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Sale 303: Rare Books & Manuscripts. With the Autograph Collection of Florence S. Walter, Part I (#303) 02/24/2005 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 02/24/2005 1:00 PM PST

Lot #38 Legends and Lyrics

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$1,062.50

Estimate: $400 - $700

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Heading:

(Fore-Edge Paintings)

Title:

Legends and Lyrics

Author:

Procter, Adelaide Anne

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Bell and Daldy

Date Published:

1870-71

Description:

2 volumes. Preface by Charles Dickens. Frontispiece portrait. 6½x4, full red morocco gilt, all edges gilt. Mixed Edition.

With three fore-edge painting views of London. Vol. 1 has a double fore-edge painting showing the Shot-Tower below Waterloo Bridge; and the Tower of London. Vol. 2 shows a London street scene in the same hand. Bookplates of Robert Thornton and of Edward Thomas King.

Condition:

Nick from from joint on vol. 2; a little spotting at ends. Fore-edge paintings with a little rubbing, and the views on vol. 1 slightly visible when fanned in the opposite direction; still, near fine.

Item#:

157922
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