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05/29/08 218 20 vols. Eliot, George [Works.] Boston: Little, Brown, (1900). 8vo, contemp. 3/4 scarlet morocco & cloth, gilt, gilt-lettered, decorated & floral spines, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed; occasionally scuffed, a few spine ends slightly rubbed, a few spines fading, a few vols. slightly cocked. Frontispieces. $300-500 219 5 vols. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. [Works.] Boston, 1874-1884. 8vo, contemp. 3/4 tan calf, marbled bds. & edges, gilt-decorated spines, brown & green morocco spine labels, marbled endpapers; occasionally slightly scuffed, spines fading. Frontispieces. Incomplete & mixed set in uniform bdgs. Titles included: The Scarlet Letter; The Blithedale Romance; The House of The Seven Gables; The Snow Image and Other Twice Told Tales; Mosses from an Old Manse; Twice-Told Tales; The Marble Faun. Sound, bright & attractive bdgs. $100-150 220 9 vols. Jonson, Ben. The Works. London: Bickers and Son, 1875. Edited by W. Gifford. 8vo, contemp. full gilt-paneled tree calf, spines richly gilt, red & green morocco spine labels, marbled edges & endpapers; occasionally scuffed, joints, edges & spine ends often rubbed, a few spine heads & feet gone, spines desiccated. Frontis. portrait. Internally clean. $300-500 221 10 vols. Moore, Thomas. The Poetical Works. New York: D. Appleton, 1853. Sm. 8vo, contemp. full polished purple-brown calf, gilt-paneled & lettered spines, marbled edges & endpapers; joints & extremities rubbed, spines occasionally rubbed, covers occasionally scuffed, spine ends intact but rubbed. Engraved frontispieces, additional engraved vignette titles. Internally clean. $300-500 222 3 vols. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. London: E. Moxon, 1847. Edited by Mrs. Shelley. Sm. 8vo, late 19th-Century full polished, giltpaneled tan calf, gilt-floral spines, t.e.g., turn-ins gilt, brown & mauve morocco spine labels; slightly scuffed, joints occasionally rubbed, by Root & Son. Frontis. portrait. Minor spotting to front matter. $100-150
223 9 vols. Walpole, Horace. The Letters of. London: Richard Bentley, 1891. Edited by Peter Cunningham. 8vo, contemp. 3/4 blue morocco & marbled bds., gilt, gilt-paneled & lettered spines, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed; corners & spine ends slightly rubbed, joints slightly scuffed, edges of bds. slightly darkened. Plates. Internally clean. Sound, attractive bdgs. $400-600 224 1 vol. (Fore-Edge Painting.) (Lamb, Charles.) The Essays of Elia. London: Macmillan, 1898. Edited by Alfred Ainger. 8vo, full brown crushed morocco, gilt-lettered spine, a.e.g., raised bands; slightly scuffed, front cover starting to fade, by Worsford. With fore-edge painting of St. Paul’s Dome as seen from The Thames. $200-300 225 2 vols. Leather Bindings - Illustrated & Extra-Illustrated: (Johannot, Tony, illustrator.) Le Sage, Alain. Rene Asmodeus, or The Devil in Two Sticks. London: Joseph Thomas, 1841. Translated by Joseph Thomas. Lg. 8vo, contemp. 3/4 red calf & marbled bds., gilt, spine richly gilt, t.e.g., green morocco spine label; joints rubbed & tender, other edge wear & minor staining. Frontis., numerous wood-engraved text illus. * Dobson, Austin. Four Frenchwomen. London: Chatto & Windus, 1890. 1st ed. Sm. 8vo, full gilt-paneled tan crushed morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., other edges untrimmed, raised bands; slightly scuffed, spine faded, by Riviere and Son. Extra-illustrated with 19 engraved portraits. $200-300