10 vols. 8vo, full black crushed morocco, boards ruled in gilt with red onlaid fleur-de-lis cornerpieces repeating on spine, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. The Emerson Edition, limited to 1,050 copies. With frontispiece plates in two states and numerous other engraved plates. Inner hinges cracked to some vols.; minor rubbing to boards at spine ends; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $800-1,200

131 RICHARDSON, SAMUEL The Works. London: Henry Sotheran, 1883.

12 vols. 8vo, bound by P. Riach in blue polished calf, ruled in gilt, spines gilt in compartments with dove and chalice designs, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. One of 750 copies, this one unnumbered, printed by the Ballantyne Press, London. Rubbing to boards with some fading to spine; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $200-400

132 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare. With Sixty Engravings on Wood by John Thompson. Chiswick: Charles Whittingham, 1826.

10 vols. 8vo, 3/4 morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Together with The Poems of Shakespeare. London: William Pickering, 1842. Bound in like binding as a set. Hinges cracked on 3 vols., rubbing to others; some chipping to the tops of spines; otherwise fine. $300-500

133* SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Works. Edited by W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1903.

10 vols. Folio, full red morocco by Cedric Chivers, stamped in gilt and blind, front covers with painted vellum insets illustrating scenes from the plays, below which are smaller vellum insets with passages illustrated, spines gilt in four compartments, t.e.g., small vellum insets on front pastedowns. Number 22 of 1,000 copies. Rubbing to spine with chipping to foot of vol. 1; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

134* SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM [The Works.] New York and London: G. P. Putnum Sons, n.d.

19 vols. 16mo, 3/4 smooth calf over marbled boards, black gilt-lettered spine labels, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., some pages uncut. The Arial Press Edition, illustrated throughout. Rubbing to boards; chipping to spine labels with some loss; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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135 SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM The Shakespeare Gallery. London: The Royal Shakespeare Society, 1908.

10 vols. Folio, full red crushed morocco, stamped in gilt with armorial centerpiece, green onlaid morocco cornerpieces stamped with theatrical masks, green morocco and gilt-ruled doublures with harlequin cornerpieces, front doublures with handpainted inset vellum scenes from The Royal Academy Series, silk endpapers. An elaborate printing of the works of Shakespeare on vellum, very small limitation, this set presented to King Edward VII by The Royal Shakespearian Society on the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. With illuminated vignettes and tipped in engraved scenes in multiple states with explanatory text. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $6,000-8,000

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136 SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD The Works. London: Constable, (1930).

28 vols. 8vo, blue crushed morocco ruled in gilt, red morocco doublures, silk endpapers. Limited edition, one of 1,025 copies. Fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $800-1,200

137 SWIFT, JONATHAN The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift. London: Printed for C. Bathurst, J. Rivington, et al., 1766. 12 vols. With two additional volumes. London: Printed for W. Bowyer, R. and J. Dodsley et al., 1766. Also together with The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift. Collected and Revised by Deane Swift, Esq. London: Printed for W. Johnston, 1765. Volumes 15-17. Together with Letters, Written by Jonathan Swift. London: Printed for T. Davies, et al., 1767. 3 vols. Complete.

17 vols. 8vo, bound as a set in contemporary calf. Hinges cracked on most volumes; boards detached on 2 vols.; edgewear; otherwise fine. $800-1,200

138* TENNYSON, ALFRED LORD The Works. London: Macmillan, 1884.

9 vols. only (of 10). 8vo, bound in full crushed maroon morocco by the Monastery Hill Bindery, with gilt and green onlay arabesque design, spines gilt in compartments with green leather onlay, silk doublures and endpapers. Limited edition. Sunning to spines; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Naomi T. Borwell, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 139* TENNYSON, ALFRED LORD [The Works.] Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1895.

12 vols. 8vo, 3/4 red morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines with gilt-floral designs in compartments, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Edition de Grand Luxe, limited to 1,000 copies of which this is number 323. Illustrated throughout with black and white steel engravings, each with captioned tissue guards. Edgewear to bindings; hinges rubbed and starting; otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Henry K. and Barbara C. Gardner, Lake Forest, Illinois. $400-600

140 THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE The Works. London: Smith, Elder, 1894-1895.

26 vols. 8vo, 3/4 smooth blue-green calf over marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments with red gilt-lettered labels, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. Spines faded; some edgewear; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $200-400

141* VARIOUS AUTHORS A group of 24 volumes of leather bound works, comprising Hood’s Works, (1862-1863), 7 vols., Samuel Pepys’ Diary, (1848-1849), 5 vols., and Ruskin’s Works, 12 vols. Property from the Estate of Henry K. and Barbara C. Gardner, Lake Forest, Illinois. $200-400 142 VARIOUS AUTHORS A Select Collection of Old Plays. New Edition. With Notes and Corrections by Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, and the Editor. London: Septimus Prowett, 1825.

12 vols. 8vo, calf, ruled in gilt, spines gilt in compartments with mask design, red and brown giltlettered spine labels, marbled edges and endpapers. Some fading and rubbing to boards; inner hinges cracked on some vols., but binding strong. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $200-400

143 WALPOLE, HORACE The Letters of Horace Walpole. Peter Cunningham, ed. London: Richard Bentley, 1857.

9 vols. 8vo, 3/4 brown leather over cloth boards, title in gilt to spine with six raised bands, portrait frontispiece to vol. 1. Light wear to boards; minor intermittent foxing to all; otherwise fine. Property from a Private North Shore Collection $200-400

144 WILDE, OSCAR The Works. Boston and New York: The C. T. Brainard Publishing, 1909.

15 vols. 8vo, quarter smooth calf, gilt-lettered spines. Edition De Luxe. Limited to 1,000 sets of which this is unnumbered. Frontispiece portrait and title page framed in colors. Fine. $600-800