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A Universal Biographical Dictionary, Published by Normand White, 1826. - $100
War Pictures From The South by B. Estvan, Colonel Of Cavalry In The Confederate Army; With Illustrations. Complete In Two Volumes. London: Routledge, Warne, And Routledge, 1863. Volume I is 310 pages and Volume II is 320 pages. Original purple patterned publisher's cloth is blind-ruled with gilt lettering on the spine. The books are rather worn with bumped corners and chipped spine ends. The interior is lacking the first flyleaf and a water stain affects the tops of the plates as if they were stained prior to being bound. Another stain is at the back of each book at the top of the flyleaf and inside the back cover. The pages are toned overall with some foxing. 8" tall. - $175
War Posters Issued By Belligerent And Neutral Nations 1914-1919 by Martin Hardie and Arthur K. Sabin. First Edition; London, 1920: A & C Black. Large Octavio, bound in green cloth with embossed black and red illustrations with gilt lettering on the spine. Fore-edges untrimmed. 46 pages of text, then 79 pages of color and black and white illustrations of the posters, many of which are full page. Binding corners are bumped and fraying some. There is some wear to the tip and the bottom of the spine. Internally there is some light foxing. 10 1/4" tall. - $200
The Works Of George Peele; Collected and Edited With Some Account of His Life and Writings, by the Rev. Alexander Dyce, B.A. Second Edition with additions. Calls for Two Volumes, This is Three Volumes. London: William Pickering, 1829. A third volume was issued in 1839 by Dyce to include Sir Clyomon and Sir Clamydes and other pieces which he had not heard. Signed bindings by W. Nutt in full tan calf leather with gilt ruling and gilt-decorated spines within six compartments and two labels. All fore-edges gilt. Some light wear to extremities. A small chip at head of spine on Vol. 3. Leather finish cracks at hinges but hinges remain strong. Interiors are quite clean and tight. From the William Wilson Corcoran Private Collection. 7 1/2" tall. - $575
The Works Of William Shakespeare In Ten Volumes. The Shakespeare Head Press. Stratford-On-Avon, 1904. Limited Edition of 1000 copies; this is #991. Bound in 3/4 navy morocco leather and cloth with gilt ruling on covers and spines. Lettered and decorated in six compartments with five raised hubs. Fore-edges are untrimmed and the top edges are gilt. There is wear to the extremities and the corners are bumped; some hinges are weak or starting to tear. The back hinge of Volume 8 is broken and amateur repairs are apparent. It also has three 3/4" chips out of each corner top and bottom of spine. Other spine tops are also chipped but not to this degree. Also included with this set is an 8-page pamphlet in wraps: "A Stratford Printing Press," printed at the Shakespeare Head Press. Each volume measures 10 3/8" tall. - $1500
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