- THE WORKS OF JOHNSON, ELIOT, BRONTE
THE WORKS OF JOHNSON, ELIOT, BRONTE & CHAUCERThe Works of Samuel Johnson, George Eliot, Emily Bronte & Geoffrey Chaucer (45 volumes)Lot includes: 1-9. The Works of Samuel Johnson: In Nine Millions. Oxford & London: Talboys and Wheeler; W. Picker
- 4VOL GEORGE ELIOT, DANIEL DERONDA, FIRST
4VOL GEORGE ELIOT, DANIEL DERONDA, FIRST ISSUE Daniel Deronda, by George Eliot. Published 1876 by William Blackwood and Sons. First issue without inserted "contents" leaves. Volume I, page 83, line 2 with misprint "reponsive" and errata tipped-in after title page of volume II (part III). Bound in contemporary brown leather with marbled overlays on covers and inside covers and first free paper, on each the volumes have on the spine 5 with frets, gilted title, volume number and floral designs. vol1 367pp; vol 2 364pp; vol 3 393pp; vol 4 367pp.
- A fifteen-volume set of the works of
A fifteen-volume set of the works of George Eliot, including the novels Silas Marner and Middlemarch (Boston, n.d. but a bookplate in each states the number of volumes in the set and gives the date October 1889). Bound in three-quarter leather with marbled boards. In unusually fine condition.
- 79 EASTON PRESS LEATHER BOUND BOOKS80
79 EASTON PRESS LEATHER BOUND BOOKS80 leather bound books - 79 Easton Press and 1 Harvard Classics. 77 Easton Press The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written: Louisa May Alcott Little Women, Victor Hugo Les Miserables, Victor Hugo The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ralph Waldo Emerson The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, D.H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover, Leo Tolstoy War & Peace, Alexandre Dumas The Count of Monte Cristo, Jack London The Sea-Wolf, Henry James The Portrait of a Lady, Rudyard Kipling The Jungle Book, Oscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian Gray, Edmond Rostand Cyrano de Bergerac, Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin, Charles Dickens David Copperfield, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Faust, George Bernard Shaw Pygmalion and Candida, John Steinbeck Of Mice and Men, Edward Fitzgerald Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Confucius The Analects of Confucius, Herman Melville Billy Budd and Benito Cereno, Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice, Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Defoe Robinson Crusoe, William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jonathan Swift Gulliver's Travels, Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary, Bram Stoker Dracula, Dante Alighieri The Divine Comedy, Charles Darwin On the Origin of Species, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Don Quixote, Henry David Thoreau Walden, Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Guy de Maupassant The Tales of Guy de Maupassant, George Eliot Silas Marner, Herman Melville Moby Dick, Lewis Carroll Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities, George Orwell Animal Farm, Aesop Aesop's Fables, Mary Shelley Frankenstein, Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer, Robert Browning The Poems of Robert Browning, Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales, William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, H.G. Wells The Time Machine, Homer The Iliad, St. Augustine The Confessions of St. Augustine, Henry Fielding Tom Jones, John Milton Paradise Lost, Emily Bronte Wuthering Heights, James Fenimore Copper The Last of the Mohicans, Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Aldous Huxley Brave New World, Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage, Leo Tolstoy Anna Karenina, Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms, Richard F. Burton The Arabian Knights, Thomas Paine Rights of Man, Sir Walter Scott The Talisman, Machiavelli The Prince, Sophocles Oedipus the King, Joseph Conrad Lord Jim, Livy History of Early Rome, John Boccaccio The Decameron, Charles Dickens Great Expectations, Emily Dickinson Poems of Emily Dickinson, Virgil Aeneid, Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories, Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island, Walter Scott Ivanhoe, Homer The Odyssey, Thomas Hardy Tess of the d'Ubervilles, Samuel Butler The Way of All Flesh, Nathaniel Hawthorn The Scarlet Letter, Grimm's Fairytales, Alexandre Dumas The Three Musketeers; 1 Easton Press Greatest Books Ever Written: Herman Melville Moby Dick; 1 Easton Press Millenium Edition Harvard Classics Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays and English Traits; 1 Harvard Classics The Apology, Phaedo and Crito of Plato, The Golden Sayings of Epictetus and The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.
- THE NOVELS OF GEORGE ELIOT, 1895The
THE NOVELS OF GEORGE ELIOT, 1895The Novels of George Eliot
8 volumes in 7 books (complete)
Pub. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh/ London
Circa 1895
Three-quarters bound in red Morocco leather over marbled boards, with marbled end papers and gilt top edge. Gilt spines with raised bands. Duodecimo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4").
Condition
Good to very good condition, with covers all intact. The binding is a bit tight, causing the text block to feel slightly stiff.
- A COLLECTION OF MOSTLY 19TH CENTURY
A COLLECTION OF MOSTLY 19TH CENTURY BOOKS A collection of mostly 19th century books, titles include: "Gibbons Roman Empire," volumes 1-8, "The Lives of Painters, Sculptors, and Architects," in 8 volumes by Giorgio Vasari, "Romola" by George Eliot vols. I and II, etc.
- 28 VOLUMES, TWO LEATHERBOUND LITERATURE
28 VOLUMES, TWO LEATHERBOUND LITERATURE SETS28 volumes, comprising: The Works of George Eliot , New York: James Clarke & Co., n.d., The Illustrated Library Edition, eight volumes (complete), containing numerous black and white plate illustrations, bound in three quarter brown leather over cloth backed boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spines, teg; The Historical Romances of Louisa Muhlbach, New York/London: D. Appleton & Co., 1898, The Hapsburg Edition, numbered 223 of 250, 20 volumes (complete), bound in three quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt lettering and floral decoration to spines, marbled endpapers, teg
Condition:
light wear to extremities, scattered scuffs and very small losses to leather, some surface dirt; Muhlbach with some staining/toning to marbled boards
- GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE FIRST EDITION BOOKSGeorge
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE FIRST EDITION BOOKSGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). George Eliot's Life. As Related in Her Letters and Journals, arranged and edited by her husband, J.W. Cross. In 3 volumes. First edition, 1885. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London; printed by William Blackwood and Sons. Inscriptions "from Father" dated 1885 on half title pages. Newsprint obituary for Mrs. Charles Bray taped inside front endpaper volume 3. Corners bumped, shelf wear, some wear to edges and spines, foxing to front and rear endpapers and fore edge, tears and separation at front and rear pastedowns, some fraying to spines, bindings loose. Provenance: Ximenes Rare Books, 1970; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
Condition:
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- GEORGE ELIOT THE MILL ON THE FLOSS FIRST
GEORGE ELIOT THE MILL ON THE FLOSS FIRST EDITIONGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). The Mill on the Floss, in 3 volumes. First edition, 1860. Publisher William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London; printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. "I Am Ready" bookplate to front pastedown volume I. 16 page advertisement at the end of volume III. Corners bumped, wear to spines and edges, fraying to spines volumes II and III, writing in ink on front endpapers, notations in pencil on front pastedown volume I, some foxing and discoloration to pages, top corner missing from front endpaper volume I, bindings loose, covers bent and dented at edges; receipt for repairs from Eudaldo Ginesta dated 1975. Provenance: Ximenes Rare Book, New York, 10/12/1970; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
Condition:
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- GEORGE ELIOT SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE
GEORGE ELIOT SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE FIRST EDITIONGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). Scenes of Clerical Life, in 2 volumes. First edition, 1858. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London; printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. Originally published in Blackwood's Magazine. In red cloth clamshell case. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4". Corners bumped, spines and edges worn, some fraying at spines, bindings loose, notations in ink on both half title pages, separation at pastedowns; corners bumped on case, label with Sotheby's lot number and sale number on front of clamshell. Provenance: Sotheby's, 5/16/1984; Ximenes Rare Books, New York, 5/18/1984; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
Condition:
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- GEORGE ELIOT DANIEL DERONDA FIRST EDITIONGeorge
GEORGE ELIOT DANIEL DERONDA FIRST EDITIONGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). Daniel Deronda, in four volumes. First edition, 1876. Publisher William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburg and London; printed William Blackwood and Sons. Pages unopened from 241 to end, volume I. Maclachlan & Stewart labels to front pastedowns. Bumped corners, shelf wear, wear and fraying to cloth on spines, scratches to covers, binding loose, notations in pencil front endpaper volume I, minimal foxing. Provenance: Ximenes Rare Books, New York, 10/12/1970; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
Condition:
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- GEORGE ELIOT FELIX HOLT FIRST EDITIONGeorge
GEORGE ELIOT FELIX HOLT FIRST EDITIONGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). Felix Holt. The Radical, in 3 volumes. First edition, 1866. Publisher William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburg and London; printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. With 4 pages and 20 pages of advertisements at rear of volume III. John F. Eastwood bookplates. Wear and scratches to boards and spine, corners bumped, bindings loose, boards separating and torn at pastedowns, shelf wear and wear to edges, some warping to pages, foxing throughout, notations in pencil front endpapers volume I. Provenance: Swann Galleries, New York 10/7/1971; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
Condition:
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- GEORGE ELIOT ADAM BEDE FIRST EDITIONGeorge
GEORGE ELIOT ADAM BEDE FIRST EDITIONGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). Adam Bede, in 3 volumes. First edition, 1859. Publisher William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London; printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. With 16 page Messrs. Blackwood and Sons advertising catalog at back of volume III. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering; in cloth cases, with red cloth and leather faux book slipcase with gilt lettering. Michael Sadlier's bookplate front pastedowns. Books 5 1/4" x 8 1/8". Wear to covers, spines and corners, shelf wear and wear to top edges, corners bumped, some separation at front and rear pastedowns, bindings loose, Michael Sadlein labels to front pastedowns, top corner of page 105 volume I torn; writing in pencil interior of cloth covers; scratches, wear and losses to leather on slipcase, scratches to cloth on bottom and side of slipcase. Provenance: Swann Galleries, New York, 10/7/1971; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
Condition:
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- GEORGE ELIOT SILAS MARNER FIRST EDITIONGeorge
GEORGE ELIOT SILAS MARNER FIRST EDITIONGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). Silas Marner the Weaver of Raveloe. First edition, 1861. Publisher William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London; printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. With Bound by Burn 37 & 38 Kirby St label. With 16 page Messrs Blackwood and Sons' Publications advertising catalog at rear and 4 pages for Autobiography of Dr. Alexander Carlyle at front. Dark orange cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering. 5 1/4" x 8". Corners bumped, shelf wear, wear to edges and spine, some fraying to cloth at corners and edges, scratches to front board, some foxing, binding loose, notation in pencil on front pastedown, cloth torn at bottom of spine. Provenance: Private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
Condition:
Notice to bidders: The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition. Photos are considered part of the condition report. Complete condition information is available by request, no later than 24 hours prior to the auction. All lots are offered and sold "as is", and Willow Auctions will not provide refunds based on condition. Timepiece movements, lighting and electrics have not been tested, and art has not been examined out of the frame unless otherwise stated.
- GEORGE ELIOT MIDDLEMARCH FIRST EDITIONGeorge
GEORGE ELIOT MIDDLEMARCH FIRST EDITIONGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). Middlemarch. A Study of Provincial Life, in 4 volumes. First edition, 1871-1872. Publisher William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. Marbled boards and red spines and corners with gilt lettering. Inscriptions dated 1893-1894. 5" x 7". All with wear to boards and spines, shelf wear, wear to corners and top edges, foxing through first leaves of all and minor foxing intermittently throughout all, writing in ink and pencil on front endpapers and half title pages. Provenance: Harrington Bros. Antiquarian Booksellers, Kings Road, Chelsea, London, 8/9/1995; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
Condition:
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- (10) FRANKLIN LIBRARY BOOKS W/ GILT
(10) FRANKLIN LIBRARY BOOKS W/ GILT BINDINGS(lot of 10) Books, published by the Franklin Library, with gilt embossed bindings, gilt edges, including: (1) "Decision," Allen Drury, signed first edition, 1983, 486 pages, (1) "Canterbury Tales," Geoffrey Chaucer, 1981, 618 pages, (1) "Moby-Dick," Herman Melville, 1979, 527 pages, (1) "Fathers and Sons," Ivan Turgenev, 1984, 247 pages, (1) "The Mill on the Floss," George Eliot, 1981, 536 pages, (1) "The Annals of Tacitus," 1982, 375 pages, (1) "The Decameron," Giovanni Boccaccio, 1981, 749 pages, (1) "The Confessions of Saint Augustine," 1982, 312 pages, previous owner's pencil notes on first page, (1) "Rhetoric and on Poetics," Aristotle, 1981, 244 pages, (1) "The Odyssey," Homer, 1979, 502 pages; 19.75lbs total
- SEVEN SETS OF FINELY BOUND BOOKS, 19TH
SEVEN SETS OF FINELY BOUND BOOKS, 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY To include: J. S. Clarke, Vie de Jacques II, Roi D'Angleterre (Paris, Arthus Betrand, 1819), four volumes, small 8vo (8-1/4 in.), gilt half leather over marbled boards. A French translation of Clark's English language biography of Britain's King James II; plus, Jackson, Catherine Charlotte. Three biographical titles in four books from a larger set of biographies (London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1878 - 1890), small octavo (8 in.),all bound in full calf with gilt, titles being The First of the Bourbons, 2 volumes, Old Paris, Volume I; The Old Regime, Vol. II; plus, Hazlitt, W. Works of Michael de Montaigne (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1872), small 8vo (7-3/4 in.), three-quarter calf over marbled boards; plus, McCarthy, Justin. A History of Our Own Times (London: Chatto & Windus, 1887), small 8vo (8 in.), two volumes, three-quarter leather over marble boards; plus, Milman, Henry Hart. The History of Christianity (London: John Murray, 1892) three volumes, 12mo (7-1/4 in.), blue calf with gilt; plus, The Works of George Eliot (Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood and Sons, n.d., circa 1890), six volumes, 12mo (7 in.), three-quarter red calf over marbled boards; Eliot, George. Daniel Deronda (two volumes) and Romola (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901-1904), three-quarter calf over marbled boards.
- GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE FIRST EDITION BOOKSGeorge
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE FIRST EDITION BOOKSGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). George Eliot's Life. As Related in Her Letters and Journals, arranged and edited by her husband, J.W. Cross. In 3 volumes. First edition, 1885. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London; printed by William Blackwood and Sons. Inscriptions "from Father" dated 1885 on half title pages. Newsprint obituary for Mrs. Charles Bray taped inside front endpaper volume 3.
Corners bumped, shelf wear, some wear to edges and spines, foxing to front and rear endpapers and fore edge, tears and separation at front and rear pastedowns, some fraying to spines, bindings loose.
Provenance: Ximenes Rare Books, 1970; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
- GEORGE ELIOT SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE
GEORGE ELIOT SCENES OF CLERICAL LIFE FIRST EDITIONGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). Scenes of Clerical Life, in 2 volumes. First edition, 1858. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London; printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. Originally published in Blackwood's Magazine. In red cloth clamshell case. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4".
Corners bumped, spines and edges worn, some fraying at spines, bindings loose, notations in ink on both half title pages, separation at pastedowns; corners bumped on case, label with Sotheby's lot number and sale number on front of clamshell.
Provenance: Sotheby's, 5/16/1984; Ximenes Rare Books, New York, 5/18/1984; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
- GEORGE ELIOT THE MILL ON THE FLOSS FIRST
GEORGE ELIOT THE MILL ON THE FLOSS FIRST EDITIONGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). The Mill on the Floss, in 3 volumes. First edition, 1860. Publisher William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London; printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. "I Am Ready" bookplate to front pastedown volume I. 16 page advertisement at the end of volume III.
Corners bumped, wear to spines and edges, fraying to spines volumes II and III, writing in ink on front endpapers, notations in pencil on front pastedown volume I, some foxing and discoloration to pages, top corner missing from front endpaper volume I, bindings loose, covers bent and dented at edges; receipt for repairs from Eudaldo Ginesta dated 1975.
Provenance: Ximenes Rare Book, New York, 10/12/1970; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
- GEORGE ELIOT DANIEL DERONDA FIRST EDITIONGeorge
GEORGE ELIOT DANIEL DERONDA FIRST EDITIONGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). Daniel Deronda, in four volumes. First edition, 1876. Publisher William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburg and London; printed William Blackwood and Sons. Pages unopened from 241 to end, volume I. Maclachlan & Stewart labels to front pastedowns.
Bumped corners, shelf wear, wear and fraying to cloth on spines, scratches to covers, binding loose, notations in pencil front endpaper volume I, minimal foxing.
Provenance: Ximenes Rare Books, New York, 10/12/1970; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
- GEORGE ELIOT FELIX HOLT FIRST EDITIONGeorge
GEORGE ELIOT FELIX HOLT FIRST EDITIONGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). Felix Holt. The Radical, in 3 volumes. First edition, 1866. Publisher William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburg and London; printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. With 4 pages and 20 pages of advertisements at rear of volume III. John F. Eastwood bookplates.
Wear and scratches to boards and spine, corners bumped, bindings loose, boards separating and torn at pastedowns, shelf wear and wear to edges, some warping to pages, foxing throughout, notations in pencil front endpapers volume I.
Provenance: Swann Galleries, New York 10/7/1971; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
- GEORGE ELIOT SILAS MARNER FIRST EDITIONGeorge
GEORGE ELIOT SILAS MARNER FIRST EDITIONGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). Silas Marner the Weaver of Raveloe. First edition, 1861. Publisher William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London; printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. With Bound by Burn 37 & 38 Kirby St label. With 16 page Messrs Blackwood and Sons' Publications advertising catalog at rear and 4 pages for Autobiography of Dr. Alexander Carlyle at front. Dark orange cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering. 5 1/4" x 8".
Corners bumped, shelf wear, wear to edges and spine, some fraying to cloth at corners and edges, scratches to front board, some foxing, binding loose, notation in pencil on front pastedown, cloth torn at bottom of spine.
Provenance: Private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
- GEORGE ELIOT ADAM BEDE FIRST EDITIONGeorge
GEORGE ELIOT ADAM BEDE FIRST EDITIONGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). Adam Bede, in 3 volumes. First edition, 1859. Publisher William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London; printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. With 16 page Messrs. Blackwood and Sons advertising catalog at back of volume III. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering; in cloth cases, with red cloth and leather faux book slipcase with gilt lettering. Michael Sadlier's bookplate front pastedowns. Books 5 1/4" x 8 1/8".
Wear to covers, spines and corners, shelf wear and wear to top edges, corners bumped, some separation at front and rear pastedowns, bindings loose, Michael Sadlein labels to front pastedowns, top corner of page 105 volume I torn; writing in pencil interior of cloth covers; scratches, wear and losses to leather on slipcase, scratches to cloth on bottom and side of slipcase.
Provenance: Swann Galleries, New York, 10/7/1971; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
- GEORGE ELIOT MIDDLEMARCH FIRST EDITIONGeorge
GEORGE ELIOT MIDDLEMARCH FIRST EDITIONGeorge Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (England, 1819-1880). Middlemarch. A Study of Provincial Life, in 4 volumes. First edition, 1871-1872. Publisher William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, printed by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. Marbled boards and red spines and corners with gilt lettering. Inscriptions dated 1893-1894. 5" x 7".
All with wear to boards and spines, shelf wear, wear to corners and top edges, foxing through first leaves of all and minor foxing intermittently throughout all, writing in ink and pencil on front endpapers and half title pages.
Provenance: Harrington Bros. Antiquarian Booksellers, Kings Road, Chelsea, London, 8/9/1995; private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
- GROUP OF VARIOUS 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY
GROUP OF VARIOUS 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY BOOK SETS OF LITERATURE, GEORGE ELIOT, MARK TWAIN, CHARLES DICKENS, AND SINCLAIR LEWISGROUP OF VARIOUS 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY BOOK SETS OF LITERATURE, GEORGE ELIOT, MARK TWAIN, CHARLES DICKENS, AND SINCLAIR LEWIS, titles include: Cleartype Edition, The Works of Charles Dickens, volumes XII-XIV; four Sinclair Lewis books including: Ann Vickers, Arrowsmith, Work of Art, and Main Street; works of George Elliot, volumes I-II and V-XVIII; The Complete Works of Mark Twain, volumes 2-4, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 19, and 22-24; The University Library: Reading Guide and Volumes I-IV (40) Provenance: Estate of General Colin L. Powell, to benefit America's Promise Alliance and the Colin Powell School at City College of New York.
- 39 LEATHER-BOUND VOLUMES: ENGLISH AUTHORSThomas
39 LEATHER-BOUND VOLUMES: ENGLISH AUTHORSThomas Nelson and Sons, New York, comprising works of George Eliot, 1906 (eight volumes), Charles Dickens, Nelson's Edition Deluxe (17 volumes), and William Makepeace Thackeray, Nelson's Edition Deluxe (14 volumes); each with full leather binding, each set variously gilt-decorated each 6 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches Condition:
- COLLECTION OF LEATHER-BOUND BOOKScomprising
COLLECTION OF LEATHER-BOUND BOOKScomprising "The Works of George Eliot", Cabinet Edition, William Blackwood, Edinburgh and London, 1885: Volumes 1 - 21 (7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches); Charles C.F. Greville, "The Greville Memoirs", Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1874 - 1887: seven volumes pertaining to Queen Victoria, George IV and William IV (8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches); Edward Bulwer-Lytton, various works, George Routledge and Sons, London, circa 1843: five volumes (7 1/2 x 5 inches); Alexandre Dumas, "Les Trois Mousquetaires" (Vol. 2), "Vingt Ans Apres" (Vol. 1), and "Vicomte de Bragalonne" (Vol. 2 and Vol. 4), Michel Levy Freres, Paris, 1866 (7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches); "Newton's Works", Samuel Whiting and Co., New York, 1811, volumes 1,4, 5, and 6 (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches); and one volume of "Biographie Universelle" Michaud, Paris, 1819, interior pages cut out to form a book safe with black leather lining and containing two decks of playing cards (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches); Provenance: The Terry & Debbi Lanni Collection, Pasadena CA Condition:
- GEORGE ELIOT, PUBLISHED BY UNITED STATES
GEORGE ELIOT, PUBLISHED BY UNITED STATES BOOK CO., 8 VOLUMESGeorge Eliot, Published by United States Book Co., 8 Volumes,
- GEORGE ELIOT'S WORKS, ESTES AND LAURIAT
GEORGE ELIOT'S WORKS, ESTES AND LAURIAT BOSTON, HANDY VOLUME EDITION 1887, 11 VOLUMESGeorge Eliot's Works, Estes and Lauriat Boston, Handy Volume Edition 1887, 11 Volumes
- [BINDINGS] THE WORKS OF GEORGE ELIOT,
[BINDINGS] THE WORKS OF GEORGE ELIOT, (23) VOLS. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, no date, fine leather binding by J.M. Dent, London, marbled endpapers, page edges gilt, lacking vol. 4, vols. 1-21 comprise the works, with vols. 22-24 "George Eliot's Life as Related in Her Letters and Journals", 6.5"h x 4.5"w
- [BINDINGS]. A group of approximately
[BINDINGS]. A group of approximately 40 volumes, most in contemporary leather bindings, including works related to British literature, comprising:
BROWNING, Robert. The Poetic and Dramatic Works. Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1899. 6 volumes in 3. Contemporary half dark green morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. -- ELIOT, George. The Works. NY: Sully and Kleinteich, n.d. 10 volumes. 20th-century half navy morocco gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. -- ELIOT, George. The Works. -- CROSS, J.W. George Eliot’s Life. Edinburgh & L: William Blackwood and Sons, n.d. 24 volumes. Contemporary half tan calf gilt, marbled edges. “Cabinet edition.” -- CHESTERTON, G.K. Essays. L and Glasgow: Collins Clear-Type Press, 1939. Contemporary brown morocco-backed marbled boards, edges sprinkled brown. -- RUSKIN, John. The Stones of Venice. Boston: Dana Estes & Company, n.d. 2 volumes (of 3, lacking vol. II). Publisher’s brown roan, smooth-spines gilt, top edges gilt. “Reader’s Handy Edition.” -- Together, 6 works in approximately 40 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, most in contemporary half morocco or calf bindings, condition generally good.
- Thirteen 19th century books, c/o seven
Thirteen 19th century books, c/o seven books of the Novels of George Eliot (Blackwood & Sons, London, n.d. but c. 1890) including Silas Marner and Middlemarch; and six books of the Works of Rudyard Kipling (Edition de Luxe, Harcourt Publishing, n.d. but c. 1900).
- Thirteen 19th century books of fiction,
Thirteen 19th century books of fiction, including The Mill and the Floss by George Eliot (New York, 1860); The Prisoner of Zenda by Hope (New York, 1896) and two books by Oliver Wendell Holmes; and poetry, including two by Sir Walter Scott-- The Lady of the Lake (Edinburgh, 1810) and Lay of the Last Minstrel (Edinburgh, 1808)-- and one by Hobhouse titled Historical Illustrations of the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold (New York, 1818).
- (14) VOLS, NOTTINGHAM SOCIETY, EDITION
(14) VOLS, NOTTINGHAM SOCIETY, EDITION DE LUXE The Nottingham Society, New York/Philadelphia/Chicago, no date, c. 1900, Edition de Luxe, illustrated, leather spines and corners, marbled endpapers, gilded top page edges, bookplates of Ida de Ford Beal; includes Works of George Eliot, #226/1000, complete in 8 vols and Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, #931/1000, complete in 6 vols, 8.5"h x 5.75"w (each vol.)
- FRANKLIN LIBRARY BRITISH LITERATURE
FRANKLIN LIBRARY BRITISH LITERATURE BOOKS, 20 Twenty books of British literature published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania comprising George Eliot's "The Mill on the Floss," Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre," Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights," Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" and "The Return of the Native," Rudyard Kipling's "Stories," Henry Fielding's "Tom Jones," Sir Walter Scott's "Waverly," Anthony Trollope's "Barchester Towers," two of William Makepeace Thackeray's "Vanity Fair," Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales," John Milton's "Paradise Lost," Daniel DeFoe's "Robinson Crusoe," Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island," Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," Charles Dickens's "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" and "David Copperfield," Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," and Joseph Conrad's "Lord Jim;" all leather-bound with gilt lettering. Largest: 9.5" H x 5.5" W x 2" D.