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LEATHER BINDINGS]. -- DEFOE, Daniel; SWIFT, Jonathan, STERNE, laurence; JOHNSON, Samuel; BECKFORD, William; REEVE, Clara; SCOTT, Jonathan; WALPOLE, Horace. Robinson Crusoe; Gulliver's Travels; A Tale of a Tub; Tristram Shandy; Rasselas; Caliph Vatek; The Old English Baron; The Arabian Nights; The Castle of Otronto. London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1883. 12 volumes, 8 o . Titles printed in red and black, numerous engraved plates. Contemporary crimson leather gilt, spines in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered in 2, with black morocco gilt lettering-pieces. LIMITED EDITION number 18 of 40 copies. -- JOHNSON, Samuel. The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical. London: Rivington and Marshall for J. Rivington and Sons and others, 1790. 23 volumes (of 75), 12 o . Green morocco gilt, edges gilt. -- [CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de]. The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha. London: William Paterson, 1884. 4 volumes, 8 o . Engraved vignettes, engraved frontispieces, numerous engraved plates. Contemporary red half morocco gilt. Provenance: Percy A. and Louise V. Atherton (bookplate). -- HUGO, Victor. Les Miserables in Five Volumes. New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1886. 5 volumes, 4 o . Numerous plates and illustrations. Contemporary brown half morocco gilt, marbled edges. Provenance: A. Schmitt (ownership signature in pencil dated 1887). -- DUMAS, Alexandre. The Count of Monte Cristo. London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1888. 5 volumes, 4 o . Numerous illustrations and engravings. Contemporary olive half morocco gilt (spines and corners fading). Provenance: E. P. Ripley (bookplate). -- HUGO, Victor. Works. New York: The Athaneum Society, 1887-1909. 14 volumes (of at least 20), 8 o . Engraved frontispieces. Contemporary brown half morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2 compartments, top edge gilt (boards for Volume 2 slightly warped and stained). -- BALZAC, Honore de. Works. Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, 1896-1899. 26 volumes (of at least 49), 8 o . Numerous illustrations. Contemporary brown half morocco (some rubbing, particularly to joints, some covers loose or detached). LIMITED EDITION number 233 of 1,000. -- THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Works. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1901. 18 volumes (of 26), 8 o . Numerous illustrations. Contemporary green half morocco. LIMITED EDITION number 710 of 1,000. -- MALORY, Sir Thomas. Le Morte Darthur. London: Macmillan and Co., 1908. 2 volumes, 8 o . Contemporary red half morocco gilt. -- EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. The Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. New York: Brentanos, n.d. 5 frontispieces. 5 volumes, 8 o . Contemporary half blue morocco, spines each with two olive morocco onlays. -- WILLIS, John. Theatre World. New York: Crown Publishers, 1977-1988. 12 volumes (numbered 32-43), 8 o . Numerous photographic illustrations. Modern half morocco gilt; modern slipcases. (108)
LEATHER BINDINGS]. -- DEFOE, Daniel; SWIFT, Jonathan, STERNE, laurence; JOHNSON, Samuel; BECKFORD, William; REEVE, Clara; SCOTT, Jonathan; WALPOLE, Horace. Robinson Crusoe; Gulliver's Travels; A Tale of a Tub; Tristram Shandy; Rasselas; Caliph Vatek; The Old English Baron; The Arabian Nights; The Castle of Otronto. London: J. C. Nimmo and Bain, 1883. 12 volumes, 8 o . Titles printed in red and black, numerous engraved plates. Contemporary crimson leather gilt, spines in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered in 2, with black morocco gilt lettering-pieces. LIMITED EDITION number 18 of 40 copies. -- JOHNSON, Samuel. The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical. London: Rivington and Marshall for J. Rivington and Sons and others, 1790. 23 volumes (of 75), 12 o . Green morocco gilt, edges gilt. -- [CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, Miguel de]. The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha. London: William Paterson, 1884. 4 volumes, 8 o . Engraved vignettes, engraved frontispieces, numerous engraved plates. Contemporary red half morocco gilt. Provenance: Percy A. and Louise V. Atherton (bookplate). -- HUGO, Victor. Les Miserables in Five Volumes. New York: George Routledge & Sons, 1886. 5 volumes, 4 o . Numerous plates and illustrations. Contemporary brown half morocco gilt, marbled edges. Provenance: A. Schmitt (ownership signature in pencil dated 1887). -- DUMAS, Alexandre. The Count of Monte Cristo. London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1888. 5 volumes, 4 o . Numerous illustrations and engravings. Contemporary olive half morocco gilt (spines and corners fading). Provenance: E. P. Ripley (bookplate). -- HUGO, Victor. Works. New York: The Athaneum Society, 1887-1909. 14 volumes (of at least 20), 8 o . Engraved frontispieces. Contemporary brown half morocco gilt, spines in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, gilt-lettered in 2 compartments, top edge gilt (boards for Volume 2 slightly warped and stained). -- BALZAC, Honore de. Works. Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, 1896-1899. 26 volumes (of at least 49), 8 o . Numerous illustrations. Contemporary brown half morocco (some rubbing, particularly to joints, some covers loose or detached). LIMITED EDITION number 233 of 1,000. -- THACKERAY, William Makepeace. Works. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1901. 18 volumes (of 26), 8 o . Numerous illustrations. Contemporary green half morocco. LIMITED EDITION number 710 of 1,000. -- MALORY, Sir Thomas. Le Morte Darthur. London: Macmillan and Co., 1908. 2 volumes, 8 o . Contemporary red half morocco gilt. -- EMERSON, Ralph Waldo. The Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. New York: Brentanos, n.d. 5 frontispieces. 5 volumes, 8 o . Contemporary half blue morocco, spines each with two olive morocco onlays. -- WILLIS, John. Theatre World. New York: Crown Publishers, 1977-1988. 12 volumes (numbered 32-43), 8 o . Numerous photographic illustrations. Modern half morocco gilt; modern slipcases. (108)