$1,169
Decorative Bindings, Sets, Forty-seven Octavo Volumes. Including a set of the works of Bret Harte in nineteen volumes, Boston: Riverside, 1902, in half calf; a set of the works of Balzac in twenty-three volumes, Philadelphia: Barrie, [1896], limited edition, set number 492 of 1,000, in half morocco; and five James Fenimore Cooper titles, later editions, in very good full leather, four of the five in Zaehnsdorf bindings, one unsigned, viz., Lionel Lincoln , London: Bentley, 1837; Precaution , London: Bentley, 1839 (number LXXIV of the Standard Novels); The Water Witch , London: Bentley, 1850; The Headsman , London: Bentley, 1850; and The Bravo , London: Bentley, 1851; occupying approximately five feet of shelf space. (47) Provenance: the Estate of Stratford W. Carter, Boston, Massachusetts.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-05-27
