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Lot 274
Thirty-Four 19th Century Leather-Bound Books in Three Sets
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
To include: The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1862), three volumes,12mo (7 in.), three-quarter leather over marbles boards, gilt to top page edges and spines; The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth (Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871), 12mo (6-3/4 in.), three-quarter leather over marbled boards (two volumes with panel losses to spine; The Works of W. M. Thackeray (London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1879), 24 volumes, small 8vo (7-3/4 in.), three-quarter leather over marbled boards, raised bands and gilt to spine.

Private Collection of Modern Art and Design, North Carolina

Shelf wear and minor chipping; binding sound; lightly toned, but clean, interiors; overall very good condition.