11-18-201211-18-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2621BBoston
November 18, 2012 11:00 AMCalender
348

Illustrated Books, Nine Volumes:

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$84$70
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM

Description:

Illustrated Books, Nine Volumes: Rosedale's Queen Elizabeth and the Levant Company, London: Frowde, 1904, publisher's boards; Moore's Lalla Rookh, Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1887, crushed pigskin, gilt-tooled, with silk endleaves, a.e.g.; T. Addison Richards' American Scenery, Illustrated, New York: Leavitt & Allen, [n.d.], publisher's embossed cloth; The American Girl as Seen and Portrayed by Hoard Chandler Christy, New York: Moffat, Yard, & Co., 1906, colored plates, pictorial cloth; The Pageant, ed. Shannon and White, London, 1897, publisher's violet cloth with gold tooling, corners bumped; Washington Irving's Chronicle of the Conquest of Grenada, New York: Putnam, 1893, in two volumes, publisher's cream-colored and ornately embossed boards; Sandeman's Thyme and Bergamot, London: Dropmore Press, 1947, limited edition #50 of 550, in blue publisher's cloth with dust jacket, with nine wood engravings by John O'Connor; and Old French Fairy Tales, Philadelphia: Penn, [1920], illustrated in color and black and white by Virginia Frances Sterrett, in publisher's pictorial boards.
Estimate $200-400

Keywords

London, Elizabeth, T. Addison Richards, Chandler Christy, Yard & Co., Washington Irving, Grenada, Dropmore Press, blue publisher, John O'Connor, Philadelphia, Virginia Frances Sterrett