Lot 543: Large Collection of Leather Bound Books

Large Collection of Leather Bound Books, to include complete set of Rollin’s Ancient History by M. Rollin, published in London in 1821, three volumes of Peele’s Works by Pickering, published in London in 1839, three volumes of the “Works of Lady M.W. Mantagu” published in 1817, and three volumes of Fieldings Amelia and Joseph Andrews, published in 1832, Mark Twain’s 1869 “Innocents Abroad”, Dicken’s “Sketches of Young Couples and Young Gentlemen”, two volumes of “Pop Gun Series, by Aunt Fanny, published in 1864, Hemingway’s “Death in the Afternoon” published in 1952, two volumes of Oliver Wendell Holmes “A Romance of Destiny”, two volumes of Dicken’s “Childs History of London” and Bonner’s “Childs History of the United States”, first edition of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “The Song of Hiawatha”, published in Boston in 1855 by Ticknor and Fields, 12 volumes of The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Federal Edition, numbered 106/1000, published in 1904; 12 volumes of The Writings of Kate Dayras Wiggin, autographed edition, numbered 232/500, published in 1917; 2 sets of limited edition Albert Beveridge books, 4 volume set of “The Life of John Marshall”, autographed edition having authors signature, published in 1919 bu Houghton Mifflin Company; 4 volume set of “Abraham Lincoln” manuscript, edition numbered 706/1000, published in 1928, numbered 706/1000; 16 columes of “The Works of Thomas Nelson Page, numbered 224/230, having authors’ signature, published in NY by Charles Scribner’s Son’s in 1906; along with 18 volumes of “The Works of Donald G. Miterell”, numbered 36/204, containing 2 page letter by Donald G. Miterell, published in 1907 in NY by Charles Scribner’s Son’s, 16 First Edition Books by Rudyard Kipling, to include Kim, Just So Stories, Traffics and Discoveries, Stalky & Company, Puck of Pook’s Hill (2), Songs from Books, A Diversity of Creatures, Traffics and Discoveries (2), Life’s Handicap, The Five Nations, The Light that Failed, The Day’s Work, Many Invertions, along with Debits and Credits. Provenance: Estate of Cyril H. Moore Jr, Kent, Connecticut.

Estimate: $300- $500

Auction Date: November 12, 2022

Realized Price: $1408