Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2526BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 14, 2010 11:00AM
Description:
Defoe, Daniel (1659?-1731) [attributed author]The History of the Wars of his late Majesty Charles XII King of Sweden, from his First Landing in Denmark, to his Return from Turkey to Pomerania. London: 1720.
Second edition with the continuation and frontispiece, 402 pp., one page of ads; original calfskin binding covered over with blue paper, with a sheepskin rebacking applied over the boards, inner hinges strengthened with fabric tape; edge wear, toning, scattered soiling, some edge chipping and light marginalia.
Estimate $100-150