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Sale 369: Fine & Rare Books, with Material from the Estate of Norbert Lipper of New York City (#369) 11/29/2007 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 11/29/2007 1:00 PM PST

Lot #85 Poems

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$937.50

Estimate: $500 - $800

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Description

Heading:

(Fore-Edge Painting)

Title:

Poems

Author:

Hemans, Felicia

Place Published:

Edinburgh

Publisher:

William Blackwood and Sons

Date Published:

1852

Description:

xii, 652 pp. Engraved frontispiece and vignette title page. (Thick 8vo) 9x6, contemporary full brown morocco stamped in gilt, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, all edges gilt.

Fore-edge embellished in a split format with a pair of paintings depicting hot-air ballooning scenes.

Condition:

Light wear to extremities; dampstain to first few leaves; else very good.

Item#:

186221

Headline:

Felicia Hemans Poems with Fore Edge Painting
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